Kyle Pope

Former CJR, WSJ, Condé Nast, etc. Now helping journalists better cover climate.

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

Thrilled to welcome back @Jon_Allsop and introduce the new slate of @CJR newsletters

[Jon Allsop @Jon_Allsop]

Greetings, whoever is left on Twitter! When I last posted here back in October, I was going on hiatus from writing @CJR's daily newsletter, The Media Today. Today, I/we are back, with the same focus but a revamped format. All the details here:

https://t.co/N5zRbmDhBn

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

It’s not just @semafor that needs to rethink its fossil-fuel advertising: @billspindle argues for a broader news-industry shift https://t.co/juoy2RDXTL

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

Here we go again: The @nytimes by my count has nine opinion pieces out today about the Trump run for president.

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

Since we launched this project a week ago, nearly 150,000 people have gone to https://t.co/T6juZNbJ21 to calculate how much coverage they'd get it they went missing. More here in @CJR https://t.co/4a6lG9TTdH

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

At https://t.co/4vD3st41r5, you can calculate the amount of press coverage you would get if you went missing (based on current reporting in America), and join the fight for coverage equality #EveryoneIsPressworthy

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

Once again, the political press called it wrong, a mirror image of 2016. At what point do newsrooms recognize that they need need to rethink their approach?

[hari sreenivasan @hari]

Brilliant illustration of the disparities in how we cover missing people by @kylepope @CJR
https://t.co/KLDkd6UemL

#EveryoneIsPressworthy
I’m worth 6 articles - how many are you?

[Tal Kopan @TalKopan]

This is a really incredible and thought-provoking project from @CJR https://t.co/4XnXK5lV1h

[David Bauder @dbauder]

CJR putting the spotlight on inequity in coverage of missing persons cases. https://t.co/MzGjZSIgA9

[Shwanika Narayan @Shwanika]

What a great interactive -- one that's impactful and maddening at the same time. Kudos to @CJR for doing this.

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

Two decades after "missing white woman syndrome" was coined, the imbalances in coverage remain.

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

How much coverage are you worth? https://t.co/vtUyhtF3Qt

[Emily Atkin @emorwee]

I asked @semaforben to speak with me about the misleading Chevron ad atop Semafor's new climate newsletter.

He declined, directed me to a spokesperson, and the spokesperson ignored me.

Is this what trustworthy journalism looks like?
https://t.co/WofuidS5ht

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

No one is more deserving of a break than @Jon_Allsop, who has built the @CJR newsletter into the best of its kind in the world. You’ll still see us in your mailbox on occasion, and Jon will be back in the new year along with a new slate of @CJR newsletters. Now, rest.

[Jon Allsop @Jon_Allsop]

SOME PERSONAL NEWS (sorta): Four years ago this week, I started writing @CJR's daily newsletter, The Media Today, four days a week (with @mathewi anchoring Thursdays). Today, that's ending—though I, and the newsletter, will be soon be back in a new form.

https://t.co/LXfK7hA7Ff

[Covering Climate Now 🦋 @coveringclimate.org @CoveringClimate]

We're so excited that our new #CoveringClimate documentary co-hosted by @NBCNews @AlRoker + @WatchSavannah airs TONIGHT on @WORLDchannel + YouTube at 8pm US ET. We hope you'll tune in or stream it. Watch + Join the Conversation: https://t.co/0R6DTVued7 #BurningQuestions

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

@semafor You can’t really separate “The News” from, say, “Bill’s view.” Everything about the story — from the lead to how to write it to who to talk to — reflects Bill’s view. Pretending there’s a clean break between the two will only feed distrust.

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

Out of the gate, @semafor is solid: thoughtful, ambitious, expansive. That said, I think the “rethinking the article” business is a gimmick that will fade eventually. Not sure trust will be restored by telling people you’re giving them opinion in news stories. But let’s see.

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

A few highlights of John Bennet's rules for writing:

"Cut the blah-blah."

"Remember the banana rule: it’s never 'the elongated yellow fruit.'"

"A piece with a nut graf is like a documentary with a voice-over—it means you haven’t got it all on film."

https://t.co/4sf6D3nZW3

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

Take a moment to listen to this tribute to the great John Bennet of @NewYorker. Expertly and poignantly told by @betsymorais for @CJR https://t.co/Aexqb1QYf1

[Kyle Pope @kylepope]

My take on covering the nuke threat

[Columbia Journalism Review @CJR]

Nuclear threats, and breaking the uncertainty loop https://t.co/XXufS7FBfb