Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Government Told Courts It Could Easily Refund Unlawful Tariffs. Now It Says It Can’t.

2026-03-09 When companies sued to block Trump’s IEEPA tariffs last year, one of the key arguments they made was obvious: if these tariffs turn out to be illegal, we’ll never get our money back. We need an injunction now. The government had an equally …›

Poynter→ What are your favorite nonfiction books by journalists?

2026-03-09 By the time Jerry Mitchell’s book was published in 2020, I’d already spent several years covering his work reviving cold cases. “Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder […] The post What are your favorite nonfiction books …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Behind the Eye Ball

2026-03-09 Here's not looking at you, kid Three and a half weeks after cataract surgery on my left eye, vision improvement seems to have plateaued. I'd say it's 20/80. The new lens is fine, but the corneal edema persists, so it feels like it's sme …›

Current→ What our survey of laid-off pubmedia workers reveals about cuts and their fallout

2026-03-09 Respondents to our survey reported abrupt notice and a toll on their mental and financial well-being. The post What our survey of laid-off pubmedia workers reveals about cuts and their fallout appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ How four public media workers are navigating life after layoffs

2026-03-09 Losing a job is “all the emotions you could possibly feel, and you’ve got to work through it and get through it somehow.” The post How four public media workers are navigating life after layoffs appeared first on Current. …›

American Press Institute→ Read the room — and react to it

2026-03-09 In this edition you’ll learn: 3 Hawaiian cultural values that can inspire convening practices How relational gathering leads to storytelling that better reflects communities 4 ways to use the energy of a convening to guide how you engage What if …›

Poynter→ Fox News aired old footage of Trump honoring fallen troops. Was it an honest mistake or a deliberate choice?

2026-03-09 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. On Saturday, President Donald Trump and his wife, […] The post Fox News aired old footage of Trump honoring fallen troops. Was i …›

Poynter→ A new global push would make AI companies pay for news

2026-03-09 Artificial intelligence companies have already trained their systems on vast amounts of journalism. That leaves a question news organizations are still struggling to answer: If AI depends on news reporting, […] The post A new global push would ma …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ As US Bombs Iran, a Judge Rules on the Battle for Hearts and Minds

2026-03-09 A federal court says Kari Lake didn’t have legal standing to gut federally funded broadcasters such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Inside the Legal Defense of Georgia Fort and Don Lemon

2026-03-09 “You can look back at this last year and see that the administration’s attacks on the media are very much content-oriented,” Lemon’s lawyer said. …›

Poynter→ Markwayne Mullin talked about the smell of war on Fox News. His record shows no military service

2026-03-09 Sen. Markwayne Mullin did not serve in the military. So when he described to Fox News what it’s like to “smell” war, critics, including a Democratic congress member,  accused the […] The post Markwayne Mullin talked about the smell …›

Online Journalism Blog→ PEER: a technique for brainstorming interviewees and story sources

2026-03-09 One way to ensure you generate a wide range of potential sources for a story — or for potential story leads — is to use a checklist. The PEER framework is just that: four categories to help journalists generate more names on any given story — an …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Stun Day

2026-03-09 I don’t know either. I have almost 100,000 better photos on Flickr. But their work has not My photos on Flickr (here and here) have had more than 20 million views. The photo with the most views is this one (above) with 83,000+ so far. It was shot …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Sat Enough Day

2026-03-07 Questions Is Conditional Consent compatible with MyTerms? This—_Instead of "accept all" or "reject all" per site, users define rules across three dimensions: cookie purpose, website category, and third-party processor. Allow analy …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ We’re Training Students To Write Worse To Prove They’re Not Robots, And It’s Pushing Them To Use More AI

2026-03-06 About a year and a half ago, I wrote about my kid’s experience with an AI checker tool that was pre-installed on a school-issued Chromebook. The assignment had been to write an essay about Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron—a story about a …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Anthropic’s Statement To The ‘Department Of War’ Reads Like A Hostage Note Written In Business Casual

