Corey Johnson

Winner of @PulitzerPrize. Reporter @ProPublica. Alum @TB_Times @MarshallProj @CIRonline

[Corey Johnson @CoreyGJohnson]

Trace amounts of lead can have life-changing effects on young children. It invades their brains, attacking areas that govern reasoning, aggression and impulse control. It can lurk in the body for decades, clinging to bones like a belligerent squatter
https://t.co/UeV80oOzv5

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Scott Pelley just issued a statement on Bari's remarks this morning:

[Variety @Variety]

Scott Pelley fires back at "60 Minutes" after being fired and says Paramount-Skydance is weakening the news show "apparently to curry favor with the Trump administration."

“Last month, '60 Minutes' lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos... Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over '60 Minutes' interviews is not how this is done. Incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc."

https://t.co/9KhIR5yOtj

[FOSTER @weareyourfek]

Nick Bilton has cemented his legacy as one of media's biggest losers, full stop. What an absolute moron of planetary proportions — thin-skinned, pathetic, someone who cemented his legacy of firing one of the greatest journalists of an era because he couldn't take an ego check.

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

Former "60 Minutes" boss Bill Owens speaking at @NYPressClub while accepting its Truth to Power Award tonight: Scott Pelley "can smell a fraud from a mile away." Owens said "I couldn't be prouder of him, and I know all of the people at '60 Minutes' couldn't be prouder of him."

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

NEW: A slew of well-known journalists, including Dan Rather, Lowell Bergman and Alex Gibney, have released a letter to David Ellison asking him to affirm his commitment to editorial independence at “60 Minutes.”

[Investigative Reporters & Editors @IRE_NICAR]

This upcoming IRE Investigative Managers of Color Task Force Zoom conversation will feature Ron Nixon, who will discuss his journey from reporter to newsroom leader and share insights on navigating leadership as a senior editor and manager of color.

Attend via Zoom: https://t.co/LIDDhd7fBI

[tamia fowlkes @tamiafowlkes]

For more than two years, my @journalsentinel colleague @caitlooby and I have investigated employee complaints about unsafe conditions and chemical exposure at the Lower Fox River PCB cleanup site in Green Bay.

Here's what we found. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/NyTSrQV4AI

[katie honan @katie_honan]

a triumph of reporting and the most comprehensive look yet at ICE arrests in New York and New Jersey, from @THECITYNY https://t.co/xX9GDY94mw

[Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson @EclecticHutch]

INBOX: Journalists at 5 McClatchy newspapers in Washington and Idaho (the Idaho Statesman, Bellingham Herald, Tri-City Herald, Tacoma News Tribune & The Olympian) are calling a one-day strike today over wages and AI protections. That means no clicking on any links to their sites.

[Investigative Reporters & Editors @IRE_NICAR]

We’re proud to welcome investigative journalism powerhouses Carol Leonnig and Hannah Natanson for a special keynote conversation on Friday, June 19 at IRE26.

Leonnig, senior investigative correspondent for MS NOW and former reporter for The Washington Post, helped uncover the National Security Agency’s expanded surveillance of Americans and is a five-time Pulitzer Prize winner.

Natanson, a narrative enterprise reporter for The Washington Post, was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team covering the Trump administration’s transformation of government and has earned a Peabody Award, Toner Prize and more.

Join us for an unforgettable conversation about investigative reporting, government accountability, navigating high-stakes reporting projects and the future of watchdog journalism.

Read more about the IRE26 keynote conversation here: https://t.co/CL3w84i7lb
#InvestigativeJournalism #Journalism #Accountability #WatchdogJournalism #PulitzerPrize

[Corey Johnson @CoreyGJohnson]

@aglorios @propublica @TexasTribune @lmower3 Congratulations and welcome, Alexandra!

[Hannah Allam @HannahAllam]

Have you checked out @propublica’s new podcast, Paper Trail? Great work by a stellar team with years of experience in audio storytelling
Listen here https://t.co/7UTOW67roy

[Ida B. Wells Society @IBWellsSociety]

We've launched a new pilot program: the Ida B. Wells HBCU Data Journalism Fellowship! The program will help students from HBCUs strengthen their portfolios by producing work that incorporates skills associated with data journalism.

Meet the Fellows here:
https://t.co/0t995hyCss

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

My commencement address to the Columbia Journalism School Class of 2026
Congrats to all the graduates.
https://t.co/fLrOJE8nR8

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: We’re thrilled to introduce the 2026 cohort of the ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program. Meet the journalists: https://t.co/OFsKqZWVun

[Corey Johnson @CoreyGJohnson]

Whoever said Harden was better than Dwayne Wade is either A) An idiot B) A troll C) A preteen playing a prank

[Corey Johnson @CoreyGJohnson]

Heartbreaking. Sending prayers to friends and colleagues at the @AP and the American people who will ultimately lose the most.

[Mike Sisak @mikesisak]

Another hall of fame class of journalists is leaving @AP — this one involuntarily via layoffs. Reporters in big cities and state capitols. People who’ve broken some of the biggest stories of our time and improved the public’s understanding of important issues. It’s heartbreaking.

[Emily Glazer @EmilyGlazer]

It is with a heavy heart that I share my mother-in-law, the formidable Pulitzer Prize-winning Jane Healy, passed away peacefully this morning after battling cancer.
We miss her already.
Thank you to the Orlando Sentinel for capturing her legacy so well: https://t.co/aZIab37Zis

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Jeffrey Epstein: "She is going to start trouble."