One year after the death of Michael Brown, the people of Ferguson remember what happened there -- and what it has meant to the community.
We'll look at the media coverage of the anniversary, the protests that erupted again in the streets of that St. Louis suburb and how the media remains at the center of it all.
Mark Berman, Washington Post: “Washington Post reporter charged with trespassing, interfering with a police officer”
Tierney Sneed, Talking Points Memo: “WaPoreporter arrested in Ferguson formally charged a year later”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Charges against reporters for Ferguson coverage called ‘outrageous’”
Caitlin Campbell, Columbia Daily Tribune: “One year after Ferguson: Columbia has a long way to go”
Landon Burke, KOMU-TV: “Police group’s post defending Darren Wilson prompts outrage”
Geoff West, Columbia Missourian: “Social media post proclaiming ‘Darren Wilson Day’ prompts protest”
Matthew Sanders, Columbia Daily Tribune: “’Darren Wilson Day’ post sparks controversy in Columbia”
Donald Trump vs. Megyn Kelly
More than 24 million people tuned in Thursday evening to watch the Republican presidential candidates battle it out in a debate on Fox News Channel. Ask the pollsters, and you'll find that some of the candidates scored big... but no one really talked about that. Instead, they heard front-runner Donald Trump complaining about what he considered to be an unfair line of questioning from moderator Megyn Kelly about claims that he made sexist comments about women online.
John Koblin, New York Times: “Republican debate draws 24 million viewers”
Marianna Sotomayor, NBC News: “Donald Trump on Megyn Kelly: ‘What I said was appropriate’”
Re Megyn Kelly quote: "you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever" (NOSE). Just got on w/thought
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2015
Juana Summers, Mashable: “Donald Trump’s sexist attack on Megyn Kelly”
Erick Erickson, RedState: “I have disinvited Donald Trump from the RedState gathering”
Josh Feldman, Mediaite: “Chuck Todd grills Trump on being thin-skinned, ‘demeaning’ remarks ‘out of Mad Men’”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Rachel Maddow vs. Fox News over GOP debate cutoff”
NBC News Online Survey: Public opinion on Republican debates
Steve Friess, Columbia Journalism Review: “Why political journalists shouldn’t report on internal polling”
Reporter's tale of harassment
Good managers go out of their way to make sure their newsrooms are free from any hostility, harassment, etc. But they can't always control what happens when a reporter goes out in the field. Minneapolis Star Tribune sports reporter detailed her experience being sexually harassed by a source.
Amelia Rayno, Minneapolis Star Tribune: “U’s Norwood quits after groping women, sending graphic texts”
Amelia Rayno, Minneapolis Star Tribune: “Star Tribune’s Rayno adds own story to Teague scandal”
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ProPublica teams up with Yelp
On the surface of things, it sounds like an unlikely partnership -- investigative reporting powerhouse ProPublica teams up with online review website Yelp... but it might just work.
Trudy Lieberman, Columbia Journalism Review: “What ProPublica gets from Yelp in a new partnership”
Yelp, “Yelp Official Blog: Yelp’s consumer protection intiative: ProPublica partnership brings medical info to Yelp”
When weather coverage goes hyperbolic
They can't all be the "storm of the century," can they?
Diana Marszalek, TV News Check: “Nets’ weather coverage criticized by stations”
Farewell, Jon Stewart
The Daily Show
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Jeremy Egner, Dave Itzkoff & Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times: “Jon Stewart and ‘The Daily Show’: A behind the scenes look at 9 essential moments”
John Koblin, New York Times: “Jon Stewart, sarcastic critic of politics and media, is signing off”
Charles Kaiser, Columbia Journalism Review: “Jon Stewart made sense of the insanity all around us”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “In finale, ‘Daily Show’s Jon Stewart plays journalist”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Jon Stewart to Fox News: Just who’s the propagandist here, folks?”
