Journalism emergency funds around the world

WAN-IFRA – 17/04/2020 Based on the evidence of lost income and an inability to pay essential living expenses, we anticipate a great need for support within our global network of news publishers and members. To support them during these challenging times, we have...

Vox Media furloughs 9% of staff amid coronavirus crisis

AXIOS – 17/04/2020 Sara Fischer Vox Media is furloughing 9% of its staff from May 1 through July 31, with health insurance premiums being fully covered, a source familiar with the moves tells Axios.Why it matters: It’s one of the many media companies...

The right-wing media’s rallying cry: Anti-lockdown edition

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 17/04/2020 Jon Allsop ON MONDAY, Joshua A. Bickel, on assignment for the Columbus Dispatch, took a photo that went viral. Bickel was in the Ohio statehouse, where he’d been sent, in the absence of a furloughed colleague, to film a...