Current→ Press Forward grants will help stations boost journalism, improve sustainability

2024-10-17 A $100,000 grant from Press Forward will help Radio Catskill in New York hire at least one additional reporter. The post Press Forward grants will help stations boost journalism, improve sustainability appeared first on Current. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ ExTwitter Makes It Official: Blocks Are No Longer Blocks

2024-10-17 It has been rumored for a while that Elon wants to remove the official “block” functionality on ExTwitter, but now it’s official. The company has announced that it will soon start rolling out a new version of “block” that no longer blocks con …›

Current→ Sophie Crane to lead Transom Story Lab

2024-10-17 Transom Story Lab will become an independent nonprofit. The post Sophie Crane to lead Transom Story Lab appeared first on Current. …›

Nieman Lab→ A year in, The Guardian’s European edition contributes 15% of the publisher’s pageviews

2024-10-17 Last September, The Guardian launched a digital European edition to expand its coverage of the continent and deepen its relationship with European audiences. A year in, the effort is paying off. One-time donations from European readers increased by 45% …›

Storyboard Posts | Nieman Storyboard→ Finding a quiet voice in the center of America’s screaming immigration debate

2024-10-17 By Trevor Pyle When Ruby Cramer of The Washington Post drove up to Norfolk, Mass., it was in pursuit of a story that couldn’t be more timely — or timeless. Cramer had seen local news reports about the small town and fractures over an emergency migr …›

RJI→ Marie D. De Jesús announced as director of POY and CPOY, RJI’s signature photojournalism competitions

2024-10-17 In November, Marie joins RJI and the Missouri School of Journalism as the director of POY and CPOY. She comes to Missouri from the Houston Landing where she served as the director of photography. Photo: John Tedesco | Houston Landing The Reynolds Jo …›

PRX Official - Medium→ PRX and “Click Here” from Recorded Future News Forge Podcast Partnership

2024-10-17 The podcast of cyber and intelligence reporting won Edward R. Murrow Awards in 2023 and 2024Click Here — Recorded Future News’ podcast of cyber and intelligence reporting — today announced a partnership with Pulitzer and Peabody Award-wi …›

Current→ Wisconsin Public Media’s Heather Reese dies at 50

2024-10-17 Reese was a vocal supporter of the Wisconsin Idea — the belief that the University of Wisconsin's public service in education extends beyond the classroom. The post Wisconsin Public Media’s Heather Reese dies at 50 appeared first on Current. …›

Pew Research Center→ Methodology

2024-10-17 The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 154 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Se …›

Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments

2024-10-17 Pew Research Center received invaluable advice in developing the study from Christine Emba, staff writer at The Atlantic; Richard Reeves, president, Alanna Williams, associate director, and Ben Smith, research associate at the American Institute for Bo …›

Pew Research Center→ 6. How men and women rate their own masculinity and femininity

2024-10-17 To understand how U.S. adults see their own masculinity and femininity, we asked men and women to rate themselves on two scales: We then subtracted ratings on the femininity scale from ratings on the masculinity scale to come up with an overall rating …›

Pew Research Center→ 5. How Americans see differences between men and women

2024-10-17 Most Americans, including majorities of men, women, Republicans and Democrats, say men and women are different in many ways. But there are gaps by gender and partisanship when it comes to views of whether biology or societal expectations are driving th …›

Pew Research Center→ 4. Views of the impact of changing gender roles

2024-10-17 We asked Americans a series of questions about changing gender roles for men and women. First, we asked if society is too accepting or not accepting enough of men and women who take on roles typically associated with the other gender. On balance, the p …›

Pew Research Center→ 3. Views on the progress men and women have made in different areas

2024-10-17 Women in recent decades have made significant progress in higher education and in the workplace. But they continue to lag behind men when it comes to wages and to representation in top leadership roles. At the same time, certain groups of men have stru …›

Pew Research Center→ 2. Behaviors people find acceptable and unacceptable in men

2024-10-17 When it comes to how Americans view certain behaviors in men, most say they personally think it’s not too or not at all acceptable for men to: Four-in-ten also think it’s unacceptable for men to play video games on a regular basis. Another 22% say …›

Pew Research Center→ 1. Public views on men and masculinity

2024-10-17 Our survey asked a few questions to understand how Americans think society views men who are “manly or masculine.” We also asked people whether they think certain traits are valued in men too much or too little. Perceptions of how manly or masculin …›

Pew Research Center→ How Americans See Men and Masculinity

2024-10-17 Republican men stand out in views of their own masculinity, the impact of changing gender roles and men's progress in recent decades. The post How Americans See Men and Masculinity appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›

BuzzMachine→ The technology addiction trope

2024-10-17 Rupert Murdoch’s media have been a key source of moral panic about the internet and technology — see, for example, this from his Times declaring that phones are “dope” that imprison us all in an epidemic of addiction causing cognitive …›

Online Journalism Blog→ Identifying bias in your writing — with generative AI

2024-10-17 In the latest in a series of posts on using generative AI, I look at how tools such as ChatGPT and Claude.ai can help help identify potential bias and check story drafts against relevant guidelines. We are all biased — it’s human na …›

Poynter→ Donald Trump’s friendly Fox News town hall vs. Kamala Harris’ unfriendly Fox News interview

