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 …›
Pew Research Center→ Appendix A: Countries with a large majority by religion
2026-02-12 The post Appendix A: Countries with a large majority by religion appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›
Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments
2026-02-12 This report was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes fro …›
Pew Research Center→ Methodology
2026-02-12 This Pew Research Center study calculates Religious Diversity Index (RDI) scores for countries, territories and world regions based on the distribution of seven religious categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, adherents of all other …›
Pew Research Center→ Religious Diversity Around the World
2026-02-12 Singapore is the most religiously diverse country, and Yemen the least, as of 2020. The U.S. ranks first among nations with large populations. The post Religious Diversity Around the World appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›
Poynter→ Americans say the news is essential. They just don’t enjoy it much.
2026-02-12 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. If you’re reading this newsletter, it likely means […] The post Americans say the news is essential. They just don’t enjoy i …›
Poynter→ Florida says bread contains weed killer. Here’s what the science says.
2026-02-12 Should Americans be worried about weed killer in their bread? Florida first lady Casey DeSantis, who helps lead the state’s version of the Make America Healthy Again movement, recently said the Healthy […] The post Florida says bread contains …›
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 …›
Pew Research Center→ Sortable table: Religious diversity by country, 2010-2020
2026-02-11 This sortable table shows religious diversity scores for countries and territories in 2010 and 2020. The post Sortable table: Religious diversity by country, 2010-2020 appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›
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, …›
RJI→ Worker-friendly newsrooms are not all the same
2026-02-11 Co-ops, staff-run nonprofits and democratic newsrooms take a mix-and-match approach to how they operate In 2021, a group of colleagues and I relaunched The Appeal as one of the nation’s first staff-run nonprofit newsrooms. In the years since, the …›
Poynter→ The Nancy Guthrie disappearance case keeps unfolding in public view
2026-02-11 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. One of the more bizarre and disturbing stories […] The post The Nancy Guthrie disappearance case keeps unfolding in public view …›
Poynter→ Q&A: A new kind of public editor is taking on the entire city of Indianapolis
2026-02-11 Tracey Compton is stepping into a first-of-its-kind job in journalism. She’s the Indianapolis Public Editor, serving the entire market in a pilot project that launches with her first column next […] The post Q&A: A new kind of public edito …›
Poynter→ Poynter names Tracey Compton as the Indianapolis Public Editor
2026-02-11 The Poynter Institute, a global leader for 50 years in strengthening ethical journalism and building audience trust, is proud to announce the hiring of journalist Tracey Compton as the Indianapolis […] The post Poynter names Tracey Compton as the …›
Better News→ How the Houston Chronicle collaborated with an Instagram creator
2026-02-10 The Houston Chronicle team shares its experience of partnering with an Instagram creator, which was a project in the American Press Institute's Influencer Learning Cohort. The post How the Houston Chronicle collaborated with an Instagram creator appear …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ How To Think About AI: Is It The Tool, Or Are You?
2026-02-10 We live in a stupidly polarizing world where nuance is apparently not allowed. Everyone wants you to be for or against something—and nowhere is this more exhausting than with AI. There are those who insist that it’s all bad and there is nothing of …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Dues Day
2026-02-10 Currently I have three of them. Do you have a principle? I hadn't thought about that before reading Justin Mikolay's Inventing on Principle: A Distillation of Bret Victor's Extraordinary Talk About How To Live Your Life. And that's jus …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Hey Rep. Gonzales, Finish The Thought: What About That Five-Year-Old US Citizen?
2026-02-10 Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales from Texas went on Face the Nation on Sunday and said a lot of silly things, doing his best as a loyal Trump foot soldier to defend the indefensible, to make sense of the nonsensical, and to lie about all the rest. However …›
RJI→ Building a syllabus companion to help educators integrate podcasts into their classrooms
2026-02-10 A conversation with Jenna Spinelle and Brandon Stover The Democracy Group is a podcast network of 18 shows that focus on democracy and civil engagement. Jenna Spinelle, host and producer of the Democracy Works podcast and communications lead for Pe …›
Poynter→ How to build a newsroom plan for responding to First Amendment threats
2026-02-10 Last month, Poynter published a guide to help journalists respond immediately to legal threats and protect their ability to report independently. This next guide in our series is designed to […] The post How to build a newsroom plan for respondin …›
Poynter→ Gamertag Radio’s Danny Peña and Riana Manuel-Peña join MediaWise’s game streamer initiative
2026-02-10 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (February 10, 2026) — MediaWise, Poynter’s media literacy initiative, is expanding its Gamers Against Manipulation Efforts (G.A.M.E.) with the addition of Danny Peña, founder and host of […] The post Gamertag Radio’ …›
Poynter→ Even the Super Bowl divides America these days
2026-02-10 The Super Bowl used to unite our country. It was the one day a year when liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, people across all races could put aside differences […] The post Even the Super Bowl divides America these days appear …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ NBC Hid The Boos For JD Vance. Where’s Trump’s ‘Unfair Editing’ Lawsuit?
