Current→ Filmmaker and product developer aim to transform civic journalism with publishing hub

2026-07-27 As RJI Innovation Fellows, the duo is developing a collaborative platform for independent journalists, creators and “people who want to hold power to account.” The post Filmmaker and product developer aim to transform civic journalism with publishi …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ New research reveals AI answers only as trusted as the newsbrands they cite

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ How publishers hooked audiences with live blogs during the World Cup

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Librarians are hosting viral “Avoiding AI” workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ U.K. journalists are self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety concerns

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ One year ago, Congress killed the CPB. Public media is still trying to figure out the future.

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Stations look to turn giving boom into lasting support after federal funding loss

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Nieman Lab→ Tacos, elk sheds, and Facebook ads: How some local news sites saw their traffic spike

2026-07-27 It’s time for our latest look at which newsrooms are having success increasing their web traffic. We bring you four of these each quarter, looking at four different market segments: local newspapers, nonprofit news outlets, public media stations, …›

RJI→ Introducing the Journalism Source of Safety (J-SOS) app

2026-07-27 Building the journalist safety app I always needed Journalists today navigate an increasingly hostile world with tools that were not built with them in mind. Traditional safety resources are static, siloed, and structured around the imagined foreign co …›

Current→ Stations look to turn giving boom into lasting support after federal funding loss

2026-07-27 “There's no definite playbook on this because we've never been in this place before.” The post Stations look to turn giving boom into lasting support after federal funding loss appeared first on Current. …›

Poynter→ The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was an embarrassment

2026-07-27 The White House Correspondents’ Association held its rescheduled dinner Friday night and, unfortunately, it went about how you would expect. No president in the history of this country has devoted […] The post The White House Correspondents’ …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ A Tale of Two Speeches

2026-07-27 The press’s responsible handling of Trump’s incoherent speech about US election integrity contrasted starkly with Friday’s farcical WHCA dinner. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Rollday

2026-07-26 Well, two of us know With Apple Is the King of AI and Nobody Knows It, Limited Edition Jonathan does a better job of saying what I've been saying about where Personal AI is going, most recently here. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Local radio lives in Burlington and Graham

2026-07-26 WBAG’s callsign stands for Burlington And Graham: two adjoining towns between Greensboro and Durham in North Carolina. I have many kinfolk in the hood, and have been living or visiting here all my entire life. As it happens, WBAG and I were …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Earth to Southwest (and every other service company): make your surveys about your service, not just personnel facing customers

2026-07-25 Here is what I wanted (and got) from Southwest: a clean window on a comfortable plane that i could find, board, and fly in easily. Most of that is not about flight attendants. Here is the survey hook that came in an email after a Southwest flight: …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ No body day

2026-07-25 Goldie Boone is a “digital country artist” who looks too good to be real. So I’m betting she’s not. (I wouldn’t have brought this up if she hadn’t appeared in one of my Facebook doomscroll reels.) …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ DOJ Withdraws NY Times Subpoenas After Judge Notices It Never Bothered To Follow The Rules For Subpoenaing Reporters

2026-07-24 Just last week we had the story of the Trump DOJ issuing very questionable subpoenas of NY Times journalists while trying to track down who leaked information to those reporters regarding the potentially catastrophic security flaws of the “gift&# …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Live At TrustCon 2026

2026-07-24 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 …›

Storybench→ The Power of Words: Trump on Twitter

2026-07-24 Social media is a powerful tool that can be used to bring people together, but it can also incite violence. Public figures wield social media as a weapon to influence people’s behaviors and beliefs. Twitter is particularly effective in inciting viole …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Election Commission Says Musk Likely Broke The Law By Paying Voters. Will Anyone Do Anything About It?

2026-07-24 Will Elon Musk actually face legal consequences for illegally paying voters in an attempt to interfere in an election? We’re at least one step closer to finding out. Back during the 2024 Presidential election, he got away with offering $1 million …›

American Press Institute→ Job posting: Product support specialist

2026-07-24 American Press Institute seeks a part-time, client-facing independent contractor to provide customer support to our newsroom partners using API’s products, Metrics for News and Source Matters, for the remainder of 2026, with an option to extend throu …›

Poynter→ When the Boundary Waters burned, local journalists answered the call

2026-07-24 A smoke column was visible from the city of Ely. A massive body of hot gases and smoke, rising. Miles away, a wildfire was spreading in the Boundary Waters Canoe […] The post When the Boundary Waters burned, local journalists answered the call ap …›

Poynter→ A hyperlocal news page falls victim to Facebook’s AI

2026-07-24 Like many small news efforts, Indiana’s The Bloomingtonian relies on its Facebook page to reach people and get subscribers. Local residents must have an appetite for stories about outdoor World […] The post A hyperlocal news page falls victim t …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Cryday

2026-07-24 Haven't figured out lighting yet, but I like the idea After struggling for days to make my new Epson FF-680W photo scanner, which does a much poorer job of scanning photos than my iPhone 16, I'm ready for one of these. Welcome to New York AeroX …›

Poynter→ Left with no options, the Trump administration drops subpoenas against New York Times journalists

2026-07-24 There was a big showdown on Thursday between the U.S. government and The New York Times. At stake? Some would say the freedom of the press to accurately report on […] The post Left with no options, the Trump administration drops subpoenas against …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Thurbsday

2026-07-23 It didn’t happen in 2010, but it will in 2016. It’s still a bubble In May of 2018, I posted GDPR will pop the adtech bubble. It didn’t. The bubble is now bigger than ever. My mistake was assuming that there was a policy answer to a m …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Government Lawyers Say Trump Admin Can Use TikTok Again Because ‘Owned’ No Longer Means ‘Owned’

2026-07-23 We spent a few years pointing out the ridiculousness of the whole “TikTok ban” moral panic, and the fact that all of the “concerns” magically melted away after Trump became president and then effectively gifted a controlling sta …›

Pew Research Center→ What Americans think about the global AI race

2026-07-23 Most Americans see China as more advanced than the U.S. in AI development, while 43% say U.S. leadership in AI is extremely or very important. …›

Current→ Edward F. O’Keefe named CEO of WNET Group

2026-07-23 O’Keefe has worked for ABC News and CNN. The post Edward F. O’Keefe named CEO of WNET Group appeared first on Current. …›

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Video: U.K. lobbyists offer a reporter money to place a story in a national newspaper — and says they’ve done it plenty of times before

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ For news companies, AI visibility is no longer about referral traffic

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Journalists urge correspondents’ association to stand up to Trump at rescheduled press dinner

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The big bias in AI is economic

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Meta won’t have to face the next planned social media addiction trial

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Brendan Carr says the FCC will investigate ABC for not airing a Trump speech

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Reddit stock sinks on report it may not renew Google AI content deal

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The newspaper chain Lee is preventing an editorial cartoonist from donating his life’s work to a university library

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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Semafor wants to be the “business outlet of record in the Gulf”

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RJI→ How to build social-first data visualizations

2026-07-23 Communicating key data and information to your audience through visuals As audiences turn to social platforms for information, it has become increasingly important for news organizations to present data-driven stories, and their most significant findin …›