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Jean YoonReuters named Jean Yoon to the newly created position of executive editor, editorial strategy, based in New York. Yoon, who is slated to begin in October, is Reuters regional editor, Asia, as well as global editor, strategic centers, with about 800 journalists under her purview. Prior to her editorial roles, she served as chief financial correspondent in Seoul and UK technology and media correspondent in London. In her new role, she will take on responsibility for the company’s global editorial strategy in partnership with editor in chief Steve Adler.
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Tony Kornheiser & Michael WilbonThe National Press Club is giving Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, the co-hosts of ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption,” its Fourth Estate Award. Kornheiser started his career in journalism with Newsday, and has also worked for the New York Times and Washington Post, as well as hosting a radio show on D.C. station WTEM that was syndicated nationally on ESPN Radio. Wilbon began his career at the Washington Post and has been an NBA studio analyst for “KIA NBA Countdown” on ABC and ESPN since 2006. Previous winners of the Fourth Estate Award include Wolf Blitzer, Gwen Ifill and Charlie Rose. The award will be presented at a dinner in DC on Oct. 4.
The Automotive Video Association, a newly created group of automotive video journalists, announced that it will host the first-ever AVA awards this fall. Established to promote the video aspect of covering the auto industry, the AVA says that its membership is open to all professionals who produce content related to the industry. The award program, titled “The Mountain Run,” will take place Sept. 23 at the Resort of the Mountain in Welches, Oregon. Details of the finalists and criteria will be released in the coming weeks.
Michael Kaminer, who was responsible for the Observer’s “Power List” for the past 13 years, has cut ties with the publication... The New York Times Company continues the march toward its goal of 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is providing more than $6 million in funding to eight organizations working to address the challenges local news and information environments face along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Conservative outlets Fox News, Newsmax and the Daily Caller are holding back from signing Pete Hegseth’s edict restricting press access in the Pentagon... CBS News sees the first executive departure of the Bari Weiss era as head of standards and practices Claudia Milne exits... Indiana University shuts down the print version of The Indiana Daily Student.
Rothschild family plans to unload 26.7 percent stake in The Economist... STAT, a digital media company that focuses the life sciences, brings back Damian Garde, who anchored its biotech newsletter and podcast from 2016 to 2024... High Times officially resumes print publication (following its 2024 shutdown) with the release of a limited-edition, collectible 50th anniversary issue. 
CBS News is set to hand over its reins to The Free Press co-founder Bari Weiss as Paramount acquires her site for $155M... C-SPAN comes on board as an official media partner of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, which is charged by Congress to lead the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence... A new Gallup survey says that the level of trust that US audiences have in the media has hit a new low.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Kenneth Weinstein, former head of the conservative Hudson Institute, as ombudsman for CBS News.
