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27. Elahe Izadi and Paul Farhi, “The Standoff Between Owners and Journalists That’s Eviscerating
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1. Tom Cotton, “Tom Cotton: Send in the Troops,” The New York Times, June 3, 2020: https://www.nytimes.
com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html
2. Ben Smith, “Inside the Revolts Erupting in America’s Big Newsrooms,” The New York Times, June 7,
2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/new-york-times-washington-post-protests.
html
3. Ibid; Marc Tracy, “James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor,” The New York Times, June
7, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/james-bennet-resigns-nytimes-op-ed.
html
4. Oliver Darcy, “New York Times Staffers Revolt Over Publication of New York Times Op-Ed,” CNN, June
3, 2020: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/media/new-york-times-tom-cotton-op-ed/index.html; James
Bennet via Twitter (@JBennet), “I want to explain why we published the piece today by Sen. Tom Cotton,”
June 3, 2020: https://twitter.com/JBennet/status/1268328278730866689
5. Marc Tracy, “James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor,” The New York Times, June 7,
2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/james-bennet-resigns-nytimes-op-ed.html;
Zack Beauchamp, “The New York Times Staff Revolt Over Tom Cotton’s Op-ed, Explained,” Vox, June 7,
2020: https://www.vox.com/2020/6/5/21280425/new-york-times-tom-cotton-send-troops-staff-revolt
6. Tom Cotton, “Tom Cotton: Send in the Troops,” The New York Times, June 3, 2020: https://www.nytimes.
com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html
7. Marc Tracy, “Top Editor of Philadelphia Inquirer Resigns After ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline,” The New
York Times, June 6, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/business/media/editor-philadephiainquirer-resigns.html; “Open Letter from Journalists of Color at the Philadelphia Inquirer,” June 3, 2020:
https://tinyurl.com/ydad8oo4
8. “An Apology to Our Readers and Inquirer Employees,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 3, 2020: https://
www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-inquirer-black-lives-matter-headline-apology-20200603.html
9. Marc Tracy, “Top Editor of Philadelphia Inquirer Resigns After ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline,” The New
York Times, June 6, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/business/media/editor-philadephiainquirer-resigns.html
10. Coalition letter to Philadelphia Inquirer leadership, June 22, 2020: https://www.freepress.net/sites/
default/files/2020-06/coalition_sign_on_letter_to_philly_inquirer_final.pdf
11. Meg James and Daniel Hernandez, “L.A. Times Faces Painful Reckoning Over Race in Its Staff and
Pages,” The Los Angeles Times, June 24, 2020: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/
story/2020-06-24/los-angeles-times-black-lives-matter-diversity
Pittsburgh’s Biggest Newspaper,” The Washington Post, June 16, 2020: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
lifestyle/media/the-standoff-between-owners-and-journalists-thats-eviscerating-pittsburghs-biggestnewspaper/2020/06/16/13c6089e-aa7a-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html; Josh Dawsey, “Trump
Derides Protections for Immigrants from ‘Shithole’ Countries,” The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2018: https://
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-inoval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html
28. Wesley Lowery, “A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led by Black Journalists,” The New York Times, June
23, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html;
“60 in 6: A New Era in Storytelling for 60 Minutes,” CBS News, June 14, 2020: https://www.cbsnews.com/
news/60-in-6-a-new-era-in-storytelling-for-60-minutes-quibi-2020-06-14/
29. Ben Smith, “Inside the Revolts Erupting in America’s Big Newsrooms,” The New York Times, June 7,
2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/new-york-times-washington-post-protests.
html
30. Jonathan C. Abbott, “Black Lives Matter,” WGBH, accessed on Aug. 20, 2020: https://www.wgbh.org/
foundation/black-lives-matter
31. Julie Drizin, “Why Is Public Media So White?” Current, June 24, 2020: https://current.org/2020/06/
why-is-public-media-so-white/
32. Ginia Bellafante, “WNYC Employees Demanded Diversity. They Got Another White Boss,” The New
York Times, July 3, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/nyregion/wync-audrey-cooper-staff-revolt.
