I’m heading out for a family wedding in a little while, but the media news keeps coming. Here are three stories you should be aware of.
📰 Trump backs down. “The federal government says it will drop its subpoenas compelling New York Times reporters to testify about anonymous sources in a case that involved President Donald Trump’s claims about a Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet” (CNN). My earlier coverage.
📰 Mass. Senate to boost public records. “Top Senate Democrats signaled Thursday they will seek a vote next week on legislation that would, like a bill passed last month in the House, subject both the governor’s office and the Legislature to some kind of public records framework, taking aim at the same topic already targeted by a question on the November ballot” (CommonWealth Beacon).
📰 Journalism cuts at UMass Dartmouth. “Student journalists at UMass Dartmouth are speaking out about what they say may be unfair treatment, or even retribution, after the university’s only journalism professor was let go — two months after a university dean wrote that the professor’s contract extension was already ‘approved’” (New Bedford Light).
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Good grief. No journalist should ever agree to an interview on the terms mandated by UMass-Dartmouth’s vice chancellor for Student Affairs. What a terrible example to set for these students. The upside is it’s a learning experience for the students in what control freaks institutional PR types can be, even when sitting for an interview with students. Unfortunately for these students, it looks like they no longer have a mentor to seek counsel from.