Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
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LA Times Executive Editor Outlines ‘Long Overdue’ Changes After Criticisms of Newsroom’s Diversity
Norman Pearlstine updated Los Angeles Times staff Thursday night on the changes taking place
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Faith Hill Asks Mississippi Legislature to Change State Flag: Confederate Symbol Doesn’t Represent ‘Mississippi of Today’
Country singer called Confederate emblem in upper left “a direct symbol of terror”
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Joe Scarborough Questions Trump’s Latest Move to Kill Obamacare: It Would Be ‘Catastrophic’ (Video)
“Can you explain it?” asks MSNBC host
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Twitter Suspends Account for Organization That Leaked Police Documents
Twitter cited its policy against the distribution of hacked materials, which came from police departments all over the country
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69% of Americans Want Newsrooms to Diversify, Gallup Poll Finds
60% of Black respondents said racial diversity should be the top priority, compared to just 27% of white respondents
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Dr. Fauci to Protesters: ‘Wear a Mask’ (Video)
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases spoke to Vice about the risk of infection amid the current unrest
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Ethics of Interviewing Brother Gov. Cuomo: ‘It Will Never Be Seen as Fair’ (Video)
“I’ll never be objective,” CNN anchor says
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LA Times Executive Editor Says He Will Not Resign Amid Criticisms Over Newsroom Diversity
Top editor Norman Pearlstine spoke with staffers at a nearly five-hour town hall on the newsroom’s failures to recruit and support nonwhite journalists
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Bleacher Report CEO Howard Mittman Exits After After Outcry Over Staff Diversity
Turner Sports head Lenny Daniels will take over in the interim
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Bubba Wallace Says Rope in Garage Was a ‘Straight-Up Noose,’ Not a Door Pull (Video)
NASCAR driver appeared on Don Lemon’s CNN program Tuesday night after the FBI found he was not the victim of a hate crime
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Mark Cuban Tells Hannity: Trump Only Wants to Run a Campaign, Not a Country (Video)
The “Shark Tank” star sparred with the Fox News host over Joe Biden’s accomplishments
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MSNBC’s Scarborough: Trump ‘Does Not Look Like a Man Who Wants to Be Re-Elected’ (Video)
“The situation just keeps getting worse,” bemoans “Morning Joe” host
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Trump Tweet Flagged With ‘Public Interest Notice’ for Threatening ‘Serious Force’ in Washington DC
Twitter says the tweet violates the “policy against abusive behavior”
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Trump Rally Gives Fox News Highest-Rated Non-Entertainment Telecast in Primetime for the Week
Weekly Nielsen ratings show Trump rally was big draw, but all news was most popular among basic cable channels overall
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Black LA Times Journalists Demand Change From Leadership: We Are ‘Ignored, Marginalized, Under-Valued’
The LA Times Guild’s Black Caucus sent a demand letter to newspaper leadership Tuesday
