Current→ New England Public Media lays off seven staff

2025-02-12 The workforce reduction affected full- and part-time workers in development, content, administration and operations. The post New England Public Media lays off seven staff appeared first on Current. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ GOP Is Quietly Freaking Out About Elon; Time For Them To Take A Stand

2025-02-12 It turns out that when you let the world’s richest man take over significant portions of the federal government, some people might get nervous. Who knew? Last week we wrote about how some staunch conservatives were finally admitting that ElonR …›

Current→ January CDP Index: Fourth quarter sees rally for high-dollar gifts, new radio donors

2025-02-12 A strong fourth quarter reversed prior monthly trends to end 2024 on a higher than anticipated note.  The post January CDP Index: Fourth quarter sees rally for high-dollar gifts, new radio donors appeared first on Current. …›

Pew Research Center→ Methodology

2025-02-12 The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 158 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Oc …›

Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments

2025-02-12 This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/topic/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/. Research Claudia Deane, Executive Vice PresidentMichael Lipka, Assoc …›

Pew Research Center→ Appendix

2025-02-12 The post Appendix appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›

Pew Research Center→ 4. How COVID-19 impacted Americans’ relationship with technology

2025-02-12 Colleen McClain, Olivia Sidoti and Monica Anderson contributed to this chapter. For many Americans, life in the early days of COVID-19 was lived on screens. Schools pivoted to virtual learning and businesses shuttered or moved online as in-person conta …›

Pew Research Center→ 3. How the COVID-19 pandemic affected U.S. religious life

2025-02-12 Michael Rotolo contributed to this chapter. The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on how religious communities gather for worship. In a Pew Research Center survey in July 2020, a few months after the coronavirus struck the United States, just 6% …›

Pew Research Center→ 2. How COVID-19 changed U.S. workplaces

2025-02-12 Kim Parker contributed to this chapter. The COVID-19 pandemic sent shockwaves through the U.S. labor market. Businesses shuttered, millions of Americans lost their jobs, and for many others their home became their workplace. We tracked these changes st …›

Pew Research Center→ 1. Americans’ views on COVID-19 risk and the country’s response to health emergencies

2025-02-12 Eileen Yam and Giancarlo Pasquini contributed to this chapter. Five years after the pandemic began, Americans largely see COVID-19 through the rear-view mirror. Overall, they don’t feel the virus is nearly as much of a danger as they did in 2020. Sti …›

Pew Research Center→ 5 Years Later: America Looks Back at the Impact of COVID-19

2025-02-12 Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the COVID-19 pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it together. The post 5 Years Later: America Looks Back at the Impact of COVID-19 appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ It’s still adtech

2025-02-12 This morning Wired published This Ad-Tech Company Is Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel. It’s a good piece, which is typical of Wired lately. But what caught my eye was “Ad-Tech” in the headline. Some writers say “ …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Don’t Buy This

2025-02-12 Looks right, works wrong. Every so often a product shows up that is so bad somebody needs to sound a warning. So I’m sounding one for the Ion Retro Glow. For the last month or so, it’s been on display and selling at the Sams Club here in B …›

Better News→ The Digital Transformation Guide from the American Press Institute

2025-02-12 Proven strategies for local media, as tested by news organizations in the Table Stakes Local News Transformation Program The post The Digital Transformation Guide from the American Press Institute appeared first on Better News. …›

Poynter→ Journalists have a ‘messaging problem’ when it comes to defending fact-based media

2025-02-12 Trust in the media and fact-based journalism is at a record low. Politicians are attacking the press, while audiences turn to alternative platforms, like entertainment podcasts and social media, for […] The post Journalists have a ‘messaging pr …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Q&A: Borgen’s Angunnguaq Larsen on Trump’s Stranger-than-Fiction Push for Greenland

2025-02-12 A fictional prime minister of Greenland on the territory's real-life crisis. …›

American Press Institute→ Covering the crackdown

2025-02-12 Courting, then assailing, raid coverage  The Trump administration has sought to draw attention to its immigration crackdown, using tactics that create a spectacle, as Daniel Gonzalez of the Arizona Republic put it. But it is also blaming local reporti …›

American Press Institute→ Acknowledgments

2025-02-12 The Table Stakes Local News Transformation Programs ran from 2015 to 2024. More than 200 local news organizations from across the United States benefited from these programs. The following people contributed to the success of these programs: Douglas K …›

American Press Institute→ What’s next

2025-02-12 The fifteen strategies outlined in this guide speak to many of the non-negotiables named during the tenure of the Table Stakes Local News Transformation Program, but the local news industry is constantly changing. As we look ahead to the next five to 1 …›

