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EPISODE · Jun 1, 2017 · 34 MIN

The end of the public editor era at The New York Times

from The Kicker · host Columbia Journalism Review

On the latest episode of The Kicker, we run through some of the week’s biggest media stories, including a look at the future of The Chicago Sun-Times, the troubling trend of press norms being violated in the Trump era, and Twitter ethics for journalists. Then, we move on to the news of the day: The New York Times’s decision to eliminate the public editor position. Finally, CJR’s David Uberti interviews Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, author of an excellent piece in CJR’s spring print issue about why local TV news never changes. (1:12): News rundown (11:50): New York Times eliminates public editor position(19:08): Interview with Simon Van Zuylen-Wood on local TV news

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