Ep. 413 of The Sunday #NYTReadalong (Mass Shootings; Fmr. WH Press Secretary; #NYT175)
Updated: 18 hours ago
This week, Sree and I will discuss the toll of mass shootings, including the recent tragedies in Bend, Oregon, and Erie, Pennsylvania; and Katie Zacharia’s short and rocky tenure as White House press secretary. We will also review the latest in The New York Times’ 175th anniversary coverage including Isabel Wilkerson’s reflections on the Great Midwest Floods of 1993. Gift links and PDFs are below.
Sree Sreenivasan and I are hosting Ep. 413 of The Sunday #NYTReadalong on Sunday, Oct. 18. We will be live at 8:30 a.m. ET, 12:30 p.m. GMT and 6 p.m. IST. If you miss the show, you can always watch the replay right on this page.
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Mass Shootings
As of Friday afternoon, Oct. 16, Mass Shooting Tracker had recorded at least 14 mass shootings since our last episode on Oct. 4, with at least 30 people killed and 72 wounded. Its definition counts incidents in which four or more people are shot. We’ll discuss the recent shootings in Bend, Oregon, and Erie, Pennsylvania, America’s ongoing epidemic of gun violence and how journalists and communities respond when such tragedies occur again and again.
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The gunman who killed four in Bend, Ore., entered an elementary school by shooting through a locked door, raising questions about what more schools can do to protect children.
A long string of school shootings have stricken the nation over the last three decades.
Mass Shooting Tracker The Mass Shooting Tracker is a crowd-sourced database of U.S. mass shootings. We define a “mass shooting” as a single outburst of violence in which four or more people are shot. This is not the same as mass murder as defined by the FBI. Learn more here.
[Fmr.] White House Press Secretary: Katie Zacharia
Katie Zacharia’s first days as President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary drew questions about her debut briefing and her legal background. She acknowledged Thursday that she did not pass the bar exam. By Friday afternoon, she was out, leaving the role less than a week after taking it. Half a Scaramucci if you’re keeping track at home. We’ll look at the reporting, what a White House press secretary is supposed to do, and related issues on Sunday’s show.
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Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
In an interview with a right-wing influencer, the new White House press secretary also described the harried process that led to her hiring.
NYT 175 Coverage
In Sunday’s paper, Isabel Wilkerson revisits her reporting on the devastating Midwest floods of 1993 as part of The New York Times’ ongoing 175th Anniversary Coverage. “From Trotsky to Steinem, the Art of the Complaint” will also be in this week’s paper. Last week’s paper featured an article about Woody Guthrie. “Ms., Martians and Guacamole: Their First Time in The Times” is online, but has not been in the print edition yet.
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Covering a flood powerful enough to disrupt the dead.
Letters to the Editor
A compendium of debuts, discoveries and (sometimes overdue) appearances in the paper.
A Few Quick Messages
Shining Light on Shadows: A Candid Conversation About Mental Health
On Thursday, Oct. 22, Kirby Hansen-McNulty, CEO and founder of Calibrate ADHD, will join Shining Light on Shadows for Ep. 59, “Understanding and Living With ADHD; AI as a Tool for Managing ADHD."
October is ADHD Awareness Month. Kirby will join us to talk about the challenges, strengths and realities of living with ADHD. We’ll discuss rejection sensitivity, burnout, relationships and why recognizing what you need before things reach a crisis matters. I’ll also share how I use AI in a variety of ways to help keep my ADHD at bay.
New Podcast: Fair Share
Erica Payne, the President and Co-founder of Patriotic Millionaires, joined Sree and Stephen Land on Episode 2 of The Fair Share Podcast. They discussed how a lot of wealthy Americans are advocating for higher taxes, the closing of corporate tax loopholes, raising the wage floor, and rewriting tax policy to combat wealth inequality and strengthen democracy.
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