Current→ Comings and goings: Connecticut Public names VP, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation hires GM of media …
2026-10-12 Missy DiNunno joined Connecticut Public as VP of community engagement. The post Comings and goings: Connecticut Public names VP, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation hires GM of media … appeared first on Current. …›
RJI→ News Media Help Desk adds human-powered live chat feature
2026-10-12 The News Media Help Desk, which provides free educational resources and fractional support to news organizations, today launched a new live chat feature. News professionals can now instantly ask questions while browsing the Help Desk, which is a partne …›
Current→ Angie Carr appointed GM of Vegas PBS
2026-10-12 Carr most recently helped Nine PBS secure an $11.1 million Ready to Learn grant. The post Angie Carr appointed GM of Vegas PBS appeared first on Current. …›
American Press Institute→ Anchor your journalism in civic trust
2026-10-12 This week’s action: Listen to your community to better understand the information they need. News leaders must navigate near-constant change. But they can’t lose sight of this key question: What do your community members need from your journalism t …›
American Press Institute→ The future of local news should be anchored in civic trust
2026-10-12 Local news leaders today must be capable of navigating near-constant change, including in their business and the broad information environment in which they operate. But navigating that well begins with the “first things”: Leaders must understand t …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Democracy, Now
2026-10-12 Big Tech has spent years resisting accountability. As the federal government adopts its own evasion tactics—locking out the press, and now investigating news networks—it’s worth remembering journalism’s essential democratic function. …›
Poynter→ Jennifer Griffin has covered 8 defense secretaries. She’s never seen a Pentagon like this.
2026-10-12 Last week, Fox News turned 30 years old. One of that network’s most respected reporters, Jennifer Griffin, has been there for nearly all of it. Griffin has had an amazing […] The post Jennifer Griffin has covered 8 defense secretaries. She’s …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Enjoying the Shows
2026-10-11 Nikki D & Sisters of Thunder at the 2026 Lotus Festival The idea was to get my photos from the latest Lotus Festival up right after the three-day event ended on Sunday the 4th. I had too many other things to do, so a week went by. But at least …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Running
2026-10-10 I'm in Chicago for the Marathon and our son's birthday (he's running tomorrow). Also hanging with relatives and enjoying the city, which always feels to me like a giant Boston. (Color me wrong, it's okay.) Meaning it was fully yours Ste …›
Current→ Emerald Coast PBS to launch broadcast service for Florida Panhandle
2026-10-09 With a signal lease and help from community leaders, former WSRE managers teamed up to bring PBS programming back to the region. The post Emerald Coast PBS to launch broadcast service for Florida Panhandle appeared first on Current. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Like Herding Chats
2026-10-09 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 …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Alabama’s TikTok Settlement Comes With An Affiliate Program For Getting Other AGs To Go After TikTok
2026-10-09 The big Meta multi-state settlement got most of the headlines, and there’s been plenty of discussion about how it’s a bad deal for kids and pretty clearly anti-competitive. That’s thanks to a very strange clause that encourages Meta t …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad
2026-10-09 There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon have announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army officer who shot up Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding dozens more. Th …›
The Journalist's Resource→ What’s normal and what isn’t on Election Day and beyond
2026-10-09 Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Reddit Email Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Reddit Email With the U.S. midterm elections fast approaching and the balance of power in Congress at stake, journalists are playing a critical role in ensu …›
Poynter→ Judge extends pause on Trump’s media ban
2026-10-09 The battle between President Donald Trump and the press continues. Two weeks ago, Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds. The media outlets took Trump to […] The post Judge extends pause on Trump’s media ban appeared fir …›
PRX Official - Medium→ Silkroad and PRX Present “Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual” Hosted by Rhiannon Giddens
2026-10-08 Silkroad and PRX Present “Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual,” A New Podcast Hosted by Rhiannon GiddensThe series exploring music’s power to heal, build community, and create sanctuary across traditions and cultures launches October 1 …›
Current→ ‘Sesame Street,’ ‘Nature’ go wild for new ‘Great Elephant Adventure’
2026-10-08 “When you get to work with people from new places, you find that even if you come from somewhere else, there's so much you have in common.” The post ‘Sesame Street,’ ‘Nature’ go wild for new ‘Great Elephant Adventure’ appeared first on …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ US Gov’t Interferes To Get Foreign Sponsors To Drop Conference Because A Panel Asks If The US Engages In Foreign Information Interference
2026-10-08 One of the most bizarre things over the last few years is how two guys, Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi, bumbling around cosplaying as “free speech” experts, have done tremendous damage to free speech. After Elon Musk brought them in …›
RJI→ So you want your journalism to have an impact? Here’s where to start
2026-10-08 A conversation with the Pulitzer Center’s Flora Pereira This month Innovation in Focus spoke with Flora Pereira, the Chief Impact Officer at the Pulitzer Center about how newsrooms can prioritize impact and audience at the center of their everyday wo …›
Poynter→ CBS gives JD Vance a prime-time town hall just before the midterms
2026-10-08 In timing that is certainly good for a Republican Party looking for a last-minute rally ahead of the midterm elections, CBS announced Wednesday that it will air a town hall […] The post CBS gives JD Vance a prime-time town hall just before the mi …›
Poynter→ The atmosphere is getting wetter. The Washington Post showed what that means on the ground
2026-10-08 A woman in Asheville, North Carolina, fled her home when floodwaters arrived at her door. Soon, her world was upended. Her apartment, she later learned, had been washed away by […] The post The atmosphere is getting wetter. The Washington Post sh …›
Poynter→ Trump renamed AI ‘super intelligence.’ But that term already means something else.
