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A Column That Listens for What’s Not Being Said
Shop Talk examines the business jargon used by executives to elevate ordinary functions and conceal ugly truths.
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The Messenger, a Media Start-Up, Aims to Build a Newsroom Fast
The company, which will begin operating in May, plans to have around 550 journalists covering entertainment, politics and sports within a year.
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Bernadette Carey Smith, Black Reporter in Mostly White Newsrooms, Dies at 83
She was one of the first Black female journalists at The New York Times and The Washington Post. The Times put her on the staff of a women’s news section.
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Elon Musk Accuses Media of Bias for Dropping ‘Dilbert’
The Tesla and Twitter chief called the media racist as newspapers stopped running “Dilbert” after the comic strip’s creator, Scott Adams, described Black people as a “hate group.”