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Media reporter at The Washington Post. Still freelancing about town. Slate contributing writer. Every contributing editor. GW adjunct professor of journalism. Reach out securely on Signal at scottnover.99.
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The Associated Press is standing by the photographer Nick Ut after questions about the rightful credit for the Vietnam War photo "Napalm Girl." www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

After a documentary questioned whether Nick Ut took the famous Napalm Girl photo in 1972, the AP's year-long probe finds that Ut should retain his credit (Washington Post) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

"VOA is not to be the voice of left America nor the voice of right America," said Steve Herman, chief national correspondent for VOA. "USAGM cannot dictate [that] VOA run OAN content. It would be a violation of our fire wall and our charter, which are laws." https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/medi

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“Congress mandated VOA to report reliable and authoritative news, not to outsource its journalism to outlets aligned with the president’s agenda,” Read our reax as reported by @scottnover.bsky.social here: www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

“Congress mandated VOA to report reliable and authoritative news, not to outsource its journalism to outlets aligned with the president’s agenda." www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

Voice of America will carry One America News programming www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

Kari Lake announced that Voice of America will carry news content from the right-wing One America News Network. VOA staffers are outraged and said this violates the government-funded news broadcaster's congressional mandate. My latest for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

"In every one of those 16th- and 17th-century conclaves, every Catholic prince has agents and spies and ambassadors in it. They write letters every day,” said Oxford's Miles Pattenden. The irony is we know far more about those conclaves than modern ones. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

There are many hard days in journalism. But most days at @thebaltimorebanner.com are very good days. And today is the best day - three of our colleagues won a #Pulitzer! Congratulations to @jessicagallagher.bsky.social and @alissazhu.bsky.social! www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...

The conclave is one of the last bastions of political secrecy, impervious to news cycles, late-night social network flurries or clickbait scoops. I spoke to journalists and scholars about how the College of Cardinals manages to stay mum.

Reading comprehension ain't great these days

The @washingtonpost.com won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news on Monday for its coverage of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. It’s the paper at its finest, and I’m so proud that our Visual Forensics work featured in the winning package. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

I wish I still had the link to his website where it pronounced his name for you

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chat tell me it's not true... what about dinner party...

Inbox: Choire Sicha will join CNN Worldwide as Senior Vice President of Features Editorial on May 19th.

NEW by me and media team — Public media ready to fight ‘unlawful’ Trump order defunding PBS, NPR Legal scholars say executive order may exceed presidential authority and violate First Amendment, while local stations fear impact on communities. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

Trump’s EO defunding PBS and NPR will likely be struck down as an abuse of executive power, but it is another example of Trump’s attack on the free press. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

The @washingtonpost.com won two Pulitzers — journalism's highest honor — and was a finalist for three additional awards. The Post's staff won the breaking news award for covering the Trump assassination attempt in PA and former editorial cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social won her second prize.

Kudos to my current and former colleagues www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

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Pulitzer winner @anntelnaes.bsky.social "resigned in early January after a top editor rejected one of her cartoons — a depiction of Post owner Jeff Bezos, along with other business moguls, bowing before a statue of Trump, offering up bags of money" www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

It's actually in the story.

Our reporting on the NEA suddenly yanking grants. Affected include: n+1, McSweeney’s, Paris Review, Oxford American, book publishers, nonprofit theaters, more: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Breaking: VOA's plans to imminently go back to work have been muddied by a federal circuit court Saturday, which granted the government's request for a stay. “Three steps forward one step back,” said Steve Herman, VOA's chief national correspondent.

The government told Voice of America staffers that their accounts and being restored and they’ll soon be able to go back to work, following a the circuit court’s refusal to stay part of a preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s EO. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...

Public media ready to fight ‘unlawful’ Trump order defunding PBS, NPR. Legal scholars say executive order may exceed presidential authority and violate First Amendment, while local stations fear impact on communities. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

Radio Free Asia will lay off 280 people in the U.S — 90 percent of its domestic staff — and another 20 overseas; it'll shut down its Tibetan, Myanmar and Uyghur language services too. This comes after Trump's March executive order dismantling USAGM.

Trump signs order seeking to end federal funding for PBS and NPR. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting called the move illegal and vowed to fight it. @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

NEW: A circuit court panel with two Trump appointed judges has stayed Judge Lamberth's preliminary injunction in the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks cases, meaning they will not receive injunctive relief until the appeal plays out.

RFK Jr. pledged "radical transparency" and gold standard science at HHS. But the agency won't say who researched and wrote a report criticizing gender transition care, leaving the public unable to assess their credentials, potential conflicts and biases. wapo.st/4cV1DZS

The Washington Post trying to turn the page. apnews.com/article/wash...  After a year of turmoil, The Washington Post is taking note of its journalism again

Fox’s false claims about 2020 race were an audience strategy, according to a new filing from Smartmatic in its defamation suit against Fox News. My latest for @washingtonpost.com @sarahellison.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...