2026-10-08 Seated in a row with the most influential leaders in artificial intelligence, President Donald Trump announced that he was renaming the technology itself. “It’s not artificial. We all agree on […] The post Trump renamed AI ‘super intelligen …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Can the News Exist Without Big Tech? The Atlas Says Yes
2026-10-08 A monthly newspaper, distributed as a PDF, is trying to imagine a future for journalism beyond the reach of Silicon Valley. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Time to book your rides
2026-10-08 AI isn’t just a “surf’s up” moment. It’s a tsunami. You have to surf that tsunami, just to keep from drowning. Using your time. Your calendar is your surfboard. What’s your best beach for riding that …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Judge Blocks Utah’s Demand That Websites See Through VPNs
2026-10-07 Over the last few years, with Congress completely incompetent and a massive moral panic about tech raging, states have stepped up to try to regulate the internet any way they can. Even after the Supreme Court reminded states that the First Amendment st …›
Current→ Hasanna Birdsong leaves CEO role at Lehigh Valley Public Media
2026-10-07 Birdsong had led the station since June 2025. The post Hasanna Birdsong leaves CEO role at Lehigh Valley Public Media appeared first on Current. …›
Current→ Comings and goings: GM named for WPSU, KUT hires journalists …
2026-10-07 Fred Vigeant will lead WPSU, which is now part of WHYY. The post Comings and goings: GM named for WPSU, KUT hires journalists … appeared first on Current. …›
RJI→ How small newsrooms can provide live updates across communities during a crisis
2026-10-07 Creating a loop: publish information, listen for what is still unclear, verify it and update the coverage accordingly Community-rooted newsrooms have an urgent role to play during moments of collective uncertainty. Often embedded in — and led by memb …›
Poynter→ Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery are finally one company. So what happens now?
2026-10-07 The laborious mega media deal that had to clear hurdles and dodge obstacles and arm-wrestle in court and face high-profile pushback from some of entertainment’s biggest names finally became official […] The post Paramount and Warner Bros. Disco …›
Poynter→ Has the presidency cost Donald Trump money? His financial disclosures say otherwise
2026-10-07 In a warm-up speech before President Donald Trump addressed Oklahoma rally-goers, Homeland Security secretary Markwayne Mullin told the crowd in his home state that Trump took a financial hit to […] The post Has the presidency cost Donald Trump m …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ ‘Willful Blindness’
2026-10-07 Ruth Margalit on Israelis’ media consumption and “unwillingness to sit with the facts of what was actually happening” in Gaza. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Meta’s Settlement Isn’t Tech’s “Big Tobacco” Moment
2026-10-06 I’ve written a few times now about why Meta’s big “settlement” with the states is a bad deal. It’s Meta seeking to control how the rest of the internet is regulated in a way that, as Eric Goldman’s op-ed we republish …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Autonomous AI agents are trying to make writing their livelihood
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RJI→ Designing an impact strategy for a newsroom product
2026-10-06 We worked with Illinois Answers Project to reach potential users for its campaign finance tool Millions of dollars has been raised by candidates in the 2026 Chicago School Board election thus far. To follow the money, Illinois Answers Project from the …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Appeals Court Pauses Minnesota’s Nudify Law, Which Ignored Its Own Supreme Court’s Roadmap.
2026-10-06 I feel I need to start out posts like this by reminding anyone that nudification apps are bad. They’re almost exclusively used to abuse and harass people, most often women. That said, if you’re going to ban them legally, you can’t jus …›
Current→ Public Media Bridge Fund targets sustainability with new grant program
2026-10-06 “Many local public media organizations already know how their operations need to adapt — they just require the capital and capacity to get there.” The post Public Media Bridge Fund targets sustainability with new grant program appeared first on C …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Cluesday
2026-10-06 Didn't know there was one, but yeah Chick-fil-A takes a stand against fast-food drive-thru AI trend. Maybe Is doomscrolling doomed? …›
RJI→ How Anti-SLAPP laws protect journalists
2026-10-06 Forty states now have laws protecting citizens and newsrooms from meritless lawsuits designed to sue them into silence More than three-quarters of the country now offers legal shields against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP), pro …›
PRX Official - Medium→ Mother Jones and PRX Launch “Stress Test,” a Podcast in the Lead-Up to the Midterm Elections
2026-10-06 Mother Jones and PRX Launch “Stress Test,” a Pop-Up Podcast in the Lead-Up to the Midterm Elections“A place to figure out, together, how to think about the biggest issues driving the midterms”The 2026 midterm elections are a referendum on where …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ WaningCrescentMoonday
2026-10-05 Now, roughly. That’s what it says at MoonPhase.today Specifically, 26%. I’ll consider them unreal if they’re not at IIW. The UOR Foundation has plans to… Well, I can’t copy and paste the text, so here’s a screengrab: …›