Nearly four years after the traffic stop that led to the arrest, and death, of motorist Sandra Bland, a new cell phone video emerges that tells a story different from the police dashcam video. Why di it take so long to surface?
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Staff, Brian Collister, WFAA: “Sandra Bland recorded her own arrest. Watch her cellphone video from the 2015 traffic stop”
Paul J. Weber & Clarice Silber, Associated Press: “Sandra Bland’s own video of 2015 Texas traffic stop surfaces”
Russell Falcon, KXAN: “DPS says Sandra Bland cell phone video is not new, state rep calls for hearing”
Justin Ray, Columbia Journalism Review: “How one reporter got the Sandra Bland cell phone video”
Production companies to boycott Georgia
Bryn Elise Sandberg, The Hollywood Reporter: “Five production companies say they won’t film in Georgia over abortion law”
Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post: “Georgia’s abortion bill has some Hollywood filmmakers vowing a boycott. But the studios are standing pat.”
Daniel Nissen, Variety: “Georgia abortion bill draws muted protest from Hollywood”
Rosemary Rossi, The Wrap: “Alyssa Milano calls for ‘sex strike’ in response to Georgia’s anti-abortion law”
Colorado library seeks to publish local news
Corey Hutchins, Columbia Journalism Review: “Should a Colorado library publish local news?”
Newspaper seeks non-profit status
Tony Semerad, Salt Lake Tribune: “Salt Lake Tribune seeks to become a nonprofit ‘community asset,’ a first for a legacy newspaper”
Christine Schmidt & Joshua Benton, Nieman Lab: “The Salt Lake Tribune wants to go non-profit in a new and unproven way, and now the IRS will have its say”
WBUR: “Why the Salt Lake Tribune wants to become a nonprofit”
Who are we talking with?
Elizabeth Grieco, Pew Research: “It’s more common for white, older, more-educated Americans to have spoken with local journalists”
Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab: “Most Americans have never spoken with a local journalist. Those who have are likely to be white.”
Joshua Benton, Nieman Lab: “’Why should I tell you?’ A new guide aims to make reporting on communities less ‘extractive’”
Time to break up Facebook?
Chris Hughes, New York Times: “Opinion: It’s time to break up Facebook”
Antonio García Martínez, Wired: “Chris Hughes is right: We should dismantle Facebook”
Harper Neidig, The Hill: “Facebook pushes back after co-founder calls for company’s break-up”
Christiano Lima, POLITICO: “Josh Hawley demands answers from Zuckerberg on Facebook’s privacy pivot”
The ‘uneven playing field’
Parker Molloy, Columbia Journalism Review: “Caster Semenya, and the myth of the uneven playing field”
Court of Arbitration for Sport: “Executive Summary”
Jeré Longman and Juliet Macur, New York Times: “Caster Semenya loses case to compete as a woman in all races”
Alex Paterson, Media Matters for America: “Fox reporter Carley Shimkus incorrectly identifies Olympic athlete Caster Semenya as transgender”
Christianna Silva, MTV News: “More female athletes penalized following caster Semenya ruling”
Kateyln Burns, Wired: “Caster Semenya and the twisted politics of testosterone”
Christopher Clarey & Gina Kolata, New York Times: “Gold awarded amid dispute over runner’s sex”
Christopher Clarey, New York Times: “Gender test after a gold-medal finish”