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The Front Page: Day and Knight

It’s Friday, February 26th. This time on The Front Page: How the Knight Foundation spends its money, Reply All has its own fallout, and leadership shake-ups all around. The 2021 Knight Media Forum is next week and, like years before, attendees will have the chance to hear from individuals who are connected to white nationalist-aligned […]

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The Front Page: /resignation
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The Front Page: Two long years for CBS
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The Front Page: Do you know the McMuffin man?
The Front Page: Thank you

Issue 15: We’re doing things a bit differently.

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The Front Page: Where did the reckoning go?

Issue 14: The media reckoning that came and went, The New York Post works to destroy trust in journalism, and a shitty media man in Pittsburgh. 

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The Front Page: Media criticism is too white

Issue 13: Media reporting and criticism need some fresh faces, Bon Appétit messes up (again), and The Federalist violated federal labor law.

The Front Page: Really? A whole page?

Issue 12: The L.A. Times gives a whole page spread to Trump voters, who Substack is for, and CPJ has a union contract.

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The Front Page: What cable news still hasn’t learned about elections

Issue 11: Election night is political theatre, another white person gets a second chance, and unions keep fighting for parental leave.

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The Front Page: A Zoom Simulation

Issue 10: Jeffrey Toobin is forgiven by male reporters, the SacBee wants those sweet, sweet clicks, and the Dallas News Guild wins its vote to unionize.