Washington Post cartoonist says editors axed cartoon depicting Trump, Bezos
The longtime Washington Post cartoonist was killed after leadership reportedly killed off a cartoon depicting billionaire newspaper owner and billionaire Jeff Bezos bending the knee to President-elect Trump. resigned. “There was feedback from editors, productive conversations, and some disagreements about the comics I submitted for publication, but all the while the comics were ruined because […]
Columbia Law Review student editors urge school to cancel exams after protests leave them ‘irrevocably shaken’
Student editors at the Columbia Law Review are urging the school to cancel final exams after anti-Israel protests and New York Police Department arrests have left the campus fractured. Columbia University has been at the forefront of the nationwide campus pro-Palestinian protests. The editors are asking the law school to cancel final exams and effectively give […]
NPR boss rebukes editor’s bombshell essay: Questioning our integrity is ‘profoundly disrespectful’
NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher fired back at veteran editor Uli Berliner’s bombshell essay, saying it was “extremely difficult” for him to question NPR’s integrity. It was rude, hurtful and humiliating.” “I joined this organization because public media is essential to an informed public. At its best, our work is about shaping what it […]
New NPR CEO responds to editor’s claims it ‘lost America’s trust’
The new CEO of National Public Radio (NPR) has slammed a senior editor’s claim that the station has “lost America’s trust,” calling comments in an editorial “disrespectful” and “hurtful.” Katherine Maher explained in message On Friday, editor Uli Berliner challenged employees on two points: criticizing the quality and integrity of the editorial process and criticizing […]
COVID subcommittee chair asks top science journal editors to testify on relationship with federal government
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, sent a letter Tuesday to the editors of three major scientific journals, warning that their publications and the federal government asked to testify regarding their relationship. Wenstrup wrote to the editors-in-chief of the journals The Lancet, Science, and Nature, requesting them […]