3 Journalists killed while covering Ebola crisis

Good morning. Here are 10 media stories.

1. Journalists killed while covering Ebola crisis: A delegation including government officials, doctors and journalists was attacked in a Guinean village Tuesday. Eight people were killed. (LAT) | Three journalists are among the dead. (Reuters) | “Many residents of rural villages have reacted with fear and panic when outsiders have come to conduct awareness campaigns and have even attacked health clinics.” (AP) | “How journalists covering the Ebola outbreak try to stay safe” (Poynter) | “While reporting on Ebola, the smell of chlorine ‘is one of the most comforting smells in the world'” (Poynter) | Kristen Hare‘s Twitter list of reporters covering the Ebola outbreak.
2. Turkey tussles with the Times: The NYT published a correction on a Sept. 16 story about ISIS getting recruits from Turkey: “A picture with an earlier version of this article, which showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu leaving a mosque in August, was published in error. Neither that mosque nor the president’s visit were related to the recruiting of ISIS fighters described in the article.” (NYT) | Erdogan has also fired back at credit-rating firms. “The sustained offensive begun by Erdogan against Moody’s, Fitch and the Times is partly due to Erdogan’s deeply rooted conviction that certain quarters in the Western world — particularly the influential financial ones — are committed to bring him down and to scuttle Turkey’s unstoppable ascent to be among the most powerful nations in the world.” (Al Monitor) | Dean Baquet: “Despite this published correction, some Turkish authorities and media outlets have mounted a coordinated campaign to intimidate and to impugn the motives of the reporter who wrote the story. She has been sent thousands of messages that threaten her safety. It is unacceptable for one of our journalists to be targeted in this way.” (NYT Co.)
3. No victory: Scotland will remain part of the U.K. following last night’s independence referendum. | Philip Boucher Hayes, a journalist for RTE, was mugged while reporting in Niddrie, near Edinburgh. The thief took his recording equipment then charged him £200 to return it. (RTE) | Some early front pages. (Poynter) | How U.K. newspapers reported the vote. (The Guardian) | Media alert: My wife, who is from a slightly less sporting part of Edinburgh, took in the results from a D.C. bar and was interviewed by a couple of reporters for local outlets. Here she is on WNEW-FM.
4. Obama less transparent than Bush, says AP D.C. bureau chief: “The (Obama) administration is significantly worse than previous administrations,” Sally Buzbee said at ASNE-APME. (AP)
5. Trouble at the Tampa Bay Times: The newspaper, which Poynter owns, cut staff pay 5 percent. CEO Paul Tash&#146s letter strongly hints layoffs may follow if it doesn’t get enough voluntary resignations. “If you are uncertain about your standing with the Times, this is a good time for a frank conversation with your supervisor,” Tash writes. “If this long, difficult stretch has tested your commitment to the Times or the newspaper business, this is a good time to consider your options.” (Poynter) | It also sold the Tramor Cafeteria, a nonworking restaurant where employees used to bring bag lunches. (Tampa Bay Times) | In the comments, Jim Romenesko predicts Poynter will “eventually merge with American Press Institute, which merged with the Newspaper Association of America Foundation in 2012.” (Romenesko)
6. Fewer broadcasters use the word “Redskins”: In the first two weeks of the 2013 football season, “‘Redskins’ was said 186 times and ‘Washington’ was said 156 times. In 2014, ‘Redskins’ was said 67 times and “Washington” was said 169 times.” (Deadspin) | Tara Huber, a high-school adviser in Pennsylvania, was suspended, as was school newspaper editor Gillian McGoldrick, after the paper refused to use the term. (SPLC, via Poynter) | My running list of outlets and journalists that won’t use the term. (Poynter)
7. AFP won’t use freelancers in Syria: “Freelancers have paid a high price in the Syrian conflict,” Michèle Léridon writes. “High enough. We will not encourage people to take that kind of risk.” (AFP) | AP photography director Santiago Lyon: Media orgs must ask whether they’re employing journalists or “thrill seekers.” (AP)
8. A new boss at The Fader: Naomi Zeichner leaves BuzzFeed for the music publication. (Capital) |
9. How Politico knows Susan Glasser is on board: Unlike Rick Berke, she writes the publication’s name in all caps. “Glasser mentioned ‘POLITICO’ 16 times in her Thursday memo to staff and even expanded upon the news organization’s “win the morning” mantra by writing that Politico should aim to win the “afternoon and evening too with smart, authoritative, impactful, independent and original journalism.” (HuffPost)
10. Job moves, edited by Benjamin Mullin: Kirstine Stewart is now vice president of North America media partnerships at Twitter. Previously, she was head of Twitter’s presence in Canada. (Recode) | George Rodrigue is now assistant news director at WFAA in Dallas. Previously, he was managing editor at The Dallas Morning News. (Romenesko) | Keith Jenkins is now general manager at National Geographic Digital. Previously, he was National Geographic’s director of digital photography and executive editor for digital content. (National Geographic) | Julianne Escobedo Shepherd will be culture editor at Jezebel. She is an instructor at Tisch School of the Arts and a contributor to Rookie. Jia Tolentino is now features editor at Jezebel. Previously, she was a contributing editor at The Hairpin. Clover Hope is now a staff writer at Jezebel. Previously, she was a deputy editor at Vibe. (Jezebel) | Robert Jordan is now a journalist-in-residence at the University of Chicago. He is a reporter and anchor at WGN in Chicago. (Robert Feder) | Sam Schlinkert will be associate social media editor at BuzzFeed. Previously, he was deputy social media editor at The Daily Beast. (@sts10) | Job of the day: The Idaho Mountain Express is looking for an arts and events editor. Get your résumés in! (Journalism Jobs) | Send Ben your job moves: bmullin@poynter.org

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