Online Journalism Blog→ FAQ: On data journalism and open data
2026-01-11 In the second part of this FAQ (first part here), I respond to more answers to questions from a Turkish PR company (published on LinkedIn here)… Q: What skills do you think a journalist must absolutely have when working with data? There ar …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Keeping the Light On
2026-01-11 2 B Bob Weir is gone. He and Jerry Garcia were (at least to me) the sonic and vocal backbone of the Grateful Dead. He was less than two months younger than me. Jerry was older, but dead at 53. Phil Lesh made it to 84, dying in October 2024. Bill Kreut …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Whoosiers!
2026-01-10 Not any more. The last thing David Hodskins emailed to me was “Don’t become a Hoosiers fan.” It was David who made me a Duke Blue Devils Basketball fan. David was an Iron Duke—an alumnus who contributed to the progr …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Saturday Quarterbacking
2026-01-10 Whoosiers! The last thing David Hodskins emailed to me was "Don't become a Hoosiers fan." It was David who made me a Duke Blue Devils fan, by bringing me often to fill the other of his two season ticket seats in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Th …›
Online Journalism Blog→ FAQ: How has journalism been transformed?
2026-01-10 In the latest FAQ, I’m publishing here answers to some questions from a Turkish PR company (published on LinkedIn here)… Q: In your view, what has been the most significant transformation in digital journalism in recent years? …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech Spotlight: Five Years Of The Oversight Board, From Experiment To Essential Institution
2026-01-09 Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Rep. Luna Threatens Journalist With Prison For Posting… Public University Bio
2026-01-09 If you want to understand how far MAGA Republicans have strayed from any actual “free speech” principles, look no further than this: Congress issued a subpoena to Rolling Stone journalist Seth Harp, because he posted on X a publicly availab …›
Current→ Opinion: Lessons from NPR’s past efforts to reach minority listeners
2026-01-09 Rather than working to maintain the status quo, this could be the moment for NPR to reimagine its mission by broadening its listener base beyond an elite few. The post Opinion: Lessons from NPR’s past efforts to reach minority listeners appeared fir …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Paths
2026-01-09 Also, Gemini failed. I still don't konw. I think we could have powered two cities with the work Gemini just did, thinking slowly to help me identify the actress that my old pal Drew Youngs sings about in his video (and musical composition) Betty t …›
PRX Official - Medium→ PRX and AudioUK Announce Programming for 2026 Podcast Creator Summit in London
2026-01-09 Registration is now open for free events taking place in Apple’s London offices at Battersea Power Station on February 6. Sessions will be led by creatives from PRX, Goalhanger, Acast, and morePublic media organization PRX — bringing acclaimed …›
American Press Institute→ What’s next in Pittsburgh?
2026-01-09 A void to fill in Pittsburgh The announcement by Block Communications this week that it would cease publication of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette generated despair in the journalism world. As Joshua Benton of Nieman Lab asked: “Will Pittsburgh become …›
Poynter→ Controversy continues over Wednesday’s shooting in Minneapolis
2026-01-09 Don’t believe your eyes. On Thursday, that’s what some members of Donald Trump’s administration essentially said when talking about the tragic events of Wednesday when an ICE agent shot and […] The post Controversy continues over Wednes …›
Poynter→ The White House said Maduro was ‘flooding’ the US with fentanyl. Experts and official reports disagree.
2026-01-09 A White House social media post misleadingly links deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro with the U.S. fentanyl crisis. The X post includes a video highlighting parents who lost children to […] The post The White House said Maduro was ‘floo …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Making Our 2026 Bingo Card
2026-01-08 Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ How the Past Models the Future
2026-01-08 That’s a PageXray of Craigslist.org. I ran it after reading Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet? by Jennifer Swann in Wired. It shows Craigslist doing no tracking at all. Nice! Craigslist also doesn’t interrupt your ex …›
Current→ Why university stations need to prove their institutional value — before a crisis hits
2026-01-08 Without preparation, stations can struggle to articulate their value, leaving them vulnerable to disruptive changes. The post Why university stations need to prove their institutional value — before a crisis hits appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ A brief history of the media through political convention pins
2026-01-08 I’ve written previously for Poynter about my fondness for covering the quadrennial Democratic and Republican conventions. Recently, I realized that some of my souvenirs from those conventions accidentally tell a […] The post A brief history of …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Abolish ICE Before They Kill Again, Impeach Trump & Noem Before They Incite More Murder
2026-01-08 Renee Nicole Good was a 37-year-old award-winning poet, a mother of a six-year-old, and a wife who had recently moved to Minneapolis. That all ended yesterday when a masked ICE agent murdered her in broad daylight, shooting her multiple times at close …›
Current→ Arkansas TV, PBS dispute accounts of decision to end membership
2026-01-08 Correspondence shared with Current reveals conflicting accounts over notice requirements and whether the decision blindsided PBS. The post Arkansas TV, PBS dispute accounts of decision to end membership appeared first on Current. …›
RJI→ Reporting on treatment for addiction: Where is the data?
