Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ From Pirates To Protesters, France Keeps Reaching For The Internet’s Choke Points
2026-11-10 Back during the Arab Spring in 2011, in which youth protests against various governments were celebrated in much of the Western World, we saw countries like Egypt move to shut down the internet in an effort to keep the public from communicating. I̵ …›
Current→ Comings and goings: NHPR hires growth leader, WNET appoints VP …
2026-11-10 Sarah van Mosel joined New Hampshire Public Radio as chief growth officer. The post Comings and goings: NHPR hires growth leader, WNET appoints VP … appeared first on Current. …›
The Journalist's Resource→ Free books and more: 4 ways university presses can help journalists
2026-11-10 Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Reddit Email Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Reddit Email When it comes to cultivating sources, some journalists might overlook university presses. These organizations can be a big help, however, parti …›
RJI→ Building the tool is only part of the work
2026-11-10 Lessons learned six weeks into testing Civic Action Toolbox with four newsroom partners A few weeks into our beta testing of Civic Action Toolbox, we checked in with Dan Haugen, deputy editor at MinnPost and our first newsroom partner. We were curious …›
Poynter→ Surprise, surprise: President Trump suggests the midterms were rigged
2026-11-10 Before we get started, a quick note: Today, Nov. 10, is Poynter Day, marking 51 years since the Institute was founded to uphold independent, ethical journalism. If The Poynter Report […] The post Surprise, surprise: President Trump suggests the m …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ France Briefly Voted To Tax Data By The Gigabyte. It Lasted Five Days.
2026-11-09 There are times I wonder if the leaders of France and Australia have a secret bet to see which one of them can come up with worse internet policy than the other. Apparently it’s France’s turn. As a few sources have been reporting, French la …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ RIP, Salon.com
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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Google, Meta, And TikTok File Three Separate Lawsuits Against California’s Ridiculous ‘Addictive Feeds’ Law
2026-11-09 California legislators, led mainly by two of the most anti-science, anti-kid legislators in the state — Josh Lowenthal and Buffy Wicks — make sure that every year they experiment on our children with unproven, untested, scientifically illiterate la …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Truth Social has become the president’s digital bunker
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “We were not really concerned with being credited or receiving attribution. We were mostly interested in increasing the surface area of our messaging on every single part of the internet.”
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BuzzMachine→ A glossary for AI cultists vs. us
2026-11-09 The subhed on that Politico story above gets the election right in crediting “safety hawks, populists, and child-safety advocatesâ€� who united to oppose AI companies and their data centers in the midterms. But Politico got the main …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Trump ally Loomer was paid thousands for political tweets, people familiar say
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RJI→ Open Desk Network is looking for beta testers
2026-11-09 We’re building a free-to-use, collaborative technology built for independent journalists and creators We believe journalism is a necessary social right to hold the powerful accountable that should be accessible for anyone and any community. Without t …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Misread Mandate
2026-11-09 Donald Trump never had the authority, or the political support, media moguls seemed to think he did. What’s next for the outlets that capitulated? …›
Poynter→ CNN’s John King has seen a lot of elections. This one was different.
2026-11-09 On Tuesday night, CNN’s John King stood in front of his Magic Wall at the network’s Washington, D.C., bureau. King worked his magic, calling up numbers from across the country. […] The post CNN’s John King has seen a lot of elections. This …›
Poynter→ In a West Virginia county of 6,540, accountability journalism gets personal
2026-11-09 Dan Parks is the founder and editor of Country Roads, a Substack publication that serves Tucker County, West Virginia. A couple of weeks before the midterm elections, he was facing […] The post In a West Virginia county of 6,540, accountability j …›
BuzzMachine→ It’s education, stupid
2026-11-08 Studying The Times’ stats on the midterms, one lesson stands out clearly: It was uneducated, white, older, often Southern men who did not ride the blue wave, who continued to back the Trumpists. It is time to end government and politics …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Computer History
2026-11-07 I invested (not just spent) this last week at the Computer History Museum here in Silicon Valley, enjoying a series of unconferences, each building toward, and on, the wacky, vast, sometimes scary, but mostly promising capabilities of AI—especially o …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Judge Tosses Trump’s Epstein Letter SLAPP Suit Against Murdoch, For Real This Time
2026-11-06 Last year when Donald Trump sued Rupert Murdoch over the WSJ’s article revealing the… um… birthday card he sent Jeffrey Epstein, we pointed out that it was a pure SLAPP suit (and also that it was against a guy who, you could argue, is …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ MAGA Fell For Its Own Hunter Biden Laptop Conspiracy Theory And Brought A Case Too Dumb To Survive A Probable Cause Hearing
2026-11-06 You may have heard some talk in the last week or so regarding a criminal case against two former FBI agents, supposedly having something to do with Hunter Biden’s infamous “laptop.” On Monday, a magistrate judge dismissed the case, no …›
America’s New Shipbuilding Orders Are Expensive Bets on Fossil Freight
South Korea’s Hanwha Group owns the Philadelphia shipyard that has become a centerpiece of Washington’s attempt to rebuild American commercial shipbuilding. Its Hanwha Ocean and Hanwha Systems subsidiaries acquired the US yard in December 2…
Current→ Comings and goings: RMPM appoints VP, Jacobs Media president to step down …
2026-11-06 Brandi Swicegood became VP of engaged journalism for Rocky Mountain Public Media. The post Comings and goings: RMPM appoints VP, Jacobs Media president to step down … appeared first on Current. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ New York Times Company in advanced talks to acquire Letterboxd for $330 million
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Poynter→ The stories that explain a historic election in America
2026-11-06 What a week. On Tuesday, in what could be one of the most consequential elections in American history, voters turned a blue wave into a blue tsunami. The result: In […] The post The stories that explain a historic election in America appeared fir …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Political Journalists in Disarray
2026-11-06 Midterms missteps, a notable apology, and a sturgeon rescue. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Mike & Ben Review The Social Reckoning (Teaser)
2026-11-05 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 …›
Poynter→ USA Today Co. blames AI for its revenue woes. It also sees AI as a solution.
2026-11-05 USA Today Co. — the largest newspaper chain in the country — reported a lackluster third-quarter performance Thursday, including a net loss, declining revenue and setbacks in the company’s goals. […] The post USA Today Co. blames AI for its …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Yoani Sánchez, one of Cuba’s best-known independent reporters, arrested in an “alarming” crackdown
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Salon, a pioneer of online publications, shuts down after 31 years
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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Tech Bros Who Bet On Fascism Lost. Don’t Let The Internet Pay For It.
2026-11-05 Well it’s now been a couple days since the Democrats obliterated Donald Trump and MAGA in the midterm. It turns out that the messaging of “price hikes, soldiers in the street, new forever wars, and diarrhea for everyone, with a side of enri …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Apple will now let you try to convince your subscription-canceling users to change their minds
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ 70%
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Will Democratic control of Congress bring back federal funding for NPR and PBS?
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ A MAGA media civil war erupts over who’s to blame for the GOP’s thrashing
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