PRX Official - Medium→ 2026 Podcast Creator Summit in London — in photos

2026-02-24 PRX and AudioUK’s day of events for podcasters was convened in partnership with Apple PodcastsPublic media organization PRX — bringing acclaimed podcasts and public radio to millions — recently crossed the pond with AudioUK to convene th …›

RJI→ Covering Immigration: Journalism needs more than good intentions

2026-02-24 Tools for ethical, accurate immigration coverage Leer en Español As a 2025 Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) Fellow, I present Covering Immigration, a resource built out of my own frustration and hope. It is a free, bilingual, and open- …›

Poynter→ Tonight’s State of the Union could be long. Really long.

2026-02-24 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. President Donald Trump will give his State of […] The post Tonight’s State of the Union could be long. Really long. appeared f …›

Poynter→ Ibram X. Kendi and Howard University ready The Emancipator for a third act

2026-02-24 As journalists voice concerns over newsrooms mortgaging progress on staff diversification, Ibram X. Kendi’s semi-dormant antiracist publication, The Emancipator, is set to reemerge. The publication is set to relaunch at […] The post Ibram X. Ke …›

Poynter→ GlobalFact 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania, opens registration for June conference

2026-02-24 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The world’s fact-checking journalists will convene in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the 13th annual GlobalFact conference from June 17 to 19. Registration for the public is now […] The post GlobalFact 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuan …›

Poynter→ Donald Trump says he kept his campaign promises. The record is more complicated.

2026-02-24 President Donald Trump has said he delivered on all he returned to office to do, already. “I’ve kept all my promises, and much more,” he told a Detroit audience in […] The post Donald Trump says he kept his campaign promises. Th …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Yes, Section 230 Should Apply Equally To Algorithmic Recommendations

2026-02-23 If you’ve spent any time in my Section 230 myth-debunking guide, you know that most bad takes on the law come from people who haven’t read it. But lately I keep running into a different kind of bad take—one that often comes from people wh …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Media Still Can’t Figure Out That Trump Says Things That Aren’t True

2026-02-23 Debates on how the media should be covering what Donald Trump says have been going on for over a decade now. A few months ago, we wrote about the regularity with which the mainstream media “sanewashes” his more ridiculous statements, taking the inc …›

RJI→ Enter/Exit: Care centered resource building for visual journalists and newsrooms

2026-02-23 Announcing the digital launch and new print edition Over the past year, through our Reynolds Journalism Institute fellowship, we have been developing Enter/Exit: Trauma-Informed Praxis for Visual Journalism, an open-source toolkit with a small-run …›

Poynter→ Cash-starved and censored, America’s student newspapers are fighting to survive

2026-02-23 An unabridged version of this article was originally published in the Student Press Report, a national news desk covering student media and journalism education in higher ed.  Andrew Frazier expected […] The post Cash-starved and censored, Ameri …›

Current→ Luis Estrada to lead KVMR Community Radio

2026-02-23 Estrada has worked at KPBS in San Diego for more than 11 years, most recently as member acquisition manager and senior producer. The post Luis Estrada to lead KVMR Community Radio appeared first on Current. …›

Poynter→ Did President Trump call into C-SPAN under a fake name?

2026-02-23 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. There was a bizarre moment on C-SPAN on […] The post Did President Trump call into C-SPAN under a fake name? appeared first on P …›

Poynter→ Why Canada still doesn’t have a full-time fact-checking beat

2026-02-23 TORONTO — Daniel Dale is Canada’s most famous fact-checking journalist. He’s also one of Canada’s only fact-checking journalists. And therein lies a tale of politics, media, and some key differences […] The post Why Canada still doesn’t …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Trump’s EPA Wants Us to Cover Our Eyes

2026-02-23 On climate policy, the Trump administration is willfully burying its head in the sand. It’s crucial newsrooms don’t follow.  …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ NewsNation’s Moment

2026-02-23 As Nexstar, its corporate parent, pursues a merger with Tegna, NewsNation goes after the Nancy Guthrie story. …›

Radio Survivor→ Radio Station Visit #194: CJSF-FM at Simon Fraser University

2026-02-23 Treasure hunt is the best way to describe the whirlwind afternoon that I spent at campus and community radio station CJSF 90.1 FM at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada in June 2025. Every inch of the station tel …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Bondi Bragged About Forcing Facebook To Censor Speech. Now FIRE Is Suing.

