Thursday, December, 6

Our most popular stories this week, along with editors' picks:

Here are the highlights:

1. Another news outlet lays off staff, effectively shuts down 
   Mic paid about $200,000 a month for two floors of the new World Trade Center building.
    
2. “Our journalists have been insulted and harassed. One reporter was spat on"
   Reporters under attack at Yellow Vest protests across France.
    
3. ProPublica reporter calls out Washington Post for health story 
   Coverage of maternal health threats overlooks black expertise.
    
4. Journalists are rightly suspicious of ad tech. They also depend on it.
   "Troublingly, in journalism schools little attention is paid to the political economy of advertising on news sites."
    
5. GQ's outgoing editor-in-chief says there's one cover he regrets publishing
   "It sat badly with me."
    
6. "He turned out to be the most prolific pedophile in the history of sports"
   Journalists were slow on the Larry Nassar story. Here’s why.