Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Another Billionaire Pushes A Bid For TikTok, But To Decentralize It

2024-05-16 If you’re a fan of chaos, well, the TikTok ban situation is providing plenty of chaos to follow. Ever since the US government made it clear it was seriously going to move forward with the obviously unconstitutional and counterproductive plan to force …›

Current→ April CDP Index: High-dollar giving boosts revenue in early 2024

2024-05-16 Along with high-dollar giving, a stable sustainer population for radio stations and a growing sustainer pool for TV stations and joint licensees are driving revenue growth. The post April CDP Index: High-dollar giving boosts revenue in early 2024 appea …›

The Journalist's Resource→ Racial disparities in drowning deaths persist, research shows

2024-05-16 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email This piece, originally published in July 2021, was updated in May 2024 with new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the findings of two recent studies on drowning prevention interve …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ How oil companies manipulate journalists

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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Brain-Wormed RFK Jr. Sues Meta, Cites AI Chatbot Reply As Proof Of Shadowbanning

2024-05-16 What do you get when you cross a Kennedy, a brain worm, and a social media giant? Apparently, another ridiculous lawsuit destined to be laughed out of court. In 2020, RFK Jr. sued Meta (then Facebook) claiming that when the company fact-checked and mod …›

Current→ NPR will add 11 staff to ‘strengthen’ editorial team

2024-05-16 “We need new structures that enable us to see across the entirety of our journalism and think about our overall coverage strategically,” said Edith Chapin, CCO, SVP and editor in chief. The post NPR will add 11 staff to ‘strengthen’ edi …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ New York’s $90M tax break for local news outlets leaves out TV and nonprofits

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ A Guatemalan court has granted house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora, yet he remains in prison

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Poynter→ Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa, experts on democracy and AI to lead GlobalFact as keynote speakers

2024-05-16 Journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa will be a featured keynote speaker at GlobalFact 11, the world’s largest fact-checking summit, hosted by the International Fact-Checking Network at the […] The post Nobel Prize winner Maria Re …›

Poynter→ Q&A: Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst on the perils of covering war

2024-05-16 As a foreign correspondent for Fox News, Trey Yingst has spent the past several years in some of the most dangerous places in the world, including covering two wars. At […] The post Q&A: Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst on the peri …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ A professor is suing Facebook over its recommendation algorithms

2024-05-16 Facebook users are probably aware that what they see in their news feeds is determined by the company’s recommendation algorithms. (Well, most users.) Many are accustomed to this fact, but some believe that there are alternatives to this kind of …›

Poynter→ The meaning, history and political rhetoric surrounding the term abortion ‘ban’

2024-05-16 Ban: Merriam-Webster defines it as “a legal or formal prohibition.” But in the 2024 election cycle — the first general election since Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that enshrined a constitutional […] The post The meaning, histo …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Musk’s ExTwitter Fumbles Copyright Law, Loses Data Scraping Lawsuit

2024-05-15 Is there any law that Elon Musk actually understands? The latest is that he’s lost yet another lawsuit, this time (in part) for not understanding copyright law. There have been a variety of lawsuits regarding data scraping over the past decade, and w …›

Current→ KPBS will boost coverage of elections and democracy with $3 million gift

2024-05-15 The new initiative will feature special coverage of democratic processes for San Diegans and Californians for the next three years. The post KPBS will boost coverage of elections and democracy with $3 million gift appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ CapRadio, endowment at odds over proposed PBS KVIE merger

2024-05-15 The Capital Public Radio Endowment Board argues that the best future for CapRadio would be a merger with the TV station. The post CapRadio, endowment at odds over proposed PBS KVIE merger appeared first on Current. …›

RJI→ Tips and tricks for streamlining your AI workflows

2024-05-15 Including ChatGPT’s Memory feature, AI prompt generators, Perplexity for efficient research and Google’s AI-powered tab organization tool Here are some of my favorite tips for using a range of AI tools more effectively:  1. Chat …›

Storyboard Posts | Nieman Storyboard→ The murder, a pub and an essay of place

2024-05-15 By Laurie Hertzel It’s a standard story for American newspapers: the story-behind-the-story of someone who has died suddenly and tragically. But when Keith Duggan wrote about the life and death of Sarah McNally for his newspaper, the Irish Times, it …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Q&A: Robert Sullivan on contextualizing the history of the West

2024-05-15 Timothy O’Sullivan is among the most famous photographers you’ve never heard of. His photos of the US Civil War have endured as its defining images, including a picture of soldiers’ bodies strewn across the battlefield at Gettysburg in 1863—tit …›

Poynter→ What should we make of presidential polls in May?