2026-01-08 Improving care for people with addictions will continue to be a challenge — despite billions of dollars spent each year Journalism tends to reward investigative reporting about wrongdoing, so it’s not surprising that coverage of treatment for a …›
PRX Official - Medium→ PRX Partners with HBO Max to Produce “The Pitt Podcast”
2026-01-08 The Official Companion podcast hosted by Dr. Alok Patel and Hunter Harris is made in partnership with PRX ProductionsPRX Productions — the award-winning audio creatives of public media organization PRX — is partnering with HBO Max to produc …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Thrustday
2026-01-08 A model for the future Nice piece on Craigslist in Wired. One paragraph: “It’s not a perfect platform by any means, but it does show that you can make a lot of money through an online endeavor that just treats users like they have some autonomy an …›
Poynter→ Citizen video challenges the administration’s account of a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis
2026-01-08 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Disturbing news broke Wednesday that a federal agent […] The post Citizen video challenges the administration’s account of a f …›
Poynter→ Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with journalism ethics
2026-01-08 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (January 8, 2026) — Since the 2022 launch of ChatGPT and the rise of generative artificial intelligence, the news industry has struggled to adapt — with a […] The post Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI a …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Why You Should Never Marry a Journalist—and Other Lessons from Decades in Media
2026-01-08 The Kicker returns with our former host, Josh Hersh, and our new one, Megan Greenwell, in conversation. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Are Tech Companies Allies or Threats to Press Freedom?
2026-01-08 In 2026, this will be the question that matters most to journalists. …›
Poynter→ A new flu strain slipped past this year’s vaccine. Doctors say get the shot anyway
2026-01-08 Over the holidays, U.S. flu cases skyrocketed. Weekly hospitalizations from the virus went from under 7,000 at the start of December to over 33,000 by the last week of 2025, surpassing rates of the past […] The post A new flu strain slipped …›
Poynter→ How journalists should cover ICE’s fatal shooting of a civilian in Minneapolis
2026-01-08 Journalists have a critical role to play in covering a fatal use of force by any law enforcement officer. It’s the most basic form of holding power to account. That […] The post How journalists should cover ICE’s fatal shooting of a civilian …›
Poynter→ Statement from Poynter Institute President Neil Brown on the announcement that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will close
2026-01-07 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will shut down on May 3 after nearly 240 years of operation, the company announced Wednesday. This is tragic for those who live in the communities of […] The post Statement from Poynter Institute President Neil Brown o …›
Poynter→ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to shut down after nearly 240 years, citing losses and labor rulings
2026-01-07 Pittsburgh’s largest daily, The Post-Gazette, will shut down on May 3 after nearly 240 years of operation, the company announced Wednesday. The Post-Gazette’s owner, Block Communications, blamed steep cash losses […] The post Pittsburgh Post- …›
Poynter→ Florida billionaire takes control of Lee Enterprises, easing debt and reshaping its leadership
2026-01-07 Lee Enterprises — the newspaper chain holding storied dailies like The Buffalo News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch — announced last week that billionaire investor David Hoffmann had acquired a majority […] The post Florida billionaire takes cont …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Journalistic Malpractice: No LLM Ever ‘Admits’ To Anything, And Reporting Otherwise Is A Lie
2026-01-07 Over the past week, Reuters, Newsweek, the Daily Beast, CNBC, and a parade of other outlets published headlines claiming that Grok—Elon Musk’s LLM chatbot (the one that once referred to itself as “MechaHitler”)—had “apologiz …›
Current→ Opinion: Disaffiliating Arkansas’ public TV network from PBS is an ideological move
2026-01-07 Republicans in Congress, including Arkansas’ entire delegation, voted to put Arkansas PBS’ head on the chopping block. The network's new leaders have now wielded the axe. The post Opinion: Disaffiliating Arkansas’ public TV network from PBS is a …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Toward a Proof of Concept for MyTerms
2026-01-07 I’m thinking out loud here about how to get development rolling for MyTerms. I see three pieces required for a proof of concept: Browser plugin Web server plugin Data storage and retrieval When we first thought about this at Pr …›
RJI→ How we created resources for families of victims of unsolved homicides in St. Louis
2026-01-07 The Marshall Project used alternative story forms to directly connect with the people at the center of the story My job at The Marshall Project is to make work that is both resonant and accessible to people affected by the justice system. Sometimes …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Mittwoch
2026-01-07 Why German keyboards wear out faster I need to keep coming up with new titles for blog posts that might end up being on any number of subjects. Mittwoch jumped into my head because it's German for Wednesday. I took two years of German in high scho …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ The Law-and-Order Influencer
2026-01-07 Turning Point USA’s Savanah Hernandez on her journalistic position. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Chuck Schumer’s Ridiculous Strategy For Trump’s Illegal War: Hope Republicans Come To Their Senses
2026-01-06 I’ve criticized Chuck Schumer plenty over the years, generally for being bad on tech policy, but also for not understanding the moment we’re living through. Yes, he’s the leader of a minority party with zero power, but that doesn’t mean he …›
RJI→ Participatory ways of working
2026-01-06 Practices of play, trust and collaboration To notice color is to listen: to what soothes, what unsettles, what echoes through the body like a remembered room. Studies suggest that color affects the nervous system: certain hues can regulate …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ O’Hare can you see?
2026-01-06 Always buy in the past In 1991, my bride bought us both lifetime memberships in United Airlines' airport lounge, then called the Red Carpet Club. I forget the price; but it was cheap, considering. I'm guessing it was less than what one would pa …›