Morning report
“Aaron Sorkin and I went to high school together, so I don’t think of him as Aaron Sorkin like you do,” CBS MoneyWatch editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger said on CNET’s 404 podcast. “I think of him as Pippin because he played Pippin in the high school play.” She says of “The Newsroom”: “It’s so high-minded and snobby. …It sucks, but I’m watching it.” (cnet.com)
* Few reporters leave Tampa to cover the New Orleans storm. (New York Times)
* “On the convention floor today, there were more reporters than delegates.” (thedailybeast.com)
* Study: Three-quarters of newspapers’ election coverage is written by men. (womensmediacenter.com)
* Bloomberg launches Bloomberg Insider, a glossy magazine for the political conventions attendees. (wwd.com)
* Jason Whitlock rips former colleague Joe Posnanski and his Joe Paterno book. (shermanreport.com)
* Megyn Kelly’s Fox News ratings are going up even in a rough year for cable news. (AP via washingtontimes.com)
* MSNBC.com founding editor-in-chief Merrill Brown is named director of Montclair State University School of Communication and Media. (montclair.edu)
* J-school director on writing colleague’s obit: “At moments like these, journalism sucks. But we have a duty.” (insidehighered.com)
* NYT standards editor resurrects his popular After Deadline Quiz. (nytimes.com)
* Emergency motion to stay Tribune Co.’s emergence from bankruptcy for six months is denied by judge. (Chicago Tribune)
