Gov. Jeff Landry, who is trying to change the law to keep a host of public records secret, says 'no journalist' allows their notes or emails to become public. (Journalists are not public officials and therefore don't fall under the public records act)

Honestly a bit confused by the photos my phone is taking

Via the Reliable Sources newsletter: This is the stop-in-your-tracks front page of Friday's Wall Street Journal, marking the one-year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich's detention (cnn.it/3TBLHme)

Waiting until 5:56 p.m. on March Madness Friday to announce the league investigation of a generational player amid a gambling scandal. That's the art of the news dump.

To any young reporters out there, don’t let anyone tell you that “being there” doesn’t matter.
#Eagles

Some bipartisan lawmakers in Colorado are looking to clamp down on access to open records — and also trying to distinguish a 'newsperson' from other members of the public trying to access records: coloradofoic.org/colorado-house…

BREAKING: Kansas City radio Lisa Lopez killed in shooting at Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, station says apnews.com/article/chiefs…

“Will journalism become a hobby like scrapbooking or street busking, done on the cheap or for donations, but one without much of a career path?”

⁦Depressing Jack Shafer⁩ politico.com/news/magazine/…

People cheer on media layoffs but don’t come crying when your local AI fake news bot starts falsely reporting you were arrested for something and you get fired and there are no real journalists left to cover your plight! Or when there’s a local disaster or corruption!

I cannot tell you how many times a source has called me in tears because they went through every possible channel to be heard and get justice, only for them to turn to a journalist as a last resort. We’re building a world where even that last resort will no longer exist.

Alec Baldwin on the picket line with Daily News staffers is chef’s kiss, 12 years after he punched a News photog in the face. #greatestcityintheworld

Scoop: Mayorkas AGREES to testify in House impeachment proceedings (but not on the schedule Republicans want) news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

DC folks: 5pm today Politics and Prose I’ll be talking to Julie Farnam, ex Asst Director of Intelligence, U.S. Capitol Police, about her new book, DOMESTIC DARKNESS - an insider account of the explosive events of January 6, 2021 and how the Capitol Police disregarded intelligence.

Don't forget *why* we're finally seeing the Epstein documents: The Miami Herald and its lawyers fought to unseal them in court for 5 years. Sometimes that's what it takes. miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…

Saturday, join Julie Farnam to discuss DOMESTIC DARKNESS - an insider account of the explosive events of January 6, 2021 and how the Capitol Police disregarded intelligence about the right-wing extremists - with Jana Winter - 5 PM @ Conn Ave - bit.ly/48Gzt1h

“I’ll tell our press folks to get back to you”

A lot going on here.

NEW: The NYPD is using police drones to film hundreds of protesters and handing the footage over to prosecutors to 'help enhance arrests.'gothamist.com/news/the-nypd-…

Scare a New Jerseyan in 5 words or less. 🫣

I’ll go first… “pump your own gas” 😰⛽️