Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Supreme Court Pumps The Brakes On Trump’s Use Of The Alien Enemies Act

2025-05-16 The Supreme Court has delivered a clear rebuke to the Trump administration’s attempt to weaponize the Alien Enemies Act, issuing a slightly more detailed ruling that follows up on last month’s midnight emergency order. That emergency ruling …›

RJI→ Embracing AI as ‘assistant’ opens door to better election coverage

2025-05-16 Playbook walks community newsrooms through creation of AI-assisted election dashboard This article is part of “AI is here,” a series from RJI highlighting AI innovation in journalism. Read more here. Bay City News, a digital news servi …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Of significance

2025-05-16 That's about half off. The Intention Economy hardcover edition is now $12.97 on Amazon. …›

American Press Institute→ Newsletter evolutions

2025-05-16 Going beyond email The New York Times last week talked to people about the amount they pay for newsletters, how they decide what to pay for and, in some cases, how the subscription costs can sneak up on them. In the last few years, writes Logan Sachon, …›

Poynter→ Journalism is facing its crisis moment with AI. It might not be a bad thing.

2025-05-16 Good morning, everyone. Tom Jones is off today, but the team at Poynter is keeping tabs on the latest media news and analysis. Here’s what you need to know. After […] The post Journalism is facing its crisis moment with AI. It might not be a ba …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Who Writes Better Ledes?

2025-05-16 Human vs. bot. …›

Poynter→ France gave the US the Statue of Liberty. Qatar offered Trump a $400M plane. Experts say it’s not the same

2025-05-16 What do the Statue of Liberty and a super luxury jumbo Boeing 747-8 have in common? Other than their proximity to clouds, not much. But in response to concerns that […] The post France gave the US the Statue of Liberty. Qatar offered Trump a $400 …›

Poynter→ Legal support for journalists is evolving to meet rising threats to press freedom

2025-05-15 At a time when attacks on press freedom are heightening, including from the White House and President Donald Trump himself, legal support for journalists is shifting to meet new challenges. […] The post Legal support for journalists is evolving t …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Huge

2025-05-15 A good sign. Ever hear of TCF, or the Transparency & Consent Framework? The TCF is how sites and services can obey the letter of the GDPR's law, while screwing its spirt. It does that with those annoying consent notices that interrupt your expe …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ The PSAi

2025-05-15 Introducing our campaign to stop the spread of fake media. …›

Poynter→ Why reporters are focused on a book about the former president instead of the current one

2025-05-15 In Tuesday’s newsletter, I wrote about the upcoming book about Joe Biden from authors Jake Tapper of CNN and Alex Thompson of Axios: “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, […] The post Why reporters are focused on a book ab …›

Poynter→ Qatar’s $400 million plane gift to Trump is likely unconstitutional, experts say

2025-05-15 President Donald Trump is facing backlash for his willingness to accept an airplane worth an estimated $400 million from Qatar’s royal family. ABC News first reported that Trump is set to accept […] The post Qatar’s $400 million plane gift …›

RJI→ Scientific evidence belongs in any beat

2025-05-14 Our interactive toolkit is almost ready for beta testing We’ve been hard at work developing an interactive toolkit to help journalists on any beat bring more scientific evidence and context into their stories. This free resource, the Science Repo …›

American Press Institute→ Learning with influencers

2025-05-14 Influencer collaborations: The next phase For much of the past year, we at API have been tackling the question of how traditional news organizations can work with digital creators and trusted messengers on the premise that they have a lot to learn from …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Q&A: Steven Levy on AI and the Evolving Relationship Between Tech Companies and the Press

2025-05-14 “What you find when you get into a place is always more interesting than any preconception you have.” …›

Poynter→ New book excerpts reveal bombshells about Biden’s health and the toll it took on his campaign

2025-05-14 For weeks, we’ve eagerly wondered what kind of revelations would be revealed in a new book about former President Joe Biden. The title of the soon-to-be-released book by CNN’s Jake […] The post New book excerpts reveal bombshells about Biden …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Do AI Detection Tools Work?

2025-05-14 Journalists must decipher real from fake at the speed of breaking news. But they may not be able to count on technology to solve problems of its own creation. …›

Online Journalism Blog→ Teaching journalism students generative AI: why I switched to an “AI diary” this semester

2025-05-13 Image by Fredrik Rubensson CC BY-SA 2.0 As universities adapt to a post-ChatGPT era, many journalism assessments have tried to address the widespread use of AI by asking students to declare and reflect on their use of the technology in some form of …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ The Fog of War in India and Pakistan

2025-05-13 “The full picture may never really emerge.” …›

Poynter→ Instead of answering legitimate ethics questions, Trump goes to his playbook and lobs insults at a reporter

2025-05-13 Holding the powerful to account. That’s a key role for journalists. Among those in power are government officials. So whenever there is potential wrongdoing or misbehavior or shady business practices […] The post Instead of answering legitimate …›

Poynter→ Tech entrepreneur Jeremy Gulban is betting on small-town newspapers to challenge Big Tech’s media dominance

2025-05-12 This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. With the 2020 purchase of the Cook County News Herald in Northeast Minnesota, Jeremy […] The post Tech en …›

PRX Official - Medium→ KALW Public Media Now Airing “Song Exploder Remix” Weekly Radio Broadcast

