Good morning. Here are 10 media stories.
- 13 years later: Newspaper front pages from Sept. 11, 2001, extra and p.m. editions (Poynter) and from Sept. 12, 2001 (Poynter) | 9/11 is so freighted that the intentions of media outlets and brands often go awry. Sydney, Australia’s Daily Telegraph “tweeted an image of New York during the 9/11 attacks to accompany its story on Australia’s terror threat level.” (BuzzFeed) | Last year Esquire ran the headline “Making Your Morning Commute More Stylish” next to Richard Drew‘s photo of a man falling from a WTC tower, then told horrified readers to “Relax.” (Poynter) | And AT&T doinked a terrible tribute tweet. (WP)
- Disrupters disrupt disruption: Disruption! Vanity Fair saluted a “new breed of journo-entrepreneurs strike out on their own, cutting to the chase and influencing the masses without (much of) a filter.” They were all white, and mostly men. (Vanity Fair) | Disrupted! Kristen Hare suggested some more diverse additions to VF’s list. (Poynter) | Disrupters disrupted! Erik Wemple suggested that before hectoring other organizations for diversity, Poynter should look at its own leadership. (WP) | Disrupting disruption! “As a very preliminary step, if publications insisted on putting women and minorities on their stupid, arbitrary lists, it would elevate those entrepreneurs and founders. It might help break down the deep stereotypes that help to discourage women and minorities from becoming entrepreneurs in the first place.” (New York)
- The Ray Rice story is not going away: A law enforcement official says he sent the tape to the NFL in April. (AP) | A list of NFL players’ arrests on domestic violence charges, and the league’s weak responses. (Sidespin)
- Guardian offers membership, shed: Editor Alan Rusbridger Thursday announced a way to “a closer part of the community of journalists, readers and friends of an institution that has been around for well over 190 years”: Paying for a membership. One of the benefits: Events at the “Midland Goods Shed over the road from our offices, where we will host discussions, events and screenings, and provide an area for general relaxation for all.” (Guardian) | One of the membership levels costs nothing. Ken Doctor: “If The Guardian could move 1 percent of those 105 million unique visitors to even free registration, that’s one million known customers.” (Nieman)
- Good media criticism from Brewers’ manager: Ron Roenicke complains that reporters often ask a question, then write a story that omits the question, making it appear as if the idea initiated with him. “[W]hen there’s no question there, it appears I’m the one bringing it up,” Roenicke said. (Brew Beat)
- What it means when you say ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State: “This situation is moving so fast — the many explainers written about ISIS v. ISIL in June are already a few steps behind — and the Islamic State’s identity is changing so rapidly that it seems futile to treat acronyms as a magnifying glass,” Jaime Fuller writes. (WP)
- SpinMedia cuts staff, ends Vibe’s print edition: 19 jobs lost affecting mostly employees in print-related jobs. “If we’re not going to be putting together print pages anymore and designing print, we really don’t need those design platforms,” CEO Stephen Blackwell tells Peter Sterne. (Capital)
- Advice for political reporters: “1. Today Rarely Changes Everything.” (PBS MediaShift)
- Front page of the day, selected by Kristen Hare: A towering text treatment from Scottsboro, Alabama’s Daily Sentinel. (Courtesy the Newseum.)
- Job moves, edited by Benjamin Mullin: Jay Carney is now a political commentator for CNN. He was the White House press secretary. (Poynter) | Timothy Noah will lead a pro-labor vertical at Politico. He has written for MSNBC and The New Republic. Brian Mahoney will be a reporter for the new vertical. Perviously, he covered federal courts for Law360. Elana Schor will be an energy reporter for Politico Pro. Previously, she was a reporter at Environment and Energy News. Kate Tummarello will be a technology reporter for Politico Pro. Previously, she was a staff writer at The Hill. Heather Caygle will cover transportation for Politico Pro. Previously, she covered transportation policy for Bloomberg. Emily Kopp is now a web producer for ProWeb. Previously, she was a senior editor at the Georgia Political Review. Cogan Schneier is a web producer for Politico Pro. She was digital news editor The Badger Herald. (Via email) | Michael Catalini will cover New Jersey politics for The Associated Press. Previously, he was a staff correspondent for the National Journal. (@mikecatalini) | Kelley Carter is now a senior entertainment editor at BuzzFeed. Previously, she was an entertainment editor for Ebony magazine. (@WesleyLowery) | Gordon Lubold will cover the U.S. military for Defense One. Previously, he was a national security reporter for Foreign Policy. Marcus Weisgerber will cover national security for Defense One. previously, he was a Pentagon correspondent for Defense News. (Email) | Hayes Brown will be a world editor at BuzzFeed. Previously, he was an editor at Think Progress. (@HayesBrown) | Isabelle Khurshudyan will cover high school sports for The Washington Post. She was an intern there. (The Washington Post) | Steven Sloan will be assistant managing editor of enterprise for CNN Politics. Previously, he was Politico’s Congress editor. Jedd Rosche will be morning breaking news editor for CNN Politics. Previously, he was deputy breaking news editor for Politico. Eric Bradner is a breaking news reporter for CNN Politics. Previously, he was a trade reporter for Politico Pro. (Via email) | Job of the day: Gannett is looking for national security reporter. Get your résumés in! (Journalism Jobs) | Send Ben your job moves: bmullin@poynter.org
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Correction: This post originally attributed Peter Sterne’s piece to Jeremy Barr.
