What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The 25 most influential magazine covers of all time

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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ DOGE’s “Efficiency” Theater Comes Full Circle: Trump Admin Scrambles To Rehire The Very Workers Musk Fired To “Save Money”

2025-10-01 I actually wrote this article yesterday before the government shutdown happened so I don’t really discuss that, but it sounds like we may end up going through all this again if the Trump regime goes through with its plans to use the shutdown to f …›

Current→ Future news audiences want public media that’s punchier, weirder and on platforms where they spend time

2025-10-01 At a session at August's PMCC Content Conference, panelists discussed how to reach new audiences through authenticity and experimentation. The post Future news audiences want public media that’s punchier, weirder and on platforms where they spend tim …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Why I am Here Instead of on Substack

2025-10-01 This “here” is one of my favorite spots in the world: Mt. Wilson, overlooking Los Angeles. Maybe there’s a better visual to head what I’m trying to say in this post, but I can’t think of one right now. This blog is mine. W …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Reagan-Appointed Judge Torches Trump Admin’s Bullshit Chilling Effects Campaign Against Pro-Palestinian Speech

2025-10-01 We’ve spent plenty of time talking about various people who are failing to meet this moment, but I will say that a number of district court judges have really been stepping up. The latest example is Reagan-appointed conservative Judge William Young ( …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The UN called it genocide in Gaza. Will Western journalists dare to?

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Current→ Prairie Public lays off employees, cuts open positions

2025-10-01 The state network in North Dakota is dealing with the loss of both state and federal funding. The post Prairie Public lays off employees, cuts open positions appeared first on Current. …›

Poynter→ Live fact checks and updates about the 2025 federal government shutdown

2025-10-01 The United States federal government shut down in the early morning of Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass funding for federal programs and services. Republicans are seeking a bill to temporarily […] The post Live fact checks and updates about …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Americans are lukewarm about the value of AI summaries in search results

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RJI→ Anonymous portraiture

2025-10-01 The presence in absence In our workshops, students have shared images from anonymous portrait sessions asking, “Is this anonymous enough?” To which we respond: “Why are you asking us? Ask the individual in the photograph.”   …›

PRX Official - Medium→ PRX Expands Podcast Sponsorship Capabilities with Strategic Acquisition of Soundrise

2025-10-01 PRX services also include distribution and technology, production, content development, and promotionPublic media organization PRX — one of today’s leading public radio program distributors and podcast publishers — today announced the str …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ OpenAI launches a social network

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Bari Weiss, a career opinion writer, is set to become editor-in-chief of CBS News “in the coming days”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Publishers who sign licensing deals with OpenAI are being rewarded with 7× the ChatGPT traffic as those who don’t

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ 10 seconds

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The Journalist's Resource→ 6 tips to help journalists avoid overgeneralizing research findings

2025-10-01 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email If researchers were to visit a chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in West Virginia and ask men between the ages of 45 and 65 their opinions on gun ownership, chances are slim their answers would repres …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Google is blocking AI searches for queries like “does Trump show signs of dementia”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “To detain him or any journalist for doing their job chills every independent voice in this country and undermines the First Amendment. His detention is unjust and un-American. Release him now.”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ An art magazine? In this economy?

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ As of today, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is in its “wind-down process,” with 70% of its employees laid off

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The FT’s AI-powered paywall has increased its conversion rates by nearly 300%

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Facing antitrust penalties, Google says it would now be happy to give publishers more ad data

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Right-leaning site The Dispatch is trying to get into the Politico Pro business

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Brendan Carr has officially started the process of letting his friends own many more local TV stations

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American Press Institute→ The shutdown’s many angles 

2025-10-01 Localizing the shutdown News planning for a potential federal government shutdown is a tricky calculation. Congress so often comes to the brink of a funding lapse, and then strikes a deal at the last minute, that it feels like you’re devoting preciou …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Jimmy Fallon has zero interest in being the next late-night host to face Trump’s wrath

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Google just removed seven years of political advertising history from 27 countries

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “A modern-day Genghis Khan who has elevated ruthlessness in business to a carefully cultivated art form.”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Creators brace for AI bots to scrape their work next

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ How an Estonian publisher is using AI to serve 200,000 digital subscribers (in a nation of 1.3 million)

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Poynter→ Comedians blast fellow comics for joining Saudi Arabia’s controversial festival

2025-10-01 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Boy, that escalated quickly. Right now, the Riyadh […] The post Comedians blast fellow comics for joining Saudi Arabia’s contr …›

Current→ GBH launches $225M fundraising campaign in the wake of federal funding cuts

2025-10-01 The station is looking to raise the funds over the next three years. The post GBH launches $225M fundraising campaign in the wake of federal funding cuts appeared first on Current. …›

Poynter→ Congress gets paid during a government shutdown. What about the janitors?

2025-10-01 Many federal government employees will forgo paychecks if the government shuts down Oct. 1. But that won’t be the case for lawmakers, a liberal podcaster said. “If the government shuts […] The post Congress gets paid during a government s …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ On the Continuing End of OTA TV, Part 2

2025-09-30 This is Part 2 of a post that began with a Jimmy Kimmel monologue, but really wasn’t about that. It was about the grave situation in which over-the-air (OTA) TV finds itself. Here is Part 1. Even people who don’t like leftish comedy should …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ ICE agents assault AM New York reporter; another journalist seriously injured after shove

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “Full-throated assault on the First Amendment”: Judge rips into Trump over attempts to deport pro-Palestinian academics

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Nieman Lab→ Hell Gate saw a 69% increase in subscribers in its third year of covering New York City

2025-09-30 New York City’s mayoral Democratic primary this summer — in which Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani defeated disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo — captured the nation’s attention, making for another busy year in New York City polit …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Most people want platforms (not governments) to be responsible for moderating content

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Current→ Clinging to distribution is costing NPR a chance to focus on its strengths

2025-09-30 By seeking a restraining order, NPR has doubled down on the status quo, caused significant expenditure of resources and put key relationships at risk. The post Clinging to distribution is costing NPR a chance to focus on its strengths appeared first on …›