Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The ‘Most Massive Attack On Free Speech’ Is Happening Right Now, And The Twitter Files Crew Is Mighty Quiet
2026-02-18 For the last five years, we had to endure an endless, breathless parade of hyperbole regarding the so-called “censorship industrial complex.” We were told, repeatedly and at high volume, that the Biden administration flagging content for re …›
Current→ Phil Hoffman to lead New Mexico PBS
2026-02-18 Hoffman succeeds Franz Joachim, who is retiring. The post Phil Hoffman to lead New Mexico PBS appeared first on Current. …›
American Press Institute→ About that Cleveland column
2026-02-18 AI and accountability Chris Quinn, the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, struck a nerve over the weekend with a column about how some journalism schools are instilling in students a fear of artificial intelligence rather than teaching them how to …›
Poynter→ Will The Washington Post exist in five years? A veteran insider weighs in.
2026-02-18 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. It’s still hard to believe what happened at […] The post Will The Washington Post exist in five years? A veteran insider weigh …›
Poynter→ Stephen Colbert finally did what everyone expected after CBS canceled his show
2026-02-18 What was CBS thinking? That was the reaction many of us had last summer when the network announced it was canceling Stephen Colbert’s late-night show — for two reasons. First, why […] The post Stephen Colbert finally did what everyone expect …›
Current→ KCBX names Chris McBride GM
2026-02-17 McBride succeeds Frank Lanzone, who has led the California station since 1980. The post KCBX names Chris McBride GM appeared first on Current. …›
Current→ Vegas PBS GM Mare Mazur to retire
2026-02-17 Mazur has led the station since early 2021. The post Vegas PBS GM Mare Mazur to retire appeared first on Current. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Hey Brett Kavanaugh, This Is On You:
2026-02-17 “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.” —Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, September 8, 2025 From that one line, which Anil …›
Current→ How YouTuber Johns Hopkins brings stories of Baltimore history to WYPR
2026-02-17 Editing his histories to broadcast length requires “a lot of discipline,” says Hopkins. “Every word has to be useful because we don’t have that much time.” The post How YouTuber Johns Hopkins brings stories of Baltimore history to WYPR appear …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Remembranes
2026-02-17 Never too late for the late Today is Ron Phillips' birthday. He died five years ago, but his absence remains constant and heart-wrenching. I'm also sad to note that I haven't written a proper remembrance for him here. So that's now on m …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned
2026-02-17 We’ve been covering Australia’s monumentally stupid social media ban for kids under 16 since before it went into effect. We noted how dumb the whole premise was, how the rollout was an immediate mess, how a gambling ad agency helped push th …›
PRX Official - Medium→ “Cared For” Podcast Debuts From Good Get and PRX, Hosted by Kelli Dunham
2026-02-17 Host Kelli Dunham is an acclaimed storyteller, nurse, comedian, and former nun bringing listeners companionship, care, and communityAward-winning independent production house Good Get and public media organization PRX today premiered Cared For, a new p …›
RJI→ 4 potential places for journalists to lead walking tours
2026-02-17 Your coverage can inspire your routes There’s practical and editorial considerations for a good walking tour route. It also might not be where you first expect. Justin Rivers, chief experience officer at Untapped New York, developed his first tou …›
Poynter→ Long before the podcast boom, Howard Stern built the template for intimate, wide-ranging interviews
2026-02-17 This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. As […] The post Long before the podcast boom, Howard Stern built the …›
Poynter→ Anderson Cooper’s exit raises new questions about the future of ‘60 Minutes’
2026-02-17 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Here’s stunning news, although when you really think […] The post Anderson Cooper’s exit raises new questions about the futu …›
Poynter→ Is it harder to buy beer than vote? The reality behind a viral talking point.
2026-02-17 As Republicans pushed for a national photo voter ID law, they made a familiar argument: If people need an ID for everyday purchases, why not for voting? The Save America […] The post Is it harder to buy beer than vote? The reality behind a viral …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Where Are We?
2026-02-16 Extra points if you can say where this is. What you’re reading is written and posted on the Web. While the Web isn’t a place, we know it as one. The language we use to describe it is concrete and structural: domains at locations, with s …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Moan Day
2026-02-16 Cycloptery Seventy-two hours since my cataract surgery and nothing is better. The cornea of my left eye is still swollen and I'm essentially blind (meaning my vision is 20/infinity. It also feels better closed than open, which I'm not sure is …›
Poynter→ Bystander video is driving the biggest stories in America. The next era of journalism will be built on verifying it.
2026-02-16 Bystander and surveillance videos keep driving major news stories. The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers in Minneapolis. Brutal takedowns of lawful citizens and aggressive clashes […] The post Bystander video is driving t …›
Poynter→ Want to be a better editor? Start here.
