FIRST CUTS: Balz in; a reporter’s surprising solution to PTSD

Our list of headlines that should be on your morning media menu:

• Dan Balz is staying at the Washington Post after all. (Politico/On Media)

• Americans are starting to regain confidence in newspapers and TV news. (Gallup)

• Why The Atlantic is launching a new single-topic standalone site. (Adweek)

• Mac McClelland explains "how violent sex helped ease" the PTSD she developed as a human rights reporter. (GOOD)

• New York magazine is bragging about stealing Frank Rich from the New York Times. (AdAge)