NYT clearly did the right thing in retracting Caliphate BUT, don’t let this comment from Dean Baquet pass, it is demeaning to every audio producer who does the work like the rest of the newsroom.../1 npr.org/2020/12/18/944… Audio is not some ‘other’ beast from another planet. It is a platform through which newsrooms can reach an audience, perhaps one that isn’t consuming their news any other way. If this audio product operated under different rules than the rest of the newsroom.../2

Today is a milestone date for me. 10 years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. December is a dark month and that diagnosis made it darker. What followed was a year of intense treatment and multiple surgeries. I ended up really looking like my dad too! .../1 The immediate reaction to such a diagnosis is that everything will end, I won't see my girls graduate from high school, I'll never travel to the places I really wanted to see, I won't be able to work at full strength again, I might not survive at all, or at a minimum.../2