Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: When The Chips Are Down

2026-11-13 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 â …›

Current→ PBS North Carolina CEO David Crabtree to retire

2026-11-13 Crabtree began leading the station in 2022 and plans to leave at the end of the year. The post PBS North Carolina CEO David Crabtree to retire appeared first on Current. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Pick Another Senator: How The Open Internet Helped Scott Colom Win Mississippi

2026-11-13 By now you’ve seen that after over a week of waiting to make sure that every vote was counted, Democrat Scott Colom has defeated incumbent Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the new Senator from Mississippi — the first Black senator …›

Nieman Lab→ The Nieman Lab News-About-News Quiz, November 13, 2026

2026-11-13 It’s been another busy week. Recap it with the second edition of the Nieman Lab News-About-News Quiz, your weekly incentive to keep up with the latest happenings in the world of digital journalism. All questions are based on the week’s Nie …›

Current→ New NPR strategic plan prioritizes ‘app-first’ digital infrastructure

2026-11-13 NPR's CEO said at a board meeting Thursday that the network must recognize "that new audiences and revenues won’t come from radio.”  The post New NPR strategic plan prioritizes ‘app-first’ digital infrastructure appeared first on Current. …›

Poynter→ Here’s what a Democratic-controlled Congress could do to protect press freedom

2026-11-13 Less than 48 hours after it became apparent that Democrats would take both chambers of Congress, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) emailed the Federal Communications Commission, demanding records for an investigation […] The post Here’s what a …›

Poynter→ Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks, dies suddenly. He was 64

2026-11-13 Horrible news from the sports world. NBC Sports play-by-play voice Dan Hicks has died after what his family said was an acute illness. Hicks was 64. The husband of longtime […] The post Longtime NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks, dies suddenly. He w …›

Poynter→ Scott Pelley says CBS has lost its credibility. A post-midterms about-face wouldn’t help.

2026-11-12 As the blue “tsunami” spurred by Democratic midterm wins crashed over the country, some questioned whether the media leaders who tried to appease President Donald Trump would do an about-face. […] The post Scott Pelley says CBS has lost its c …›

Current→ Katie Belanger moves up to lead WTIP

2026-11-12 Belanger has been the Minnesota station's development director since 2024. The post Katie Belanger moves up to lead WTIP appeared first on Current. …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Political campaigns spent $187 million promoting AI-generated ads in the 2026 midterms

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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Judge Who Ruled For Trump While Angling For A Trump Appointment Lets Trump’s BBC Lawsuit Proceed

2026-11-12 We’ve now written a few times about Donald Trump’s obvious bullshit SLAPP suit against the BBC. If you don’t recall, the BBC ran a Panorama documentary about January 6th. It ran only in the UK and Trump said nothing about it when it a …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The Mississippi Free Press is using journalism to “make democracy work a little better”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The Bulwark joins Vox Media’s podcast network

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Are AI bots running these Philadelphia and New Jersey news sites?

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Macrons sue far-right podcaster Candace Owens personally in Tennessee

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Current→ Molly Webster becomes co-host of ‘Radiolab’

2026-11-12 Webster joined the show in 2012 and became its first senior correspondent in 2020. The post Molly Webster becomes co-host of ‘Radiolab’ appeared first on Current. …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The Atlantic can pursue FBI records in fight with Kash Patel

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Reporters Without Borders calls for Carr to be impeached for “weaponizing” FCC

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The Washington Post nears breakeven after “hundreds and hundreds of millions “in losses

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Yahoo becomes first licensee of “Spotify-like” collective AI content licensing model

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RJI→ The pain points are what tell us what we need to be working on and what we need to be writing about

2026-11-12 A conversation with Prachi Singh, India Currents This conversation with Prachi Singh is part two of our column on how to know if your journalism is useful to your readers. In an effort to measure: are we useful to the people we serve, and do we enable …›

Pew Research Center→ Methodology

2026-11-12 The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 174 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted June 16 …›

Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgements

2026-11-12 Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This analysis was made possible with support from the Trusts and from the People & Voices Initiative. The Center is grateful to a panel of experts who gave advic …›

Pew Research Center→ Appendix: Detailed Tables

2026-11-12 What kinds of relationships are single Black adults looking for? Liking dating without commitment as a reason for not being in a relationship Feeling too old as a reason for not being in a relationship Financial instability as a reason for not being in …›

Pew Research Center→ The Dating Attitudes of Single Black Adults

2026-11-12 While about half of Black singles are looking for a relationship or dates, men and women differ on goals and financial considerations. …›

Poynter→ Face the changes: Two top leaders are leaving CBS News’ ‘Face the Nation’

2026-11-12 There’s a big shakeup at CBS News as Mary Hager, senior executive producer of “Face the Nation,” prepares to leave the network after 35 years. Status’ Oliver Darcy broke the […] The post Face the changes: Two top leaders are leaving CBS N …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Is It Crazy to Go to Journalism School?

2026-11-12 A student reflects on leaving the law to pursue his writing dreams. …›

Online Journalism Blog→ I built a game to help learn how to choose good interviewees

2026-11-12 Earlier this year I published the PEER technique for brainstorming interviewees: “four categories to help journalists generate more names on any given story — and think more creatively about whose voices might add something to that story.& …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Hensday

2026-11-12 Loose links that float ships Starlink as a planetary barometer Yamaha CR-1020. I have one in Santa Barbara. Needs a little love. Maybe I should get this guy to work on it. My answer to What was the one radio program you never wanted to miss growing …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ King of No Pain

2026-11-12 A Merocel hemoX Pope Epistaxis Nasal Packing is a dry sponge with a breathing tube through it, invented by my late otorhinolaryngologist, Dr. Thaddeus Pope, to soak up blood inside the nose after nasal surgery. A story about that, below. Note to sq …›

Current→ PBS North Carolina will acquire PBS Charlotte, combine operations

2026-11-11 The agreement comes amid “substantial uncertainty” about PBS Charlotte’s long-term financial viability, according to a press release. The post PBS North Carolina will acquire PBS Charlotte, combine operations appeared first on Current. …›

RJI→ Civic Share lets newsrooms, nonprofits and community advocates pool their research, data and documentation

2026-11-11 And we need beta testers to help us build it Civic Share is a shared search and research hub where journalists, nonprofits, and advocates can upload, share and find information relevant to the work they’re all doing. Our pilot topic is data centers, …›

Poynter→ What happened at Pete Hegseth’s first press conference in months

2026-11-11 For a guy facing impeachment, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth isn’t exactly trying to get the media on his side. Before a press conference at the Pentagon on Tuesday — […] The post What happened at Pete Hegseth’s first press conference in …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ The Mississippi Free Press Is Using Journalism to ‘Make Democracy Work a Little Better’

2026-11-11 Ashton Pittman on the groundwork that prepared journalists to cover a deadlocked US Senate race. …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Voice of America director was fired illegally by former head Kari Lake, appeals court rules

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Haaretz is expanding its U.S. presence amid Israel’s move to the right

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Trump’s FCC nominee, Danielle Thumann, avoids questions from Democrats on Brendan Carr’s “censorship agenda”

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ What does ChatGPT say about the election? Depends on who’s asking.

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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 …›