Doc Searls Weblog→ You can hear the squeak of sphincters closing
2026-08-17 How Claude marks AI-generated content is the most self-destructive utterance I’ve ever heard coming out of an AI company. Wow: When a supported Claude model generates text, it weaves an imperceptible watermark directly into the text itse …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Doneday
2026-08-17 No, neither makes sense I had two posts titled Whensday. Now there is one. It is re-headlined Densday. And give gentle advice Trunkline, the least-written of the three WordPress blogs I run and write for, all with the kind assistance of the good folks …›
Current→ Cheryl Hirasa steps down as Pacific Islanders in Communications leader
2026-08-17 Hirasa joined the organization in 2013. The post Cheryl Hirasa steps down as Pacific Islanders in Communications leader appeared first on Current. …›
RJI→ RJI Student Innovation Fellows unveil tools and strategies for community newsrooms in public webinar
2026-08-17 Contact: Kat Duncan, duncank@rjionline.org This summer, four international master’s students at the Missouri School of Journalism each spent 12 weeks stationed in a community newsroom, where they helped bring to life everything from new audience enga …›
Nieman Lab→ Claude is changing how it generates prose to be more detectable (and maybe worse?)
2026-08-17 It was in 1964 that Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, asked to define obscenity for the purposes of law, wrote his famous heuristic: “I know it when I see it.” But when it comes to AI-generated content, we may think we know it when we s …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Federal Court Rules That Blocking Speech Is Protected By The First Amendment, But Recommending It Isn’t
2026-08-17 This ruling came out a week and a half ago at this point and I’ve been so annoyed with it that I kept putting off writing about it, but it’s so bad that it requires a discussion. A federal district court in San Jose denied motions from a bu …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ RainyAgainDay
2026-08-17 Enjoying the warm Indiana outdoors between stretches of rain On my way back to Bloomington from Santa Barbara on Saturday, while I sat in the first row of an Embraer short-haul vectored to Indianapolis but delayed while awaiting its pilot and parked a …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Lessons in turning email newsletters into subscription engines
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “Outrageous” handcuffing of New Orleans journalist sends a “chilling message,” media group says
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ A court has struck down Maryland’s tax on digital advertising after Google and Apple complained
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Poynter→ When it comes to “teen takeovers,” journalists may be telling only part of the story
2026-08-17 Poynter is offering a free webinar Tuesday, Aug. 18 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Eastern about how to cover “teen takeovers” with accuracy and care. You can register here. In […] The post When it comes to “teen takeovers,” journalists may be telli …›
RJI→ Building a civic information hub
2026-08-17 Civic Strata: A shared foundation for data, documents and community reporting Type “data centers” into Google, and you’ll get thousands of results, including an AI summary, the latest reporting from various news outlets, a Reddit thread, and a li …›
Pew Research Center→ Refugee admissions to the U.S. are dropping sharply in Trump’s second term
2026-08-17 U.S. refugee admissions have dropped sharply in Trump's second term, with just over 10,000 so far in fiscal 2026, down from about 38,000 in fiscal 2025. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ How Gen Z protests exposed India’s “lapdog media” and ushered in a new wave of reporters
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Follow the path of a rare book, from bookstore to Amazon’s book-destroying warehouse
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “Transparency was thrown entirely out the window, replaced by outright deception.”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The Iranian YouTube show posing questions few dare ask
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Current→ Comings and goings: NPR names Bryan Moffett SVP of transformation, WABE’s Douglas Bell steps up to new VP position …
2026-08-17 In his expanded role, Moffett will oversee cross-team collaborations supporting audience and revenue growth. The post Comings and goings: NPR names Bryan Moffett SVP of transformation, WABE’s Douglas Bell steps up to new VP position … appeared firs …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ CNN’s Mark Thompson has suggested a network editorial board to shield it from Paramount
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Poynter→ An FT column was condensed with AI. It crossed a novel ethical line.
2026-08-17 Financial Times appended an unusual note to the top of a column published late last week. “It has come to our attention that AI was used to condense a longer […] The post An FT column was condensed with AI. It crossed a novel ethical line. appe …›
Poynter→ New to editing? Embrace being behind the scenes
2026-08-17 Most editors start as reporters. At some point, either because there’s an opportunity, an urgent need, or sometimes both, those reporters become editors. And in most newsrooms, that’s about it. […] The post New to editing? Embrace being beh …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ What Karoline Leavitt Leaves Behind
2026-08-17 The outgoing press secretary further damaged the relationship between the federal government and the journalists who cover it. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Shots and Misses
2026-08-17 Dome or crater? There is a meteor impact crater in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. It’s called Upheaval Dome, because that’s what geologists thought it was before it became clear that it wasn’t. When I visited the place …›
BuzzMachine→ Words matter. Damnit.
