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May 15, 2019
You're probably wondering why a photo of basketball players appears at the top of this morning's media newsletter. Yes, I'm a basketball fan, but that's not the reason. This photo of Toronto superstar, Kawhi Leonard, just before his winning shot is won, has become viral in recent days and is already a contender for the sports photo of the year. It was taken by Rick Madonik of the Toronto Star, who, jokingly, confessed that all this attention to his picture was a little ridiculous.
"It's a blow," he said.
But it's a big hit. Madonik spoke about these details for this morning's newsletter.
Let's start with the already famous sports photo.
On Sunday afternoon, Toronto Raptors basketball star Kawhi Leonard fired four shots before passing through the hoop and giving the Raptors a seventh win over the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA playoffs.
As the ball shook around the edge, Toronto Star photographer Rick Madonik took what turned out to be a viral picture.
Leonard is squatting there, the tongue out. His teammate, Jordan Loyd, is crouching next to him, ready to party. 76ers star Joel Embiid leans forward, hoping the shot does not enter.
I spoke to Madonik, who has been working at The Star since 1991, about her amazing plan. To begin with, due to lack of space in the playoffs, he was well above the field in the rafters instead of his usual position at the edge of the field. Madonik said that this position is usually a "really ugly" place for photos. This time it's the perfect place.
"If it had not been in this corner, I would have no shot that was worth it," Madonik said. "On all four corners, it was the only one that worked."
Madonik said that he knew Leonard would take the last shot; so he put his camera on him all the time. Even after Leonard lifted his sweater, Madonik kept his camera locked on Leonard. He said that time seemed to stop. He remembers seeing Leonard pull his tongue through his lens and did not know the ball was spinning around the edge. Madonik, who played and officiated basketball, wondered what took so long for everyone to react. Curiously, he was perhaps the only person in the arena who had not seen the shot come in. Later, he even had to ask, "How many bounces before the ball came in?"
So, what makes the shot so special?
"There is emotional tension," said Madonik. "There are three different players with three different faces. … I think that Embiid leaning on help too. It's not at all symmetrical, but there seems to be some symmetry. "
Another special element: the photo viewers know what happened. Players are still waiting to find out.
"These are all emotions," said Madonik.
The Democratic hope chooses not to participate in one of the events of the network, calling it a "machine for profit hatred".
Elizabeth Warren will not do Town Hall at Fox News. And that's not all that, the Democratic presidential hopeful criticized the network on Tuesday with a series of tweets, calling it a "racket of hate for profit that offers a megaphone to racists and conspirators."
Does she do the right thing?
She tweeted:
"I have made 57 medals and 131 media interviews, responding to more than 1,100 questions from the press since January. Fox News is invited to attend my events as any other outlet. But a Fox News town hall is adding money to the profit-making hate machine. For what I say: go difficult. "
In a column published Tuesday by Poynter, I wrote that I could understand where Warren was coming from.
Nevertheless, other Democrat candidates – including Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg and Kirsten Gillibrand – have already participated or will be doing events on Fox News. Others could follow. They probably see it as an opportunity to send their message directly to more conservative viewers without this message going through the rotation cycle of network hosts. Perhaps they can even influence some undecided voters or those who have denigrated President Donald Trump.
Warren knows that a Fox News town hall is not a decisive event for his hopes of nomination. In fact, most Democrats will probably applaud his position against a network that, in their view, is biased.
Connie Chung wrote a letter in the Washington Post about her sexual assault – and she did not expect that result.
Last year, when Christine Blasey Ford publicly accused Brett Kavanaugh, the country's Supreme Court candidate, of having sexually assaulted her three decades ago, journalist Connie Chung wrote an open letter to Ford in The Washington Post, in which she recounted that she had been sexually assaulted by a family doctor. To college. Chung now explains to Juju Chang, co-host of ABC News's "Nightline", why she wrote this letter and what her reaction has been since.
Chung said, "I was so angry that people did not believe her. And once something has happened to you, you do not forget who it was and what happened.
"I was hoping that if I had a hint of credibility after my journalistic days, maybe … it would reverse the trend. Well, that's not the case, and it's so unfortunate. "
The network has announced plans to build a studio in Sin City in anticipation of the next spike in sports betting.
ESPN puts a studio on the Las Vegas Strip. Is it because Las Vegas is getting more and more sporty or is it because ESPN embraces the game aspect of the sport? You can discuss both. Las Vegas already has an NHL team and will soon have an NFL team when the Oakland Raiders move in, likely in 2020.
But let's be honest: this is the game. Now that all states can legalize sports bets if they wish, sports games will be more covered by newspapers, digital media and television networks. Connor Schell, Executive Vice President of Content at ESPN, said in a statement: "A full studio presence in Las Vegas will help us create content that harnesses that culture and broadens our offering to passionate gamblers and more casual fans. . "
A list of great journalists and intriguing media.
- Elitist story: The long and excellent New York Times feature film about a region in northwestern England whose beautiful landscape masks increasing poverty and isolation, especially for the elderly. Superb work of the writer Ceylan Yeginsu and the photographer Laetitia Vancon.
- Poynter's Ren LaForme gives four great tips for telling very long stories in his latest essay Try This! newsletter about digital tools.
- Kameel Stanley, lead producer of USA Today's "The City" podcast, writes for Poynter's The Cohort's The Cohort newsletter, explaining what you can do to help make your podcast a success.
- Jeremy Gordon, in The Outline, has sparked a debate that casts doubt on the accuracy of David Foster Wallace 's work and others still now that we are living in the YouTube era.
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