2026-02-09 If you watched NBC’s prime time broadcast of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, you saw Vice President JD Vance in the stands at San Siro Stadium in Milan with his wife, Usha. The commentary team said “JD Vance” and moved …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Section 230 Turns 30; Both Parties Want It Gone—For Contradictory Reasons
2026-02-09 Here’s what’s strange about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the law that made the open internet possible: Both sides of the traditional political spectrum hate it. But for opposite reasons. That, alone, should highlight that …›
RJI→ Launching today: How to commission an effective local news ecosystem assessment
2026-02-09 Contact: Damon Kiesow, 573-882-5831, kiesowd@missouri.edu The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and the Local News Impact Consortium (LNIC) have launched Commissioning a Local News Ecosystem Assessment: An Operational Toolkit, a resource to strea …›
Current→ Comings and goings: RMPM hires chief experience officer, longtime Kansas Public Radio PD to retire …
2026-02-09 Amber Payne, a former editorial leader at BET.com, Teen Vogue and NBCBLK, will join Rocky Mountain Public Media in Denver. The post Comings and goings: RMPM hires chief experience officer, longtime Kansas Public Radio PD to retire … appeared first on …›
RJI→ Evaluating research about drugs and addiction: The danger of a single study
2026-02-09 Asking key questions when evaluating studies can help improve the quality of reporting about research A few years ago, I started noticing a statement that was frequently used to describe one of the benefits of syringe service programs (SSPs): that …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Weekstart
2026-02-09 Or both Monday and Tuesday? If Saturday and Sunday are the weekend, why not call Monday the Weekstart? Smart? Or just good at whatever this is? An AI counterargument to the mirror thesis. And not just because my name gets dropped in it This Ezra Klein …›
Poynter→ Poynter launches new professional membership, unlocking free courses and other benefits
2026-02-09 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (February 9, 2026) – The Poynter Institute, the gold standard for the professional development of journalists and creators, is launching a new membership program that provides free […] The post Poynter launches new profe …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Sum Day
2026-02-08 Super. Bowles a strike. Against ChatGPT. This is brilliant. Here's a bonus post from the reliably contrary Gary Marcus. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Endweek
2026-02-07 Reduxion Traffic to this blog went up an order of magnitude when somebody (not sure who, or what), drove traffic to this post, which I put up 10.5 years ago. It was good and right for that time in history, which is much worse now. Kill the lottery I ha …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ DOJ’s Frivolous Boasberg Complaint Dismissed—While Nobody Can Explain How DOJ Got The ‘Evidence’ It Never Provided
2026-02-06 Back in August, we wrote about the Department of Justice’s unprecedented decision to file a judicial misconduct complaint against D.C. Chief Judge James Boasberg. The complaint, which Attorney General Pam Bondi tweeted about in what was itself li …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The CIA Erased The World Factbook With No Warning… And Told Everyone To ‘Stay Curious’
2026-02-06 For over half a century, the CIA’s World Factbook has been one of the most quietly useful things the federal government has ever produced. A comprehensive, regularly updated, freely available reference on every country in the world—population s …›
Current→ Opinion: It’s time for public radio to reclaim its educational identity
2026-02-06 In a post-CPB world, embracing our original purpose as a “school of the sky” is not nostalgia — it is strategy. The post Opinion: It’s time for public radio to reclaim its educational identity appeared first on Current. …›
RJI→ Taking the road less traveled
2026-02-06 Ethics prevent journalists from accepting free trips, but maybe there’s another way To junket? Or not to junket? It’s a question that plagues many arts and culture (and travel) journalists for our whole careers. Junkets are ethically fra …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: C’est La Vile Content
2026-02-06 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 …›
Current→ Reporter Austin Fuller to leave Current
2026-02-05 Fuller covered the CPB rescission and wind-down. The post Reporter Austin Fuller to leave Current appeared first on Current. …›
RJI→ Participatory ways of working Pt II
2026-02-05 Not just documenting what happened, but how we survive Exiting the space: Mastery Questions In our first article, we reflected on how the experiences and lived wisdom of the people we’ve had the privilege to spend time with and photograph ha …›