You’d never say that to someone’s face, so why do people think it’s okay to tweet vile threats to journalists? On this week’s show, we’ll look at the #MoreThanMean campaign and how two female sports journalists hope to change the narrative.
Juliet Macur, New York Times: “Social media, where sports fans congregate and misogyny runs amok”
Sarah Spain, espnW: “Grace under fire: Women in media shouldn’t have to ‘ignore’ abuse”
Steve Petrella, Sporting News: “Men read horrible tweets to female sportswriter in video PSA”
Katie Mettler, Washington Post: “The disgustingly obscene ‘everyday’ harassment of sports media women: A lesson for men”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tU-D-m2JY8
Jesse Spero, GossipCop: “Erin Andrews in ‘tears’ over ‘More Than Mean’ video showing harassment of female sports journalists”
Anna Merlan, Jezebel: “’I hope you get raped again’: Women sportswriters listen to men read vile tweets about them”
White House Correspondents' Dinner
Ezra Klein & Dylan Matthews, Vox: “The joke was that Obama wasn’t joking”
James Warren, Poynter: “What Larry Wilmore’s jokes about the press reminded us about the press”
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times: “With Larry Wilmore before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”
Matt Wilstein, The Daily Beast: “Larry Wilmore roasts the press in White House Correspondents’monologue”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFrBjUxgHss
Frank Pallotta & Mark Mooney, CNN Money: “Larry Wilmore missed a chance to boost his sagging ‘Nightly Show’”
Brian Lowry, CNN Money: “Stephen Colbert’s White House Correspondents’ legacy”
Wills Robinson, Daily Mail: “Battle of the nerds: Fight breaks out between Fox News and Huffington Post reporters at swanky Correspondents’ Dinner after party”
Emily Heil, Washington Post: “Nerdy fight breaks out at WHCD afterparty between Fox News and Huffington Post reporters”
GQ’s Melania Trump profile
Julia Ioffe, GQ: “Melania Trump on her rise, her family secrets, and her true political views: “Nobody will ever know”
Lauren Gambino, The Guardian: “Journalist who profiled Melania Trump hit with barrage of anti-Semitic abuse”
Howard Kurtz, Fox News Channel: “Why GQ’s condescending Melania Trump profile goes too far”
Valentina Zarya, Fortune: “MelaniaTrump: GQ’s profile of me is dishonest and inaccurate”
Doktor Zoom, Wonkette: “After GQ profile of Melania Trump, fans send writer amusing Auschwitz pics, death threats”
Maxim Staff, Maxim: “Why GQ’s profile of Melania Trump was really just a hit job”
Ben Schreckinger, POLITICO: “Inside Trump’s press pen”
Arianna Huffington on Uber board
Uber: “Arianna Huffington joins Uber’s board of directors”
Dave Jamison, Huffington Post: “Arianna Huffington did not edit this story aboutUber”
Dylan Byers, CNN Money: “Arianna Huffington joins Uber’s board”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Arianna Huffington is an Uber board member: Huh?”
Jing Cao, Bloomberg: “Ubertaps Arianna Huffington as first woman board member”
Kelly McBride, Poynter: “Ask the ethicist: Should Arianna Huffington sit on Uber’s board?”
Hilary Brueck, Fortune: “Is it a problem that Arianna Huffington is now on the board at Uber?”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Huffington Post killed story pitch critical ofUber”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Huffington Post PR shop lashes back at piece about its handling of Uber coverage”
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post: “A wake-up call to end drowsy driving”
Casey Williams, Huffington Post: “Toyota is giving away cheap Uber rides to college students”
RJI's new fellowship class
RJI Online: "Reynolds Journalism Institute announces 10th fellowship class"