2024-10-17 Well, that went down about as you would expect. Donald Trump did a town hall on Fox News that looked like a campaign rally. Kamala Harris did an interview on […] The post Donald Trump’s friendly Fox News town hall vs. Kamala Harris’ unfriendl …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ The organization that safeguards the internet’s history is under attack  

2024-10-17 In recent weeks, the digital library dedicated to preserving the internet’s history has been under attack by the internet itself. The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library based in California, was founded in 1996 to archive and preserve the World Wid …›

Poynter→ 12 fact checks from Donald Trump’s all-women Fox News town hall

2024-10-17 During a special town hall that aired Oct. 16, former President Donald Trump joined Fox News host Harris Faulkner for a discussion before an all-female audience. The talk aimed to […] The post 12 fact checks from Donald Trump’s all-women Fo …›

RJI→ Pennsylvania investigative outlet using AI to keep public informed about general election

2024-10-16 Welcome to another installment of “AI is here,” a series from RJI highlighting AI innovation in journalism. In today’s spotlight, one news organization has built a conversational chat program to provide election information to a broader audience …›

RJI→ Using zines to connect with a hyper-specific audience

2024-10-16 Print is not dead: A conversation with Sarah Bennett Working with artists and journalists at all skill levels in her print shop, Sarah Bennett is familiar with tailoring zines to meet the needs of different producers and audiences. The Innovatio …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Wyden: CALEA Hack Proves Dangers Of Government-Mandated Backdoors

2024-10-16 When Congress passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) in 1994, they were assured by then-FBI Director Louis Freeh that the mandated wiretap backdoors posed no security risks. Fast forward to today, following the news of a m …›

Nieman Lab→ The FTC puts an end to “click to subscribe, call to cancel”

2024-10-16 The days of signing up for a subscription in one click online, then spending an hour on the phone to try to cancel it, will soon be over — and newspaper (and gym, bottled water, clothing rental, you name it) cancellation horror stories will, fingers …›

Poynter→ Poynter announces new leadership and ethics training program for public media station managers

2024-10-16 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (Oct. 16, 2024) — In partnership with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Poynter Institute is pleased to announce a new six-month fellowship that will strengthen the […] The post Poynter announces new leadership a …›

Current→ Nine pubcasters receive $100,000 Press Forward grants

2024-10-16 The funding initiative awarded a total of $20 million to 205 news outlets. The post Nine pubcasters receive $100,000 Press Forward grants appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ Ralph Jennings, GM who guided WFUV’s growth as an NPR music station, dies at 86

2024-10-16 “All of us who love WFUV owe Ralph our gratitude," said GM Chuck Singleton. The post Ralph Jennings, GM who guided WFUV’s growth as an NPR music station, dies at 86 appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ Tammy Robinson, former exec for WNET and WETA, dies at 77

2024-10-16 Robinson’s highest post in public media was VP of national programming for the WNET Group. The post Tammy Robinson, former exec for WNET and WETA, dies at 77 appeared first on Current. …›

Poynter→ Press Forward announces $20 million to 205 local newsrooms

2024-10-16 At least one newsroom in every state and two U.S. territories will get a piece of $20 million in Press Forward funding, according to an announcement Wednesday. They include legacy […] The post Press Forward announces $20 million to 205 local news …›

Nieman Lab→ Press Forward awards $20 million to 205 small local newsrooms

2024-10-16 Press Forward, the philanthropic coalition with a mission to inject at least $500 million into local news over five years, announced $20 million in grants to 205 small local newsrooms across the United States on Wednesday. These grants, which mostly pr …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Press Forward announces first round of funding for local news

2024-10-16 Press Forward, a coalition of nonprofits funding journalism projects, announced on Wednesday that it will be awarding $20 million to 205 local news outlets as part of its first round of grant disbursement. Each news outlet will receive around $100,000. …›

Pew Research Center→ Methodology

2024-10-16 About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey Pew Research Center’s survey in Turkey was conducted as part of the Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey. Results for the survey are based on telephone, face-to-face and online intervie …›

American Press Institute→ How the Times uses algorithms to shape its homepage

2024-10-16 The New York Times lays out how editorially-driven algorithms influence its homepage Traditionally, editors at The New York Times manually chose which 50 to 60 stories to feature on its homepage every day. But recently, the paper has been experimenting …›

Poynter→ How Sellout Crowd, the Oklahoma sports website, went from anticipated startup to heartbreaking disaster in 8 months

2024-10-16 The promise of hope came through the endorphin-boosting rush of modern-day correspondence — Twitter direct message, Facebook Messenger — with no hint of the pain and disappointment to come. Sellout […] The post How Sellout Crowd, the Oklahoma …›

Poynter→ The pros and cons for Kamala Harris in her upcoming Fox News interview

2024-10-16 As my colleagues wrote in Tuesday’s newsletter, Vice President Kamala Harris is drifting into unfriendly waters today by agreeing to be interviewed by Fox News. Harris will sit down with […] The post The pros and cons for Kamala Harris in her u …›

Poynter→ Trump said the DOJ is suing Virginia to allow noncitizens to vote. But that’s not the case

2024-10-16 The Justice Department sued Virginia and Alabama, accusing the states of violating federal law by recently flagging thousands of voters as noncitizens or potential noncitizens, putting them at risk of […] The post Trump said the DOJ is suing Virg …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ The Final Flight of the Airline Magazine

2024-10-16 United’s in-flight publication goes digital—and marks the end of an era. …›