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2026-08-03 The Public Safety Scanner Tool, or PSST, sends automated alerts of urgent scanner traffic in real time and will be free for newsrooms Open Vallejo, our nonprofit newsroom in the Bay Area, has kept a police scanner running for most of its six years, as …›

American Press Institute→ Local news doesn’t have to address community challenges alone

2026-08-03 This week’s action: Identify a topic, experiment or challenge that could benefit from collaborating with researchers. Try this Start here: Identify a topic or challenge that you could use an outside perspective on. This could be an area of coverage t …›

American Press Institute→ Collaborate with non-news experts

2026-08-03 Welcome to our August Need to Know Special Edition series on partnering with non-news experts. The challenges local news faces — news deserts, burnout, community trust and connection — don’t exist in a vacuum. They are influenced by and interlock …›

Poynter→ Dana Bash did her job — and RFK Jr. didn’t handle it well

2026-08-03 It’s not unusual for things to get tense on a Sunday morning news program. Politicians are invited on to discuss critical issues and are often pressed to explain divisive positions. […] The post Dana Bash did her job — and RFK Jr. didn’t ha …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ A Venezuelan Journalist Detained in Miami

2026-08-03 Wilmer Solano Dávila, a Venezuelan journalist, appears to have been swept up in the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Zuck Starts Throwing His Weights Around

2026-07-31 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 � …›

Current→ Bill McGlaughlin, host of ‘Exploring Music’ and ‘Saint Paul Sunday,’ dies

2026-07-31 “Bill McGlaughlin’s artistry, curiosity, and generosity touched countless people throughout the classical music community.” The post Bill McGlaughlin, host of ‘Exploring Music’ and ‘Saint Paul Sunday,’ dies appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ Karen Feagins rejoins WJCT Public Media as CEO

2026-07-31 Feagins previously worked for WJCT from 2005–18, rising to the role of COO. The post Karen Feagins rejoins WJCT Public Media as CEO appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ Frank Mueller named station manager of Utah Public Radio

2026-07-31 Mueller most recently served as director of programming and broadcast operations for WPSU in State College, Pa. The post Frank Mueller named station manager of Utah Public Radio appeared first on Current. …›

Pew Research Center→ Americans and the 2026 midterms

2026-07-31 Politics A monthly digest of research on public attitudes on politics and major policy issues · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of Americans who rate economic conditions in the country today as excellent or good, while 41% say they are …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Trump’s nominee to oversee Voice of America, Sarah B. Rogers, suggests return of journalists on leave

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Current→ How KQED tapped classroom media to bring youth voices to drive time

2026-07-31 Through a collaboration between education and radio teams, KQED leveraged relationships with teachers and students to create something new and authentic. The post How KQED tapped classroom media to bring youth voices to drive time appeared first on Cur …›

Poynter→ ABC is done playing defense against the FCC

2026-07-31 For more than a year, the Federal Communications Commission and its chairman Brendan Carr have repeatedly hassled, threatened and tried to intimidate ABC. Led by Carr, the FCC made threats […] The post ABC is done playing defense against the FCC …›

HKS Misinformation Review→ Professional and community-based fact-checking show different strengths, but neither performs strongly across trust, scalability, and impact

2026-07-30 Fact-checking on social media matters more than ever. When Meta abandoned professional fact checkers in 2025 in favour of crowd-sourced annotations, it bet that community participation could substitute for institutional expertise. Our systematic revi …›

Pew Research Center→ Views of all-day school cellphone bans

2026-07-30 Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The number of democracies with a constitution that is harder to amend than the U.S. founding document. …›

Nieman Lab→ AI authentication tools are built without adequate journalist input, new report finds

2026-07-30 It has never been easier (or cheaper) to fake and alter media. The evidence that journalists rely on to verify facts — photographs, videos, documents, websites, and even audio calls with sources — can now be convincingly generated with AI. In June, …›

The Journalist's Resource→ The national debt: Inform your coverage with these 3 tips from our webinar

2026-07-30 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The amount of debt held by the public is nearly equal to the size of the entire economy. Why does this matter, and how can journalists make the …›

Nieman Lab→ Readers turned to these local newspapers for real-time safety updates and weekend reads

2026-07-30 According to Similarweb’s data, The Philadelphia Inquirer received 1.1 million more web visits in April than it did in March, about a 17% jump. Lisa Hughes, the Inquirer’s publisher and CEO, told me the spike coincided with the launch of In …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Worst Person You Know Just Filed A Good First Amendment Lawsuit Against A Very Badly Drafted Nudify App Ban

2026-07-30 There’s been a bunch of news this week regarding Minnesota’s new law that purports to prohibit “nudification” technology, and the fact that xAI has sued to have the law blocked as unconstitutional. A few things need to be said u …›

Current→ Opinion: Public media needs to show that it still matters after childhood

2026-07-30 "As a public media system, we've become remarkably good at telling one half of our story and almost forgotten the other." The post Opinion: Public media needs to show that it still matters after childhood appeared first on Current. …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ How a network of pink-slime sites and conservative activists went after campus DEI

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RJI→ How newsrooms collaborating helps their local communities

2026-07-30 Collaboration across newsrooms can help to serve communities in deeper, more impactful ways. In metro Detroit, this takes shape through the Collaborative Detroit Newsrooms Network, where Outlier Media leads a group of newsrooms that collaborate around …›

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