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height: 80px;" alt="avatar"/></span> <p class="description">I write, edit, report and produce media for Poynter.org as one of the institute's first Google Journalism Fellows. Before that, I was the editor in chief of my college newspaper, The Orion, a freelancer for USA Today and an intern at a variety of publications throughout Northern California. I love to talk media and journalism! Tweet me @benmullin or email at bmullin@poynter.org.</p> <hr/> <div id="post-352297" class="entry-content post- excerpt-0"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352297" title="Permalink to 4 staffers to exit The Sunlight Foundation" rel="bookmark">4 staffers to exit The Sunlight Foundation</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">3:55 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>The Sunlight Foundation, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting transparency in government, is losing four of its staffers within the coming weeks, Poynter has learned.</p> <p>Gabriela Schneider, The Sunlight Foundation’s communications director, announced to staffers earlier this week in an email she was leaving to join <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/https://www.issueone.org/mission-vision/">Issue One</a>, a nonprofit dedicated to encouraging the passage of campaign finance reform.</p> <p>The foundation is also losing senior fellow Bill Allison, who is leaving to take a job at Foreign Policy as a reporter covering transnational corruption. Allison, formerly the foundation’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/https://web.archive.org/web/20140403055108/http://sunlightfoundation.com/team/">editorial director</a>, changed jobs after a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/316607/3-leave-in-restructuring-of-sunlight-foundation/">restructuring</a> earlier this year that saw the combination of the nonprofit’s reporting arm and communications team.</p> <p>Also leaving Sunlight is James Turk, the head of the nonprofit’s open-source community devoted to using technology to transform government. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352297 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352297">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/" addthis:title="4 staffers to exit The Sunlight Foundation">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352297/4-staffers-to-exit-the-sunlight-foundation/" addthis:title="4 staffers to exit The Sunlight Foundation">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> <!-- AddThis Button END --></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352235" class="entry-content post-feature-secondary excerpt-1"> <div class="article excerpt"> <div class="image-right"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DanWasserman1.png" class="attachment-article-medium wp-post-image" alt="DanWasserman"/></div> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352235" title="Permalink to 4 editorial cartoonists react to Charleston church shooting" rel="bookmark">4 editorial cartoonists react to Charleston church shooting</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">10:35 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p>On Thursday night, “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart devoted <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/kb2h42/charleston-church-shooting">his opening segment</a> — usually a sendup of the news of the day — to a monologue about shootings in America. Ditching the jokes, Stewart opted instead to point out a disparity in the way the media covers violence at home and abroad.</p> <p>“We invaded two countries and spent trillions of dollars and thousands of American lives and now fly unmanned death machines over like five or six different countries all to keep Americans safe. We gotta do whatever we can — we’ll torture people. We’ve gotta do whatever we can to keep Americans safe. Nine people shot in a church. What about that?”</p> <p>Stewart was joined in his indignation by several editorial cartoonists, who took a break from skewering politicians to call attention to the church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina that left nine dead:</p> <p><strong><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.courant.com/opinion/cartoons/hc-charleston-s-carolina-20150618-story.html">Bob Englehart, “Hate Kills”</a></em></strong></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My cartoon and blog about the evil in S.</p></blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/" class="read-more">Read more</a></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352235 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352235">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/" addthis:title="4 editorial cartoonists react to Charleston church shooting">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352235/4-editorial-cartoonists-react-to-charleston-church-shooting/" addthis:title="4 editorial cartoonists react to Charleston church shooting">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> <!-- AddThis Button END --></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352201" class="entry-content post- excerpt-2"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352201" title="Permalink to Brian Williams declines to disclose results of NBC News investigation" rel="bookmark">Brian Williams declines to disclose results of NBC News investigation</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 19, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">8:31 am</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><div style="position:relative; padding-bottom:63%; padding-bottom:-webkit-calc(56.25% + 50px); padding-bottom:calc(56.25% + 50px); height: 0;"></div> <p>Former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams broke his silence Friday morning after enduring months of public scrutiny following a scandal that saw his removal from network air and prolonged speculation about the fate of his career in the news business.</p> <p>The comments came during an interview with “Today” co-host Matt Lauer broadcast on that show in two segments.