Friday, May 13, 2022


Librarians push back against book-banning


"Book bans are about limiting kids' freedom to read and teachers' freedom to teach" (from salon.com):

 https://www.salon.com/2022/05/12/librarians-push-back-against-book-banning_partner/


Tuesday, May 10, 2022

 


Dolly Parton’s library to give books to refugee children

Singer’s global initiative to offer a book each month to 200 refugee children in London until they turn five

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/09/dolly-parton-imagination-library-books-refugee-children?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other


Monday, May 9, 2022

The Journalistic Pitfalls of the Trump Era


The authors of a new book discuss how political reporting functioned during a period of upheaval, how quickly journalists should share scoops with the public, and what Mitch McConnell managed to extract from Donald Trump. (from ‘The New Yorker’):

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-pitfalls-and-repetitions-of-political-journalism


Sunday, May 8, 2022

A Leak That Slowed, but Did Not Stop, the Presses

Here’s how the Times report on the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade came together — and made it into print.


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/08/insider/supreme-court-reporting.html?referringSource=articleShare