html; “WNYC History,” WNYC, accessed on Sept. 20, 2020: https://www.wnyc.org/history/
33. Ibid Ginia Bellafante; David W. Chen, “Embattled Head of New York Public Radio to Step Down,”
The New York Times, Dec. 19, 2018: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/nyregion/wnyc-laura-walkerresignation.html; David W. Chen, “WNYC Chief Pushed Growth at the Cost of Station’s Culture,” The New
York Times, Dec. 22, 2017: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/nyregion/wnyc-chief-laura-walker-firinghosts-misconduct.html?module=inline
34. Ilya Marritz, “Harassment and Bullying Allegations Rock WNYC After Departure of Celebrated Host,”
WNYC, Dec. 4, 2017: https://www.wnyc.org/story/harassment-and-bullying-allegations-rock-wnyc-afterdeparture-celebrated-host/; Suki Kim, “Public-Radio Icon John Hockenberry Accused of Harassing
Female Colleagues,” The Cut, Dec. 1, 2017: https://www.thecut.com/2017/12/public-radio-icon-johnhockenberry-accused-of-harassment.html; Ilya Marritz and Jessica Gould, “New York Public Radio
Fires Hosts Lopate and Schwartz,” WNYC, Dec. 21, 2017: https://www.wnyc.org/story/new-york-publicradio-fires-hosts-lopate-schwartz/; David W. Chen, “WNYC Chief Pushed Growth at the Cost of Station’s
Culture,” The New York Times, Dec. 22, 2017: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/nyregion/wnyc-chief-
12. Ibid
13. “Letter to Patrick Soon-Shiong from the L.A. Times Guild’s Black Caucus,” L.A. Times Guild’s Black
Caucus, June 23, 2020: https://latguild.com/news/2020/6/23/letter-from-la-times-guild-black-caucus
14. Ibid
laura-walker-firing-hosts-misconduct.html?module=inline
35. “Farai Chideya: Newsrooms Need to Purge Secrets in Order to Heal,” The Takeaway, WNYC, Dec.
7, 2017: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/farai-chideya-harassment-andmoving-forward
15. Ibid
16. Hayes Davenport, “Exclusive: L.A. Times All-Staff Email,” L.A. Podcast, June 6, 2020: https://thelapod.
com/posts/all-staff-email-from-los-angeles-times-executive-editor/
17. Ibid; Lindsey Ellefson, “LA Times Executive Editor Concedes Failure ‘Addressing Concerns of People
of Color in the Newsroom,’” The Wrap, June 6, 2020: https://www.thewrap.com/la-times-racism-history/
18. Alex T. Williams, Profits Over Principles: Redlining in the Media Industry, University of Pennsylvania,
36. Interview with Lee Hill, “Reckoning with Race in Public Media,” The Takeaway, WNYC, July 9, 2020:
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/reckoning-systemic-racism-public-media;
see comments starting at 2:48, 3:08, 3:35 and 6:40
37. Ibid; see comments starting at 6:40
38. Ibid; see comments starting at 2:48, 3:08, 3:35 and 7:21
2018: https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4479&context=edissertations; Geneva
Overholser, “The Doughnut,” The Washington Post, Aug. 11, 1996: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
archive/opinions/1996/08/11/the-doughnut/7091c998-c1fa-424f-a7be-6ca3f8a3bc27/
19. Ibid Alex T. Williams
20. Ibid Alex T. Williams, p. 4; Geneva Overholser, The “Doughnut,” The Washington Post, Aug. 11, 1996:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1996/08/11/the-doughnut/7091c998-c1fa-424fa7be-6ca3f8a3bc27/
21. Alexis Johnson via Twitter (@alexisjreports), “Horrible scenes and aftermath from selfish looters
who don’t care about this city!!!! ….. oh wait sorry. No, these are pictures from a Kenny Chesney concert
tailgate. Whoops.” May 31, 2020: https://tinyurl.com/y44rpzdl
22. Rachel Abrams, “2 Sidelined Pittsburgh Journalists React: One Quits, the Other Sues,” The New York
Times, June 16, 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/business/media/pittsburgh-journalists-sueprotests.html; Tom Jones, “The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editor Published a Defensive Op-Ed. The Guild
President Called on Him to Resign,” Poynter, June 29, 2020: https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2020/
the-pittsburgh-post-gazette-editor-published-a-defensive-editorial-the-guild-president-called-on-himto-resign/
23. Andrew Dalton, “Black Reporter Sues Paper Over Ban on Her Protest Coverage,” Associated Press via
ABC News, June 16, 2020: https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/black-reporter-sues-paperban-protest-coverage-71289176
24. Zack Beauchamp, “How the Pittsburgh Shooting Changed American Jews,” Vox, Oct. 18, 2019:
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/10/18/20899208/tree-of-life-anniversary-pittsburgh-shootingamerican-jews
25. Ryan Deto, “Post-Gazette Sued for Allegedly Violating Civil Rights Laws When Barring Alexis Johnson
from Protest Coverage,” Pittsburgh City Paper, June 16, 2020: https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/
post-gazette-sued-for-allegedly-violating-civil-rights-laws-when-barring-alexis-johnson-from-protestcoverage/Content?oid=17470930; Elahe Izadi and Paul Farhi, “The Standoff Between Owners and
Journalists That’s Eviscerating Pittsburgh’s Biggest Newspaper,” The Washington Post, June 16, 2020:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/the-standoff-between-owners-and-journalists-thatseviscerating-pittsburghs-biggest-newspaper/2020/06/16/13c6089e-aa7a-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_
story.html;
26. Keith C. Burris, “Truth, Fairness and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 10,
2020: https://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2020/06/10/Truth-fairness-Pittsburgh-Post-Gazetteburris-george-floyd/stories/202006090137
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