The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, and the protests that followed, helped spark a debate in many newsrooms and journalism schools around the country about the time-honored principle of objectivity in journalism, and whether it serves any useful purpose. Former Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery wrote in the New York Times that what we call objective journalism “is constructed atop a pyramid of subjective decision-making,” and has been defined “almost exclusively by white reporters and their mostly white bosses.” Since then, journalists at the Los Angeles Times and other newsrooms have spoken out about their longstanding experiences of racism, and the impact those have had on the journalism they and their employers do. So is objectivity a relic? And if so, what should we replace it with? We got a group of journalists and other experts together on CJR’s Galley platform this week for a virtual panel discussion on those and other related questions. Lewis Raven Wallace is a writer, journalist, and author of the recent book The View From Somewhere, as well as the host of a podcast of the same name. He is also a co-founder of Press On, a Southern collective of journalists, storytellers, and organizers that uses journalism in the service of liberation. Wallace’s book is based in part on his personal experience as a former reporter for Marketplace, from which he was fired in 2017 after he wrote a blog post questioning the idea of objective... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
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Arnaud Nourry's independent publishing collective in France opens with a first-look arrangement with Jonathan Karp's Simon & Schuster. The post Arnaud Nourry’s Les Nouveaux Éditeurs in Deal With S&S appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-12 17:28:13 UTC ]
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Journalist Maria Ressa named Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk in speech at Hay literary festival in Powys“Tech bros” such as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are “the largest dictators”, Maria Ressa, who won the Nobel peace prize in 2021 for her defence of media freedom, has said.The American-Filipina... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The senior v-p of corporate communications for S&S will retire at the end of July, ending a 35-year career with the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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'Our shared goal is to expand the audience for our authors and their books,' says S&S CEO Jonathan Karp in announcing the VBK acquisition. The post Simon & Schuster To Acquire the Netherlands’ VBK appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-06 21:39:31 UTC ]
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Revived in the States earlier this year, Simon & Schuster's imprint Summit Books is being introduced in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The post Mirchandani Leads Simon & Schuster UK’s Summit Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-17 22:51:28 UTC ]
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Random House signs a book on Open AI by Ashlee Vance and a novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, M.L. Lee sells two novels to Simon & Schuster, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In an unequivocal 36-page decision, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit—said to be the most conservative court in the nation—agreed with a lower court that the mandatory book ratings called for by the Texas law HB 900 were unconstitutional. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Karp took over as CEO of Simon & Schuster in May 2020 under the most challenging conditions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In its first major move since being acquired by KKR, Simon & Schuster has announced that longtime Little, Brown editor-in-chief Judy Clain will join S&S as senior v-p and publisher of Summit Books, with a mandate to revive and refocus the imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A deep bench of experience, from Penguin Random House and Disney to TikTok and YouTube, is on Simon & Schuster's new board of directors. The post Simon & Schuster Names Its New Board Members appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-12-07 21:21:07 UTC ]
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This week on The Maris Review, Naomi Alderman joins Maris Kreizman live at the Strand Bookstore in New York City to discuss The Future, out now from Simon & Schuster. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts. * from the episode: Maris Kreizman: You really captured... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-07 09:06:54 UTC ]
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Following the purchase of Simon & Schuster by private equity firm KKR, the publisher has named its new board of directors, which includes S&S CEO Jonathan Karp, industry veteran Richard Sarnoff, and former Penguin Random House US CEO Madeline McIntosh. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Photo by Rachel Cobb Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan have signed a lucrative deal with Simon & Schuster to write a book about whatever the hell happens to Donald Trump in 2024. Oh, sorry: THIS IS AN AXIOS SCOOP! • SCOOP! • SCOOP! Yes, that’s right, this book will be either a gritty... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-11-27 13:59:34 UTC ]
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The senior editor at Simon & Schuster, who acquired NBA finalist ‘Temple Folk’ after putting out a call for submissions on Instagram, wants to make the publishing industry more transparent and accessible. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
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After executive roles at Grosset & Dunlap and Simon & Schuster, Artenstein launched RGA/Lowell House in 1984, and sold the company to the NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group in 1998. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The award-winning Irish author on losing his father at 18, the drawbacks of English editors and the theme of imprisonment in his workMike McCormack was born in London in 1965 and raised on a farm in County Mayo in the west of Ireland. He published his first story collection, Getting It in the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-11-11 18:00:01 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has officially been sold to KKR a few months after the deal was announced and after a long journey that began in 2020. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-11-01 16:40:37 UTC ]
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The private equity firm, whose other holdings include OverDrive, has finalized its $1.62 billion purchase of S&S, the country's third largest trade book publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster may not have been merged with Penguin Random House, but that doesn’t mean KKR’s acquisition of it is without cons. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-18 10:33:00 UTC ]
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Writing literary fiction is a freeing thing—there are no rules, there is just a story waiting to be told. When I started writing my first novel, The Theory of Flight, I knew that I wanted it be a character-driven story that explored difficult social and political terrain in order to reveal... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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