Prime of the Ticker: CNN’s Saturday morning program First of All with Victor Blackwell celebrated its one hundredth episode this previous weekend. To mark the event, the staffers of the weekly present, which can be accessible through podcast, handled themselves to a celebratory cake.

Launched in 2024, First of All covers nationwide headlines affecting communities of shade, with a number of the topics just lately lined together with Anti-ICE protests, a racist video posted on Donald Trump’s social media web page depicting the Obamas as apes, environmental justice in Alabama, and disappearing DEI initiatives.  

Blackwell, on the present’s milestone, stated, “Each week, the information cycle reaffirms why an hour that focuses on communities of shade is critical.” He added, “I feel what we do greatest is use the distinctive angles and approaches to the massive tales everyone seems to be speaking about—and elevate the tales and voices that ought to be a part of the nationwide dialog.“ 

First of All’s government producer, Sidney Wright IV, stated, “When a lot of the dialog focuses on the loudest voices, this present speaks to these communities that aren’t being heard. I consider that’s our greatest energy. Communities of shade are impacted simply as a lot as everybody else. We attempt to discover voices in these communities and provides them an opportunity to weigh in on the dialog.”

Image of the First of All team. From left to right: Seated Sidney Wright IV, EP, Victor Blackwell, Darian Billington, Editorial Producer, and Hyan de Freitas, Senior Producer.
From left to proper: Seated Sidney Wright IV, EP, Victor Blackwell, Darian Billington, Editorial Producer, and Hyan de Freitas, Senior Producer.

Job cuts: CNBC this week laid off lower than a dozen personnel as a part of a reorganization that brings collectively its digital and TV information operations.

“The adjustments made at present are to align CNBC’s newsroom construction for the longer term. They don’t seem to be pushed by cost-cutting,” stated a CNBC spokesperson to TVNewser. “We count on to rent greater than 40 new editorial roles over the following yr throughout TV, digital, and direct-to-consumer platforms.”

Reuters stories that these layoffs are part of an overhaul led by David Cho, the community’s editor-in-chief, who’s making ready to introduce a paywall on its web site.