American Press Institute→ Managing people through change

2025-02-12 Illustration by Sylvia Asuncion-Crabb   Change is hard. Leading others through major organizational changes that you are also experiencing is even harder. There’s a framework that Table Stakes organizations come back to again and again to help t …›

American Press Institute→ Collaborating internally and externally

2025-02-12 Illustration by Sylvia Asuncion-Crabb   Collaboration allows you to bring in more perspectives and ideas, making you better equipped to solve problems and take on bigger, more complex projects. Though the benefits are apparent, many teams and orga …›

American Press Institute→ Practicing engaged journalism

2025-02-12 Illustration by Sylvia Asuncion-Crabb   Trust in local news has been on the decline. In a 2022 survey by Pew Research, 71% of adults said they had some or a lot of trust in the information they get from local news organizations. That was down from …›

American Press Institute→ Diversifying revenue

2025-02-12 Illustration by Sylvia Asuncion-Crabb   Dependable revenue streams are both key to the sustainability of local media organizations and an ongoing challenge. That is especially true for newspapers, whose print circulation and ad revenues have been …›

American Press Institute→ Adopting a product-thinking mindset

2025-02-12 Illustration by Sylvia Asuncion-Crabb   The most successful Table Stakes organizations have a product-thinking mindset, whether they use those words or not. They root their journalism in their audiences’ and communities’ needs, using data to g …›

American Press Institute→ The Digital Transformation Guide from the American Press Institute

2025-02-12 Illustration by Sylvia Asuncion-Crabb   The local news industry has been in turmoil for years. You’re probably aware that the number of local newspapers in the U.S. is shrinking, from 8,891 in 2005 to 5,591 in 2024, with 208 U.S. counties lackin …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Preparing for the Onslaught

2025-02-12 Journalists need to come to terms with our new reality. …›

Iffy.news→ WikiCredCon 2025

2025-02-11 Expanding on our Iffy.news/Veri.FYI session at WikiCredCon (February 15 2025), asking Wikimedians to consider adding domain name as data in Wikidata… Wikimedia is a wonderful source of information about the credibility of news sources. But it’s …›

Pew Research Center→ Protected: EMBARGOED REPORT: Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off

2025-02-11 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: EMBARGOED REPORT: Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›

Poynter→ Defending the facts: How do journalists counter attacks on factual reporting?

2025-02-11 How do journalists defend the importance of facts in an age of high polarization and low trust in the media? Poynter’s National Advisory Board met Feb. 10-11 in St. Petersburg, […] The post Defending the facts: How do journalists counter attack …›

Current→ NPR will lead two-day training on ‘identity and difference’ for station leaders

2025-02-11 It will be the first time NPR has made the training available only to stations. The post NPR will lead two-day training on ‘identity and difference’ for station leaders appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ PBS closes DEI office, citing a Trump executive order

2025-02-11 PBS had created its diversity, equity and inclusion team in 2021 after receiving criticism from independent filmmakers. The post PBS closes DEI office, citing a Trump executive order appeared first on Current. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ The Influence(r) War

2025-02-11 On Trump's foreign policy, a Franco-Algerian crisis, and the mediasphere. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ When ICE Raids Go Awry, Reporting Gets Blamed

2025-02-11 Officials are condemning coverage as “leaks.” …›

Current→ Missouri radio stations will become independent nonprofits 

2025-02-10 St. Louis Public Radio, KCUR and Classical KC will be governed by independent nonprofits. The post Missouri radio stations will become independent nonprofits  appeared first on Current. …›

The Journalist's Resource→ A primer for journalists covering immigrant workers in the U.S.

2025-02-10 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Among the more than 50 executive orders President Donald Trump signed during the first three weeks of his second term are at least a dozen aimed at curbing both authorized and unauthorized immigration. T …›

Poynter→ The case for facts: Preserving reality itself

2025-02-10 Picture a world where evidence doesn’t matter, where the loudest voices win,    and where calling out falsehoods is seen as an act of bias. Welcome to 2025. Donald Trump […] The post The case for facts: Preserving reality itself appeared …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Covering the ‘Mad King’

2025-02-10 Is the press underplaying or overplaying Trump's early moves? …›

Poynter→ Mediocre questions, rambling answers, no follow-ups: Fox News’ Super Bowl interview with Donald Trump

2025-02-10 Before we get started today, a quick note: There will be no Poynter Report on Tuesday or Wednesday. The Poynter Institute’s National Advisory Board is at Poynter’s headquarters in St. […] The post Mediocre questions, rambling answers, no foll …›

Current→ Busloads of South Dakota Public Broadcasting supporters make case to avoid $3.6M state budget cut

2025-02-07 Supporters said the cut would undermine public safety, government transparency, education, high school activities and local storytelling. The post Busloads of South Dakota Public Broadcasting supporters make case to avoid $3.6M state budget cut appeare …›