2026-02-16 When I coach young journalists, one of the first things I tell them is a lesson I’ve learned myself many times: It’s not where you work, but who you work […] The post Want to be a better editor? Start here. appeared first on Poynter. …›
American Press Institute→ Convene to envision shared futures through art and storytelling
2026-02-16 In 2022, AL.com was covering a dramatic increase in homicides. The news outlet partnered with The Birmingham Times, a local Black-owned newspaper, to offer more avenues for community building and solutions storytelling by highlighting the people and pr …›
Radio Survivor→ Radio Station Visit #193: CIVL-FM at University of the Fraser Valley
2026-02-16 On a Sunday drive from Vancouver to Abbotsford, British Columbia last June, Aaron Levy narrated the landscape, pointing out locations used during the filming of various series (including some of my personal favorites: Riverdale and Bates Motel …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Some Day
2026-02-15 Now, let's try that with a human body part Tom's Hardware: In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Love
2026-02-14 The first thing my wife heard me say was “I’m a Leo, so I don’t believe in astrology.” She’s a Scorpio, and that’s her constellation, above another of my affections, the Walnut Grove tower farm in California’s …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Eye Day
2026-02-13 Cyclops time. Thirteen years ago, when I was just entering the final demographic, I had the cataract in my right eye replaced. It was a quick and easy procedure that left me with 20/10 vision when I walked out the door of the surgery center. It's s …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ News Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It
2026-02-13 Last fall, I wrote about how the fear of AI was leading us to wall off the open internet in ways that would hurt everyone. At the time, I was worried about how companies were conflating legitimate concerns about bulk AI training with basic web accessib …›
Current→ January CDP Index: High-dollar gifts, new donors fuel standout year for membership revenue
2026-02-13 As organizations look toward 2026, retaining new and higher-level donors will be key to revenue stability. The post January CDP Index: High-dollar gifts, new donors fuel standout year for membership revenue appeared first on Current. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Judge Accuses DOJ Of Telling Court To “Pound Sand,” In Case Over Venezuelans Sent To Salvadoran Concentration Camp
2026-02-13 Judge Boasberg got his vindication in the frivolous “complaint” the DOJ filed against him, and now he’s calling out the DOJ’s bullshit in the long-running case that caused them to file the complaint against him in the first place: the JGG v. Tr …›
Current→ FCC approves reassignment of UEN-TV license within Utah university system
2026-02-13 PBS Utah plans to program the station with the 24/7 PBS Kids channel. The post FCC approves reassignment of UEN-TV license within Utah university system appeared first on Current. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Panic! At The Discord
2026-02-13 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 …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Because Pricing is Getting Too Personal
2026-02-12 Surveillance pricing already has its own page in Wikipedia. It also has its own authority: Abbey Stemler, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics and Weimer Faculty Fellow in Business Law & Ethics at Indiana University’s Kelly Sch …›
The Journalist's Resource→ 5 tips for reporting on crime data
2026-02-12 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email How to use a new crime data repository, where to turn for numbers since federal funding for public safety research has been gutted, and how to use data to both check statements from public officials and ide …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Bondi Spying On Congressional Epstein Searches Should Be A Major Scandal
2026-02-12 Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims who were in the audience to stand up and indicate whether …›
Current→ Comings and goings: Public Media Infrastructure announces board, VPM hires CFO …
2026-02-12 LaFontaine Oliver will be the inaugural board chair for Public Media Infrastructure. The post Comings and goings: Public Media Infrastructure announces board, VPM hires CFO … appeared first on Current. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Joseph Gordon-Levitt Goes To Washington DC, Gets Section 230 Completely Backwards
2026-02-12 You may have heard last week that actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt went to Washington DC and gave a short speech at an event put on by Senator Dick Durbin calling for the sunsetting of Section 230. It’s a short speech, and it gets almost everything wrong a …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Blurs Day
2026-02-12 Recommendations? My (guessing) seven-year-old LG 5K Ultrafine 27" display has become flaky. Repair estimates run into many hundreds, so I need a new monitor. Currently, I'm browsing Apple 5K Studio Displays on eBay. Saves me several hundred do …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ The Letter of the Law, and the Law in Practice
2026-02-12 Experts discuss the risks posed to journalism as the courts test the limits of press freedom law. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Peter Mandelson Invokes Press Harassment Protections To Dodge Questions About His Support Of Jeffrey Epstein
2026-02-11 Peter Mandelson—the former UK cabinet minister who was just sacked as Britain’s ambassador to the United States over newly revealed emails with Jeffrey Epstein—has found a novel way to avoid answering questions about why he told a convicted s …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ An 18-Million-Subscriber YouTuber Just Explained Section 230 Better Than Every Politician In Washington
2026-02-11 Over the years, we’ve written approximately one million words explaining why Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is essential to how the internet functions. We’ve corrected politicians who lie about it. We’ve debunked myths …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Watts Up
2026-02-11 Book them now Early bird tickets are on sale for the 42nd IIW, which began on a Gillmor Gang podcast the last day of 2004. In my biased but correct opinion, IIW is the most leveraged tech conference on Earth. This one will happen on April 28th to 30th, …›