2024-05-15 In Tuesday’s newsletter, I wrote about the latest New York Times-Siena College-Philadelphia Inquirer poll that showed Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in five of the six swing states that could […] The post What should we make of presidential pol …›

Poynter→ ‘A small window of opportunity’ as publishers grapple with growing AI use

2024-05-15 The news Monday that Google is planning to launch an update to its search engine that includes answers generated by artificial intelligence likely has news publishers, content creators and all kinds […] The post ‘A small window of opportunity …›

Poynter→ Does China have more retirees than workers? Joe Biden’s claim is premature

2024-05-15 China’s population is poised to age dramatically in the coming years, posing financial strains to retirement pensions. But in recent remarks, President Joe Biden said this pain had already occurred. […] The post Does China have more retirees th …›

Current→ KQED to lay off 18 to 25 staff

2024-05-14 The layoffs will be part of a “range of cuts'' at the station. The post KQED to lay off 18 to 25 staff appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ How ChatGPT’s new model could transform podcasting and public media

2024-05-14 ChatGPT-4o offers the potential for streamlined multilingual communication and audio analysis in the near future. The post How ChatGPT’s new model could transform podcasting and public media appeared first on Current. …›

RJI→ Introducing the 2024-2025 RJI Fellows

2024-05-14 Today, the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism announced the 2024-2025 class of RJI Fellows, each of whom will work to create and test practical, free resources for journalists and newsrooms. Four institutions and thr …›

Current→ Radio Bilingüe hires José Martínez-Saldaña as co-executive director

2024-05-14 Martínez-Saldaña will serve as co-executive director with Hugo Morales. The post Radio Bilingüe hires José Martínez-Saldaña as co-executive director appeared first on Current. …›

PRX Official - Medium→ “Live Wire” Celebrates 20 Years of Joyfully Captivating Public Radio

2024-05-14 “The show has evolved tremendously, but the heart has stayed the same: bring together creative talent from around the country to share with listeners everywhere”Public media organization PRX is pleased to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Live Wire …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ NATO bombed a Chinese embassy. Twenty-five years on, the battle for the narrative continues. 

2024-05-14 Last week, Politika, a storied newspaper in Serbia, published an op-ed by Xi Jinping, the president of China, who was visiting the country on a European tour in between trips to France and Hungary. Most of the article focused on the “ironclad friends …›

Poynter→ PolitiFact launches Spanish-language website to serve more than 40 million U.S. Spanish-speakers

2024-05-14 A Spanish version of this press release immediately follows. ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (May 13, 2024) – Poynter’s PolitiFact, the Pulitzer-Prize winning fact-checking newsroom, is pleased to announce the launch of […] The post PolitiFact launch …›

Poynter→ The media can’t help but pay attention to startling new Biden-Trump polls

2024-05-14 OK, we’re not going to do it. We’re not going to get caught up in the horse race coverage of the 2024 presidential election like we did in past elections. […] The post The media can’t help but pay attention to startling new Biden-Trump poll …›

PRX Official - Medium→ The New York Botanical Garden and PRX Launch “Plant People”

2024-05-13 “Plant People” from The New York Botanical Garden and PRX Explores the Connections between People and Plants and How Both Need Each Other to ThriveThe new podcast is hosted by Jennifer Bernstein — the William C. Steere Sr. President of The N …›

Current→ CPB grant funds Nielsen Local Dashboards for PBS member stations 

2024-05-13 The Nielsen Local Dashboards are expected to be available to member stations beginning in late May and will show them “local market linear television audience data,” a news release said. The post CPB grant funds Nielsen Local Dashboards for PBS me …›

Current→ Layoffs reveal challenges of sustaining public media’s journalism expansion

2024-05-13 Revenue losses raise new questions about strategies to build local newsrooms. The post Layoffs reveal challenges of sustaining public media’s journalism expansion appeared first on Current. …›

RJI→ Early lessons from elections roundtables in West Virginia

2024-05-13 A conversation with Tyler Dedrick, Mountain State Spotlight As part of their elections plan, the team at Mountain State Spotlight is hosting roundtables in communities across West Virginia. The statewide nonprofit newsroom wanted to find a way to l …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Do look up

2024-05-13 In 2006, I was asleep in a cabin on the Lofoten Islands, in the north of Norway, when my parents woke me up and told me to come outside. I thought a sea eagle must be flying over the house (we had been on a boat tour to watch them earlier in the day), …›

Current→ CPB CEO responds to questions from Ted Cruz about NPR funding

2024-05-10 Cruz had written to CPB's CEO to “express deep concern" about what he called NPR's "departure from its stated mission.” The post CPB CEO responds to questions from Ted Cruz about NPR funding appeared first on Current. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Kristi Noem’s dog-killing proves right-wing media can still get mad at one of their own

2024-05-10 Shooting somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue? That’s fine. Shooting your dog in a gravel pit? Not so much. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) decision to brag about killing her dog Cricket in her forthcoming memoir has finally led to some negat …›

Nieman Lab→ For the first time, two Pulitzer winners disclosed using AI in their reporting

2024-05-09 This past Monday, 15 works were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for journalism. In a first for the prestigious awards, two of those winners disclosed using AI to produce their stories. “We are not aware of precedents offhand,” said Marjorie Miller, admi …›

Nieman Lab→ “We’re there to cover what’s happening”: How student journalists are covering campus protests

2024-05-09 In a normal year, the last Thursday of April might have been a quiet day for Northeastern, and for junior Eli Curwin. It was the penultimate day of undergraduate student exams for spring classes, and, like many students, Curwin was set to return home t …›

PRX Official - Medium→ “The Big Dig” Podcast from GBH News and PRX Wins A Peabody Award

2024-05-09 “A refreshingly non-cynical look at the way civic projects get done — and result in real improvements for real citizens”The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors has awarded The Big Dig public media podcast from GBH News in Boston and PRX in the 84t …›