Review of UK and world papers and coverage of UK and global journalism stories for Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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The Chartered Institute of Journalists remembers all the professional journalists and media workers murdered and killed while doing their work this year in all parts of the world and remember the immense sacrifice of those who gave their lives to the profession in the past. We send our condolences to their families, friends and professional colleagues.
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Sky News Press Preview: Tuesday’s papers. 22 May 2023 #presspreview #newspapers #frontpages We take a first look at Tuesday’s newspapers with the political editors of The Guardian and The Sun – Pippa Crerar and Harry Cole. See: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1660771584007651328
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Washington Post reports (behind paywall) ‘The looming existential crisis for cable news. Amid weak ratings for CNN’s Trump town hall, the number of cable subscribers is plunging. Sooner or later, it will hurt news channels’ bottom line.’ See: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1661099495109656578
LinkedIn news feed edited by Liz Justice
The billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez are engaged after the Amazon founder proposed on his $500 million yacht. See: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7066832145113063426?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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Any hopes that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will be released as diminished after Moscow sought to extend his pre-trial detention by three months. See: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7066827722349539328?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
CIoJ Twitter news feed at: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist
CIoJ LinkedIn news feed edited by Liz Justice at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/63500/
CIoJ Facebook news feed at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077475452242
CIoJ LinkedIn news stories, Hold The Front Page news stories, Guardian media news stories, Press Gazette news stories, Arab News media stories and other stories from miscellaneous sources
The Chartered Institute of Journalists calls on China to release Australian broadcaster Cheng Lei from detention which now stands at 1,013 days since 13th August 2020 See: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/28/partner-of-detained-australian-journalist-cheng-lei-hopeful-of-compassionate-and-speedy-resolution & https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-concerned-by-delays-trial-journalist-detained-china-2023-03-31/
The CIoJ remains concerned about the trials and sentencing of Belarus journalist Roman Protasevich and his friend Sofia Sapega following their abduction from a diverted Ryanair flight 23rd May 2021 which is now 730 days ago. Sofia should be released immediately from her 6 year jail sentence. Despite the mixed signals over Roman’s position in Belarus before and after his pardon, he should be allowed to leave the country of his own free will. See: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65670820
The CIoJ calls on all governments and states unjustly detaining journalists for doing their professional work to respect freedom of expression, the right to liberty and free them immediately. See: https://rsf.org/en/new-record-number-journalists-jailed-worldwide
North American Newspapers for Tuesday 23rd May 2023
French Newspapers for Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Montage of world newspapers for Tuesday 23rd May 2023
