Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
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End of an Era: Playboy to Halt Regular Print Editions
The late Hugh Hefner’s men’s magazine will pursue “digitial-first publishing” in 2021
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Fox News Breaks 16-Month Twitter Silence With Tweet About Coronavirus Coverage
The account tweeted a link to highlight the company’s coverage of the pandemic
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CNN Doubled Primetime Audience Last Week as All Cable News Networks Saw Big Gains
Fox News Channel remained in the top spot but saw gains as well
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‘The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez’: Journalist Behind Doc Series Sought Therapy While Reporting on Child’s Murder
“The emotional distress that I was under doesn’t come within 100 miles of Gabriel’s experience,” Garrett Therolf tells TheWrap
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Whoopi Goldberg Joins ‘The View’ From Home: ‘This Is Responsible Social Distancing’ (Video)
More and more on-air talent is telecommuting as coronavirus concerns ratchet up
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Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade Argues ‘Chinese Virus’ Isn’t a ‘Racist Term’
The “Fox & Friends” host defends “Chinese virus” an “accurate term of where it started”
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CNN Staffer at NY Bureau Has Coronavirus, 1st Confirmed Case for Network
WarnerMedia, CNN’s parent company, identified this as “a second individual working at 30 Hudson Yards” who has tested positive in an email Tuesday
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ABC News’ ‘World News Tonight’ Was the Top Telecast in Cable and Broadcast Last Week
As more Americans stay home and seek information on coronavirus, the news industry benefits
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Blaze Media Debuts Blaze Live on Pluto TV (Exclusive)
The free channel will expand Blaze Media’s reach as the largest independent conservative media company
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China’s State-Run Press Appears to Chastise Trump for Labeling Coronavirus ‘Chinese Virus’
“Racism is not the right tool to cover your own incompetence,” Xinhua News tweeted
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NY Post Editorial Board Member Apologizes for HIV/Coronavirus Would-You-Rather Poll
Michael Benjamin polled his Twitter followers on which virus they’d prefer to contract
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Al Roker Gives Weather Report From His Kitchen as Coronavirus Caution Keeps Him From ‘Today’ Studio (Video)
Weatherman quarantined at home after a staffer on the show tested positive for coronavirus
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NY Times Confirms Employee at Headquarters Tested Positive for Coronavirus
“We continue to believe that having the vast majority of our colleagues work remotely is in everyone’s best interest,” says an internal memo
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GOP Rep. Devin Nunes Blames ‘Media Freaks’ for Fallout After Suggesting People ‘Go to Your Local Pub’ (Video)
Nunes’ Sunday comments encouraging people to “go out” didn’t go over well
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TV News Staffers Are Working From Home as Coronavirus Spreads, But the Shows Must Go on
“The slimmer staffed shows are a necessary way to stay healthy,” Fox News’ Harris Faulkner told TheWrap
