We’re finally back from our holiday break, and hope you’re all having a happy new year! In the news this week, the New York Times released its new innovation report, which shows some progress being made, but potential cuts looming among copy editors. Plus, an avalanche of “open letters” from the media go out to Trump, but is he listening? And Obama commutes the sentence of leaker Chelsea Manning, but will Julian Assange of WikiLeaks really turn himself in?