2025-05-12 The new program is based on Hrishikesh Hirway’s highly acclaimed “Song Exploder” podcastKALW Public Media headquartered in San Francisco is now airing a new weekly radio program Song Exploder Remix, based on Hrishikesh Hirway’s highly acclaimed …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Brutta Figura

2025-05-12 On Trump, the pope, and AI. …›

PRX Official - Medium→ PRX Announces Programming for 2025 Podcast Creator Summit in Austin, Texas

2025-05-09 PRX Announces Programming for 2025 Podcast Creator Summit in Austin, Texas from June 16–18Registration is now open for free events taking place at Apple’s campus, co-presented with PRX, KUT & KUTX Studios, and The Drag Audio Production House. …›

Storybench→ Try this tool to map protests for local news

2025-05-08 As protests against the Trump administration spread, journalists are covering local rallies — but putting them in context of larger movements can be a challenge. To help, I built a simple tool that lets you search for recent protests near you and cre …›

Online Journalism Blog→ Why I’m no longer saying AI is “biased”

2025-05-07 TLDR; Saying “AI has biases” or “biased training data” is preferable to “AI is biased” because it reduces the risk of anthropomorphism and focuses on potential solutions, not problems. Click image to explore an …›

PRX Official - Medium→ Two PRX Show Partners Honored in the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes

2025-05-05 “In the Dark” from The New Yorker won for Audio Reporting and “40 Acres and a Lie” was named a finalist for Explanatory ReportingThe Pulitzer Prizes today announced winners in the 2025 awards. Two PRX show partners were honored, including the w …›

Online Journalism Blog→ FAQ: La Nacion interview in English

2025-05-03 Earlier this month I was interviewed for a feature about data journalism in the Argentina newspaper La Nacion. Here are the full questions and answers, in English, published as part of the FAQ series. Data journalism is often associated wit …›

PRX Official - Medium→ PRX Announces 2025 Podcast Creator Summit events in Austin, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia

2025-04-30 Free multi-day experiences for all podcasters will include workshops and learning sessions focused on the craft and art of productionPublic media organization PRX today announced Podcast Creator Summits in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, inviting …›

NYT Open - Medium→ Accessibility: Requirements, Not Features

2025-04-25 Shipping fast often means shrinking scope — but accessibility deserves permanence, not compromise. At The New York Times, product managers embedded it into how our teams think, build, and deliver using the power of the three P’s: People, Proces …›

PRX Official - Medium→ 2025 Tribeca Festival Announces “This American Life” and “The Memory Palace” Live Events

2025-04-24 “Radiotopia Presents: We’re Doing the Wiz” will be previewed as an Official Audio Storytelling SelectionThe Tribeca Festival today announced its 2025 audio storytelling lineup, which will include multiple audio production partners of public media …›

PRX Official - Medium→ “Radiotopia Presents: We’re Doing The Wiz” Named A 2025 Tribeca Festival Official Selection

2025-04-24 Radiotopia from PRX Announces “Radiotopia Presents: We’re Doing The Wiz,” A New Podcast Series and 2025 Tribeca Festival Official SelectionThe series launches in June 2025Independent podcast network Radiotopia from PRX today announced Radiotopia …›

HKS Misinformation Review→ Our journal statistics for 2024 

2025-04-22 This editorial provides an overview of the key statistics for Volume 5 (2024) of the HKS Misinformation Review, including submission and acceptance rates, accepted article types, publication speed and frequency, citation impact, most-viewed arti …›

Nieman Lab→ “Fake news detection” AI is more likely to fail in the Global South, new study shows

2025-04-16 Last May, as India conducted the largest democratic election in history, I spoke to reporters and fact-checkers in the country about the challenges they faced identifying political deepfakes. Many of them spoke to shortcomings in existing AI detection …›

Nieman Lab→ “Multi-local” newsrooms aim to get more news to more people

2025-04-16 Newsrooms in Colorado that once employed hundreds could now “fit around a large dinner table,” Larry Ryckman, publisher and co-founder of The Colorado Sun, told me in December. Leaders at newsrooms like the Sun, seeing the rapid collapse of local n …›

Nieman Lab→ The Houston Landing raised $20 million pre-launch. Less than two years later, it’s shutting down.

2025-04-15 Houston, with a population of more than 2.3 million people, is the largest city in Texas — and the Houston Landing had funding to match. The nonprofit news startup raised $20 million well before it began publishing, from the American Journalism Proje …›

PRX Official - Medium→ Three PRX Partners Named Peabody Awards Nominees in the 85th Awards

2025-04-15 Public Service and Radio/Podcast nominees include “Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust,” “In the Dark,” and “This American Life”The Peabody Awards today announced multiple nominees in its 85th annual awards. The podcast series Long Shadow: In Gu …›

Nieman Lab→ Thomson Reuters is the latest media company to drop “diversity” language in response to Trump executive order

2025-04-15 Last week, Nieman Lab reported that Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper chain, had removed references to “diversity” from its corporate site and would stop publishing diversity information for its newsrooms. This week, it’s …›

Nieman Lab→ The unreality of reality TV: How competition shows influence U.S. politics and shape views about economic inequality

2025-04-14 It was about five years ago that I first started noticing the name Eunji Kim on some interesting research. Best dissertation, best paper, best article — she seemed to be winning them all. In her (still relatively brief) career, she’s written ab …›