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 …›
The Journalist's Resource→ Sports betting on campus: Story ideas from our webinar
2026-08-13 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email In some parts of the country, college sports — especially basketball and football — are more popular and more important to local communities th …›
Current→ July CDP Index: Growth cools after a remarkable fundraising year
2026-08-13 Declines in new donors affected public media organizations of all types and sizes but revenue growth in other indices remained positive. The post July CDP Index: Growth cools after a remarkable fundraising year appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ Karoline Leavitt to step down as White House press secretary
2026-08-13 Good morning, everyone. Tom Jones is out today, but the team at Poynter is keeping tabs on the latest media news and analysis. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will […] The post Karoline Leavitt to step down as White House press secre …›
Nieman Lab→ Remember that raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper? The city has agreed to pay one reporter $850,000
2026-08-12 On August 11, 2023, local law enforcement seized electronics and reporting materials from the Marion County Record in a raid that provoked a national outcry over the blatant press freedom violation in small-town Kansas. The raid led to multiple federal …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Zuckerberg Is Right About Open, Decentralized AI. He’s Also The Last Person You Should Trust To Deliver It
2026-08-12 The reaction to Mark Zuckerberg’s 6,500 word AI manifesto, “The Future is for Everyone,” has been all over the map. Given the messenger and the topic, there’s plenty of reasonable skepticism. 404 Media called it “deranged. …›
Nieman Lab→ Japanese publishers are fighting imposter news sites with a cryptographic signature
2026-08-12 On January 1, 2024, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula, killing more than 700 people. In the days that followed, AI-generated images of the wreckage circulated widely and fake philanthropic websites scammed people out of don …›
Current→ Vincennes University drops PBS affiliation for WVUT
2026-08-12 WVUT’s new schedule features independently produced shows from NETA and APT, among other distributors. The post Vincennes University drops PBS affiliation for WVUT appeared first on Current. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Fendsday
2026-08-12 Live and re-learn I've been a citizen of California for 41 years, and I learned here long ago that the narrow staircase-like parallel terraces on many ranchland hillsides were caused by cattle grazing on horizontal paths, because ungulates aren' …›
RJI→ Testing Google Ads Grant program to grow local audiences
2026-08-12 Exploring how free search advertising may increase readership and newsletter subscriptions In an effort to grow their audience the Columbia Missourian explored using the Google Ad Grants program. Through this program, Google offers eligible nonprofit o …›
Current→ Debbie Brennan steps up to lead P3 Public Media
2026-08-12 Brennan succeeded founder Steve Graziano, who has formed a new company to consult with a smaller group of stations. The post Debbie Brennan steps up to lead P3 Public Media appeared first on Current. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ninth Circuit Rewrites Section 230 To Remove The Part That Actually Mattered
2026-08-12 For all the talk of “reforming” or “repealing” Section 230 in Congress, the fact is that the courts over the past three or four years have effectively chipped away so steadily at the law that it’s lost a significant chunk …›
Poynter→ Trump left Air Force One because of a threat. Journalists stayed aboard.
2026-08-12 The media world is still buzzing about a massive scoop from The Washington Post earlier this week. The situation was already strange. The Post’s reporting made it even wilder. It […] The post Trump left Air Force One because of a threat. Journa …›
Poynter→ PolitiFact announces nationwide partnership network to fact-check critical 2026 midterm elections
2026-08-12 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (August 12,2026) — PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking news organization, today announced its most extensive partnership network to date for the 2026 midterm election cycle. Building on […] The post Poli …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Almost Persuaded
2026-08-12 Kathleen Kingsbury of the New York Times on Nicholas Kristof and Gaza, her big bet on video, and what makes an opinion piece. …›
HKS Misinformation Review→ Turning OSINV inside the machine: Open-source investigations and information disorder
2026-08-12 Open-source investigators and OSINV journalists have spent the last decade turning publicly available data into evidence of war crimes, environmental harms, and human rights abuses. More recently, they have trained the same lens on a different target …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Toosday
2026-08-11 Less to talk about Anver Kantor in NiemanLab: We analyzed 6,400 New York Times stories to find out how comments change when you give readers more information. The subhead: "The same stories that produced sharper, more analytic conversation also …›
Nieman Lab→ The Society of Professional Journalists proposes edits to its code of ethics for the AI age
2026-08-11 On Monday, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) dropped new proposed revisions to its code of ethics — the first revision to one of the most-cited media ethics standards in the country since 2014. As any Nieman Lab reader knows, journalism …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Censorship Industrial Complex Didn’t Exist Until The People Who Invented It Took It Over
2026-08-11 For many, many years now we’ve been calling out how the entire narrative around the “censorship industrial complex” was absolute bullshit, made up by a group of either deliberate misinformation peddlers or confused “contrarian&# …›
RJI→ Donations are becoming a lifeline for local newspapers, but not without tension
2026-08-11 Some for-profit newsroom leaders believe reader support is a chance to keep pace with rising costs while keeping their publications available to the public Maya Dawson is a rising senior in the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. Dawson pr …›
Current→ Comings and goings: NPR assigns Emily Feng to cover the White House, WXXI names manager for business partnerships …
2026-08-11 Emily Feng, an NPR foreign correspondent since 2019, will report on the Trump administration. The post Comings and goings: NPR assigns Emily Feng to cover the White House, WXXI names manager for business partnerships … appeared first on Current. …›
RJI→ How to build a kindness map for your community
2026-08-11 A simple guide for newsrooms that want to map local help, volunteer opportunities and stories of kindness What does kindness look like in a city? It may be a free food pantry, a clothing closet or a library where people can use computers and Wi-Fi. It …›
Poynter→ Trump’s FCC is poised for a further shift to the right
2026-08-11 In a move that could further politicize the Federal Communications Commission, President Donald Trump has nominated Danielle Thumann Severs, a longtime aide to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, to fill one […] The post Trump’s FCC is poised for a furt …›
Poynter→ Trump keeps talking about construction. We counted how much.
2026-08-11 On a cool May evening, President Donald Trump stood at the under-construction Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and spoke with reporters about the project, which would become a major focus of […] The post Trump keeps talking about construction. We …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ SpaceX’s Earnings Show Elon Wiped Out Two-Thirds Of Twitter’s Ad Business
2026-08-10 When SpaceX filed for its IPO, we went through the S-1 to point out just how far off the mark Elon Musk’s predictions about his Twitter takeover turned out to be. Indeed, the failure of Twitter as a business was so catastrophic, Musk had to hide …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ New Mexico Judge Appoints Himself Meta’s New Product Manager
2026-08-10 Earlier this year, following the initial verdict in the state of New Mexico’s case against Meta (arguing that Meta caused harm to children by doing things like encrypting messages), we noted that even if you believe that Meta is a terrible compan …›
Nieman Lab→ “An inherent conflict of interest”: More than 800 USA Today Co. employees want the company to end its new Palantir partnership
2026-08-10 More than 800 USA Today Co. employees are calling on the company to dissolve its recently announced partnership with Palantir, according to a joint statement from 31 unionized newsrooms published Monday. “While USA Today Co. CEO Mike Reed champi …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Unotherday
2026-08-10 Unhuman Matt Hinkle: The Week AI Agents Got Hands. It begins, The chat window era just ended. This week, AI agents got hands — Cloudflare shipped a browser built for software instead of people, Meta dropped a coding agent into the terminal, and th …›