{"id":311735,"date":"2024-05-23T12:31:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?prc_email_campaign=journalists-sue-chicago-tribune-owner-alleging-unequal-pay"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:30:30","slug":"journalists-sue-chicago-tribune-owner-alleging-unequal-pay","status":"publish","type":"prc_email_campaign","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/journalists-sue-chicago-tribune-owner-alleging-unequal-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists sue Chicago Tribune owner, alleging unequal pay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Journalists sue Chicago Tribune owner, alleging unequal pay<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>New from Pew Research Center: <\/strong>Views toward news coverage of presidential candidates&#8217; ages<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Israel to return equipment to AP after backlash<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Bipartisan legislation to help local news with USPS delays and postal rate increases<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Many Republicans, Democrats think the age of the opposing party\u2019s candidate gets too little attention<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd25\u00a0<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A lawsuit filed by Chicago Tribune journalists<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/media\/2024\/05\/17\/chicago-tribune-discrimination-suit-alden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">against the newspaper\u2019s owner<\/a>, Alden Global Capital, claims the Tribune has <strong>paid women and Black journalists less than men or White people<\/strong> in similar roles. The suit is seeking back pay for the affected journalists over the past five years and corrections to ongoing salary discrepancies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2022\/06\/14\/journalists-give-industry-mixed-reviews-on-newsroom-diversity-lowest-marks-in-racial-and-ethnic-diversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Pew Research Center survey<\/a> asked U.S. journalists whether employees at their news organization are treated fairly regardless of their race and ethnicity. <strong>Black (34%), Hispanic (29%) and Asian journalists (25%)<\/strong> were more likely than <strong>White journalists (12%)<\/strong> to say that employees <strong>are not treated fairly. <\/strong>Additionally, 24% of women journalists said that employees at their organization are not treated fairly based on gender, more than double the share of men who said this (10%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/05\/23\/americans-have-mixed-views-about-how-the-news-media-cover-bidens-trumps-ages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new survey<\/a> finds that Americans have mixed feelings about <strong>how much news organizations are covering the ages of Donald Trump and Joe Biden<\/strong>. Opinions are split along party lines: Each party\u2019s supporters tend to say that the opposing candidate\u2019s age is getting too little attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc\u00a0<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Israel <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/21\/media\/israel-gaza-live-camera-shut-down\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">return seized broadcast equipment<\/a> to the AP<\/li>\n\n\n<li>ProPublica\u2019s new initiative will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2024\/05\/propublicas-new-50-states-commitment-builds-on-a-decade-plus-of-local-news-partnerships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">build on existing relationships<\/a> with <strong>local news orgs<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Vivek Ramaswamy<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vivek-ramaswamy-buzzfeed-22a838d00c545dcf88728a579fdd35f5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acquires stake<\/a> in BuzzFeed<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Google <\/strong>warns nonprofit newsrooms that a <strong>California bill<\/strong> could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/21\/google-news-initiative-journalism-funding-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endanger future Google News Initiative partnerships<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Researchers find <strong>Meta <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/may\/20\/revealed-meta-approved-political-ads-in-india-that-incited-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failed to comply with India\u2019s election laws<\/a> and approved inflammatory ads manipulated by AI<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/21\/world\/europe\/prince-harry-lawsuit-rupert-murdoch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UK court rules<\/a> that <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> cannot sue <strong>Rupert Murdoch<\/strong> personally<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Indonesia\u2019s parliament <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-mulls-ban-investigative-journalism-lgbt-content-2024-05-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposes new broadcast laws<\/a> that would ban <strong>investigative journalism <\/strong>and <strong>LGBT content<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bipartisan bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/21\/usps-newspaper-delivery-us-senate-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced in the U.S. Senate this week<\/a> would <strong>require the U.S. Postal Service to reach benchmarks for timely delivery of local news<\/strong> before charging publications extra fees. Amid delivery worker shortages, local newspapers have increasingly relied on the mail for distribution as they adapt to rapidly changing news consumption habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The share of Americans who say they often or sometimes get local news and information from a daily newspaper has dropped from 43% in 2018 to 33% today, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/05\/07\/americans-changing-relationship-with-local-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Center survey<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not only are fewer Americans getting local news from newspapers, but <strong>local daily newspapers are now much more likely to be accessed online than in print<\/strong>. About two-thirds of U.S. adults who get news from daily newspapers (66%) do so digitally, whether through websites, apps, emails or social media posts that include content from the paper, while far fewer (31%) do so in print. In 2018, a larger share accessed local newspapers in print (54%) than digitally (43%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcca\u00a0<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our chart of the week comes from a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/05\/23\/americans-have-mixed-views-about-how-the-news-media-cover-bidens-trumps-ages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Pew Research Center survey<\/a> that asked Americans about their views on how much attention news organizations are giving the ages of the presidential candidates. <strong>Nearly half of Democrats (46%) say news organizations are giving Donald Trump\u2019s age too little attention<\/strong>, compared with just 14% of Republicans and GOP leaners who say the same. The numbers are virtually flipped when it comes to Joe Biden: <strong>48% of Republicans say Biden\u2019s age gets too little attention<\/strong>, while only 12% of Democrats agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeeded\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeeded;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/IMG-2-Many-Republicans-Democrats-think-the-opposing-candidates-age-gets-too-little-attention-in-the-media.png?resize=480,434 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/IMG-2-Many-Republicans-Democrats-think-the-opposing-candidates-age-gets-too-little-attention-in-the-media.png?resize=740,669 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"579\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/05\/IMG-2-Many-Republicans-Democrats-think-the-opposing-candidates-age-gets-too-little-attention-in-the-media.png?w=640\" alt=\"A diverging bar chart showing that many Republicans and Democrats think the opposing candidate\u2019s age gets too little attention in the media.\" class=\"wp-image-168648 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Sarah Naseer, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. 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