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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 …›

Nieman Lab→ “We’re in their shit. They’re not in ours”: USA Today Co. execs defend Palantir deal

2026-10-08 USA Today Co. executives are revealing new details about a controversial deal with Palantir. In a joint interview with Fast Company’s Alex Pasternack, three executives from the country’s largest newspaper chain explained why they moved ahea …›

Pew Research Center→ Iran Conflict Remains Deeply Unpopular as Many Americans Expect It To Go On for Months

2026-10-08 Around two-thirds (65%) now disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling the U.S. military action in Iran, while a third (33%) approve. …›

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: …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Warner/Chappell Sinks Lindsay Ellis’ Two-Hour Cruise Video Over A Few Seconds Of Karaoke

2026-10-05 Techdirt has been around for almost 30 years now, and the one internet law issue that never seems to change is the bullshit use of copyright to take down speech. It’s run through basically our entire history. Back in 2020 we wrote about a copyrig …›

RJI→ A long and winding road: Travel journalism in the modern era

2026-10-05 Brendan DeLuca-Rodenberg is a writer with a focus on features, especially travel pieces. He graduated from Mizzou with a master’s in journalism. Advancements in networking and technology have given rise to travel content unlike anything else we have …›

RJI→ Introducing our public storytelling guide to help newsrooms connect with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

2026-10-05 Tested by Tucson Spotlight, Baltimore Banner and Arizona Public Media, our guide is ready for you to use in your community We are so excited to announce the public storytelling event guide built in collaboration by WORDSLAW and the RJI Innovation Team …›

Current→ Gov. Kay Ivey dismisses five members of Alabama Public Television governing board

2026-10-05 A communications director for Ivey said that “Governor Ivey believed it was time for the Alabama Educational Commission to have a fresh start.” The post Gov. Kay Ivey dismisses five members of Alabama Public Television governing board appeared firs …›

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