2026-02-20 I seem to recall a years-long freakout among MAGA folks about the Biden administration pressuring social media companies to remove content. You may have heard about it. Anyway. In unrelated news FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression …›

RJI→ RJI Student Innovation Fellows to spark innovation at four newsrooms around the country

2026-02-20 Four international master’s students at the Missouri School of Journalism have been chosen for the 2026 class of Student Innovation Fellows at the School’s Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI). This summer, each Fellow will spend 12 weeks helpin …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Newsmax Didn’t Like Its NewsGuard Rating, So The FTC Attacked NewsGuard, And Now NewsGuard Is Suing

2026-02-20 We’ve written a few times now about how the GOP’s “free speech warriors” have been waging an absolutely absurd campaign against NewsGuard, a company whose entire business model is… expressing opinions about the reliability of …›

RJI→ The questions every journalist should ask funders (but usually don’t)

2026-02-20 And what journalists are getting wrong in the application process Over the last several months of my fellowship on journalism grants, I’ve talked (and listened to) lots of funding officers at conferences and summits, on private calls, and before …›

Current→ Wyoming Public Media birthday party turns into funding rally

2026-02-20 The outlet’s supporters gathered in high winds Tuesday for its 60th anniversary while state lawmakers debated crucial funding for the nonprofit yards away in the Wyoming Capitol. The post Wyoming Public Media birthday party turns into funding rally a …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ TGI Fly Day

2026-02-20 Naturally, I'll talk about MyTerms It's off to California, where I'll speak (and listen!) at the Summit on Human Agency. …›

Current→ KSPS PBS appoints Skyler Reep GM

2026-02-20 Reep has worked for the station since 2017. The post KSPS PBS appoints Skyler Reep GM appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ Rob Wiseman named CEO of Classical KING

2026-02-20 Wiseman succeeds Brenda Barnes, who has led the station since 2018. The post Rob Wiseman named CEO of Classical KING appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ PBS Kids official visits Arkansas as campaign aims to keep public television affiliation

2026-02-20 The newly formed Friends of Arkansas PBS is urging the Arkansas PBS Commission to reconsider its vote to disaffiliate from the network. The post PBS Kids official visits Arkansas as campaign aims to keep public television affiliation appeared first on …›

Poynter→ Stephen Colbert’s interview with James Talarico finds massive audience online

2026-02-20 Yeah, that interview that CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert did on Monday with Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico that some people didn’t want you to see? Well, apparently, a […] The post Stephen Colbert’s interview with James Talar …›

Poynter→ Trump is reshaping how the federal government presents Black history

2026-02-20 It’s Black History Month — and President Donald Trump has put his stamp on the decades-old commemoration. The White House’s 2026 Black History Month proclamation said Black history “is not distinct from […] The post Trump is reshapi …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Tornado Spotting

2026-02-20 I left dinner at the Uptown to stand at the corner of Kirkwood and College in downtown Bloomington, Indiana, to shoot the tornado my phone just told me had formed eight miles west of there. That’s where I was facing when I shot this video, f …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Before We Blame AI For Suicide, We Should Admit How Little We Know About Suicide

2026-02-19 Warning: This article discusses suicide and some research regarding suicidal ideation. If you are having thoughts of suicide, please call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or visit this list of resources for help. Know that people ca …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Thens Day

2026-02-19 Be there Surveillance-based pricing (just for you!) will be the subject of this talk at 4pm Eastern today. Register and attend at that link. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’

2026-02-19 Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explain—in under 120 characters—that they were “related to DEI.” Tha …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Mending Local News in a Crisis

2026-02-19 How nonprofit and for-profit business models can complement each other when big-money media fails. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Profit or Nonprofit? A Debate over Journalism’s Future

2026-02-19 While the newspaper industry continues to contract, nonprofit news outlets have proliferated over the past decade. But dismissing profitable models for journalism is premature.  …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ How Close Can AI Get To Writing A Techdirt Post?

2026-02-18 I’ve talked on Techdirt about just a few of my AI-related experiments over the past few years, including how I use it to help me edit pieces, which I still write myself. I still have no intention of letting AI write for me, but as the underlying tech …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Webless Day

2026-02-18 Perspective 10 Largest Things in Nature That Will Make You Feel Incredibly Small. The only one I didn't know about was Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat. It covers 4,086 square miles. And the Internet caused Obama and Trump. Also, …›

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. …›

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. …›