Here’s what you may have missed Thanksgiving week:
- Editor & Publisher announced their EPPY award finalists; winners will be announced Wednesday. (E&P)
- NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent a letter to officers reminding them that journalists must be allowed to do their jobs; the note follows reports of police interference during Occupy Wall Street coverage. (AP)
- Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy was detained and assaulted for 12 hours in Cairo. Documentarian Jehane Noujaim was also detained. The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 17 journalists were assaulted in Egypt in the last 10 days. (CNN, The New York Times, CPJ)
- New York Times newsman Tom Wicker died Friday. Wicker was known, among other things, for his front-page coverage of JFK’s assassination. He was remembered as “solid” and “hot-tempered.” Washington Post senior vice president Christopher Ma also died last week, as did copy editor Charles Stough. (New York Times, Washington Post, Charles Apple)
- “There really is nothing sacred in media circles right now,” journalism professor Dan Reimold told the AP about the Poynter-Romenesko flap. Josh Benton concluded that Romenesko readers exploded because “the totality of the user experience brings in issues of design, of code, of fair use, of promotion — it’s a lot more complicated than merely whether a box gets checked on a feature checklist.” (Yahoo, Nieman Journalism Lab)
- AAJA’s Minnesota chapter met with WCCO about its reporting on a Chinatown market that it said sold dogs instead of duck. “We applaud WCCO for responding to AAJA’s concerns and look forward to strengthening a trusted, long term partnership between our two organizations,” AAJA said in a statement released last week. (Mediabistro, AAJA)
- HuffPost asked journalists what they’re thankful for. Founder Arianna Huffington said she was thankful “the supercommittee isn’t responsible for determining our editorial budget.” Chuck Todd said, “I’m thankful the Republican candidates have decided NOT to debate this weekend. I just hope that when I’m sitting around my Turkey Day table, I don’t cut someone off and tell my wife she has 30 seconds to respond and pass the cranberry sauce.” (The Huffington Post)