2026-08-15 On this week’s Intelligent Machines, we cohosts had a spirited disagreement about Anthropic’s watermarking of text, as required by EU regulation. The company just released more detail about how it will work, and now I’m upset for a diff …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Pro Se Plaintiff Caught Hiding Prompt Injections In Court Filings; Responds By Hiding More
2026-08-14 There have now been dozens of stories of bad lawyers using AI results in filings, most of which show up in the form of fake case citations. That’s old hat at this point. But how about prompt injections in court filings? There have been a few peop …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Byeday
2026-08-14 Well, almost. Tomorrow I fly back to Indiana, where it has been stormy the whole time I've been gone, seems like. In a couple of months, I'll be scanning all the photos I have in dozens of three-ring albums, but keeping the photos themselves, w …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Watermark My Words
2026-08-14 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 …›
RJI→ 20th RJI Student Innovation Competition open for entries
2026-08-14 Contact: Kat Duncan, duncank@rjionline.org The Reynolds Journalism Institute’s (RJI) Student Innovation Competition is open for entries. Now in its 20th year, the competition challenges student teams at any college or university in the U.S. to create …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Fifth Circuit Cites A Ruling Calling Mail-In Ballots “Vital” To Falsely Claim They “Jeopardize Democracy Itself”
2026-08-14 You may have seen news of the recent Fifth Circuit decision, with an opinion written by Judge Andrew Oldham, overturning a lower court ruling, and reinstating highly questionable ID requirements for mail-in ballots. We can debate how this decision blen …›
Current→ Carol Boss, former host for KUNM and ‘Peace Talks Radio,’ dies at 79
2026-08-14 “She was extraordinary, and her devotion to the station and to meaningful radio was boundless,” said Allison Davis, a fellow KUNM volunteer. The post Carol Boss, former host for KUNM and ‘Peace Talks Radio,’ dies at 79 appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ A Washington Post investigation prompts changes at surveillance company Flock
2026-08-14 Flock, the company that operates an extensive network of license plate readers, announced Thursday that it will implement new safety measures to deter police abuse of its surveillance cameras, The […] The post A Washington Post investigation prom …›
Poynter→ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is departing her job. Here’s how PolitiFact fact-checked key moments.
2026-08-14 White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving President Donald Trump’s administration at the end of August to spend more time with her family after the birth of her second […] The post White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is d …›
Nieman Lab→ Can public media build its own social network? Chicago Public Media teams up with New_ Public to try
2026-08-13 If a news outlet announces a website launch, you might think it’s safe to assume it’s a news website that’s launching. But that’s not what Chicago Public Media has in mind for chicago.com. Chicago Public Media is already the par …›
Nieman Lab→ Apple may start paying publishers to deliver news with Siri AI
2026-08-13 Hey Siri, how much is the news worth to an AI assistant? The answer, according to a report by Alexandra Bruell in The Wall Street Journal, starts at $100 million. Apple has approached publishers to use their news and up-to-date information in the revam …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Fake Free Speech President Has Unleashed ICE On Its Critics
2026-08-13 It still amazes me that there are people out there who think that Donald Trump is a supporter of free speech. It has never been true. Anyone who looks will note that the Trump administration regularly engages in clearly unconstitutional attempts to sup …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Burrsday
2026-08-13 I subscribed to the Los Angeles Times early last year when I was writing about the challenges for journalism in covering the wildfires there. That was in my News Commons series, which I think has some brilliant and useful stuff. But it didn't go an …›
Pew Research Center→ Americans’ use of social media for health information differs by race and ethnicity
2026-08-13 Hispanic, Black, and Asian adults are more likely than White adults to get health information from social media and turn to health and wellness influencers. …›
Pew Research Center→ Methodology
2026-08-13 About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup and Langer Research Associates. The results are based on national samples, unless othe …›
Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments
2026-08-13 This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes ResearchSneha Gubbala, Research AnalystWilliam Miner, Research Analyst Julia Armeli, Research Assis …›