</p> <p>During the course of the interview, Williams acknowledged that he’d made mistakes, but stopped short of characterizing his erroneous statements as intentional lies. Instead, he attributed them to his unchecked ego, which he said led him to exaggerate his role in stories. </p> <p>“I was not trying to mislead people,” Williams said. “That was the huge difference here. No. It came from a bad place. 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In fact, it was 1815.</p></blockquote> <p>The Breakfast Conference, as the NPR story explains, was a meeting called by Napoleon wherein the commander explained that the battle against the Duke of Wellington’s army would be “over by lunchtime.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/" class="read-more">Read more</a></p></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352157 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352157">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/" addthis:title="NPR corrects: the Battle of Waterloo wasn’t today">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352157/npr-corrects-the-battle-of-waterloo-wasnt-today/" addthis:title="NPR corrects: the Battle of Waterloo wasn’t today">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> <!-- AddThis Button END --></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-352041" class="entry-content post- excerpt-4"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=352041" title="Permalink to Brian Williams will cover breaking news at MSNBC" rel="bookmark">Brian Williams will cover breaking news at MSNBC</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 18, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">1:29 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><div id="attachment_352085" style="width: 360px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933im_/http://www.poynter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BriWi2.jpg" alt="Williams. (AP)" width="350" height="230" class="size-full wp-image-352085"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Williams. (AP)</p></div> <p>NBC News made official its decision this afternoon to assign embattled anchor Brian Williams to MSNBC as an anchor for breaking news. </p> <p>Lester Holt, who anchored “NBC Nightly News” in Williams’ stead, will become the permanent anchor of the network’s flagship news broadcast.</p> <p>The announcement brings to a close months of questions surrounding the eventual destination of Williams, who was revealed to be embellishing and fabricating tales of his reporting exploits earlier this year after the publication of an exposé from Stars and Stripes. He was given a six-month suspension while NBC News conducted a fact-finding inquiry into claims he made about his own war reportage.</p> <p>Williams will begin at MSNBC in mid-August, according to a prepared statement from NBC News:</p> <blockquote><p>He will work with Mark Lukasiewicz, SVP of Special Reports for NBCU News Group, who will help lead a team to strengthen MSNBC’s daytime coverage by further leveraging NBC News’ expertise in breaking news.</p></blockquote> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/" class="read-more">Read more</a></div> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/" title="View all posts in News">News</a> <span class="arrow-right">→</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/category/news/mediawire/" title="View all posts in MediaWire">MediaWire</a></div> <dl class="article-tools"> <dt>Tools:</dt> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/#disqus_thread" class="comments"><span class="dsq-postid" rel="352041 http://www.poynter.org/?p=352041">0 Comments</span></a></dd> <dd><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/" class="permalink">Permalink</a></dd> <dd><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "> <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/" addthis:title="Brian Williams will cover breaking news at MSNBC">Email</a> <a class="addthis_button_compact" addthis:url="http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/352041/brian-williams-will-cover-breaking-news-at-msnbc/" addthis:title="Brian Williams will cover breaking news at MSNBC">Share</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4ccb31260be55b75"></script> <!-- AddThis Button END --></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div id="post-351987" class="entry-content post- excerpt-5"> <div class="article excerpt"> <h2 class="article"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/?post_type=post&p=351987" title="Permalink to Twitter is hiring people with ‘newsroom backgrounds’ as real-time curators" rel="bookmark">Twitter is hiring people with ‘newsroom backgrounds’ as real-time curators</a> </h2> <p class="article-meta"> <span class="meta-byline"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/author/bmullin/" title="Posts by Benjamin Mullin" rel="author">Benjamin Mullin</a></span> <span class="meta-datetime"> <span class="meta-date">June 18, 2015</span> <span class="meta-time">1:05 pm</span> </span> </p> <div class="excerpt"><p><strong><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/twitters-top-secret-project-lightning-revealed#.cm43z8mME">BuzzFeed</a></em></strong></p> <p>The last few weeks have seen the continued upheaval of a news distribution model that was already in a state of flux. In May, Facebook rolled out its Instant Articles program, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/05/facebooks-instant-articles-are-here.html">marking</a> the first time that news organizations published content within the social network. Earlier this month, Apple <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/349837/3-things-to-know-about-apples-new-news-app/">unveiled</a> its News app, a news reader that will feature content <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.bidnessetc.com/45467-apple-inc-to-hire-journalists-for-curated-content-on-news-app/">curated by editorial professionals</a>.</p> <p>And now comes word, via BuzzFeed’s Mat Honan, that Twitter is preparing to launch <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150622105933/http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/twitters-top-secret-project-lightning-revealed#.cm43z8mME">Project Lightning</a>, a feature that would showcase real-time information feeds relating to ongoing events. 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