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I just want to put a "-30-" on this. The New York Times reported earlier today that disclosures will be added to David Brooks' past columns in which he had a conflict of interest (background here). He's resigned from his paid position at the Aspen Institute. Most important, I think, is this: Mr. Brooks had…

The New York Times’ David Brooks problem has ratcheted up from “uh, oh” to “holy cow.” Craig Silverman and Ryan Mac of BuzzFeed News reported on Wednesday that Brooks, a prominent Times columnist, is getting paid for his work at Weave, a civic-engagement project that’s part of the Aspen Institute. Among Weave’s funders is Facebook. A week earlier, BuzzFeed reported that Brooks had written a post on Facebook’s blog singing the praises of Facebook Groups without letting his editor...

On Tuesday, New York Times columnist David Brooks published a 900-word ode to Facebook Groups and how they foster online communities around the world. The column didn’t appear in Brooks’s usual spot in the Times, where he’s had a popular opinion column since 2003. Instead, it was published on Facebook’s corporate website to promote a new study of groups that was funded by the social media giant. “Facebook Groups has 1.8 billion users, and more than half of them are in five or more gro...

Polk Awards Honor Pandemic Reporters The Washington Post led all news organizations, with four prizes. The infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell, of Stat, took the public service award for a yearlong chronicle of the coronavirus and its effects. The Washington Post won four awards, one of which was for the new oral history category.Credit...Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times Published Feb. 24, 2021Updated March 5, 2021 Journalism on the coronavirus pandemic dominated the George Po...

NEW YORK (Feb. 24, 2021) – Long Island University (LIU) has announced the winners of the 73rd annual George Polk Awards in Journalism, honoring journalists in 18 categories for their reporting in 2020. Almost half of the awardees won for reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic, which dominated the judging process, accounting for one quarter of all submissions. This year saw a record total of 592 entries, work that appeared in print, online or on television or radio and was nominated by news organi...

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The ad campaign comes amid a grim pandemic milestone.

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The Technology 202: Microsoft takes aim at Google and Facebook with call for new U.S. media rules Cat Zakrzewski Microsoft is targeting Facebook and Google in its latest policy push. Brad Smith, the company’s president, yesterday called for the United States and other countries to adopt legislation similar to a proposal in Australia that would force tech companies to pay publishers for news. Its an escalation of Microsoft’s previous statements of support of the media ru...