2026-03-06 We’ve been covering the ongoing saga of the Trump administration’s attempt to destroy Anthropic for the sin of having modest ethical guidelines around its AI technology. The short version: Anthropic said it didn’t want its AI making a …›

Pew Research Center→ As the Academy Awards approach, a look at moviegoing habits in the United States

2026-03-06 About half of Americans (53%) said in a summer 2025 survey that they had seen a movie in theaters in the past year. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Fried Day

2026-03-06 It's all about making The Inention Economy happen. Dave Lockie: We Get to Decide What the A in AI Stands For. This follows The Intent Stack: A New Design Space for Human-AI Collaboration. Also dig Intent-Driven Commerce: What E-commerce Can Lea …›

Poynter→ Neil Brown named new chairman of Poynter Institute Board of Trustees

2026-03-06 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (March 6, 2026) — The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, is pleased to announce the election of Neil Brown as chairman of the Poynter Board […] The post Neil Brown named new chairman of Poynter Institute B …›

Poynter→ Savannah Guthrie to return to the “Today” show

2026-03-06 Savannah Guthrie is expected to return to NBC’s “Today” show, but when that will happen is still unknown. Guthrie has been away from her duties as the “Today” co-host since […] The post Savannah Guthrie to return to the “Today” show …›

Poynter→ A college admissions essay reveals the power of storytelling

2026-03-06 This article was originally published by Nieman Storyboard and is republished with permission. There’s a famous quote about creative inspiration, attributed on the internet to songwriter Sammy Cahn, who was […] The post A college admissions …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The (Content Moderation) Eras Tour

2026-03-05 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→ OpenAI Rewrites Contract, Anthropic Returns to Negotiate—The Chaos Continues

2026-03-05 In less than a week, the Pentagon blacklisted an AI company for having ethics, declared it a supply chain risk, watched its preferred replacement face a massive user revolt, and then sat down to amend the replacement’s contract to address the ver …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Furlsday

2026-03-05 See you there! Eli Pariser will address the question What Might “Public Parks of the Internet” Look Like? at 4 pm Eastern today. Register to attend here. And here is the Zoom. Brief observations of a perfect place Photos of Pink Sands Beach on H …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ To Survive the AI Age, Publishers Are Finally Working Together

2026-03-05 UK publishers are banding together to create standards for responsible AI—amid Anthropic’s stark reminders of its potential for harm. …›

Pew Research Center→ 7 facts about Iranians in the U.S. 

2026-03-05 In the aftermath of the U.S. and Israeli attacks in Iran, here are seven facts about Iranians living in the U.S. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Section 230 Isn’t The Problem: Debating The Law On The Majority Report

2026-03-05 Section 230 remains one of the most misunderstood laws in America, and that misunderstanding keeps producing policy proposals that would make the internet worse, not better. Last year, I wrote a lengthy response to reporter Brian Reed’s claims ab …›

Poynter→ Journalists push back against parent companies’ contracts with ICE

2026-03-05 More than 200 journalists at Law360, a legal news outlet, and its sister publications have signed a letter demanding that their parent company RELX drop its contract with the Department […] The post Journalists push back against parent companies …›

Current→ What public media’s first digital experiments reveal about the next transition

2026-03-05 The future rarely arrives in the way people expect. The post What public media’s first digital experiments reveal about the next transition appeared first on Current. …›

Poynter→ We partnered with streamers to talk rage bait, toxicity and media literacy. You can, too.

2026-03-05 Young people are drowning in news. They are overwhelmed by the volume and unsure what to trust. MediaWise tried an unlikely venue to tackle the glaring media literacy problem: a […] The post We partnered with streamers to talk rage bait, toxicity …›

PRX Official - Medium→ Culture Writer John Spong, PRX, and Texas Monthly Present A New Season of “One by Willie”

2026-03-04 Culture Writer John Spong, PRX, and Texas Monthly Present A New Season of “One by Willie,” the Podcast Exploring the Life & Music of Willie NelsonGuests including Kenny Chesney, Tami Neilson, George Saunders, and Taj Mahal, who describe how Wi …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ FTC Admits Age Verification Violates Children’s Privacy Law, Decides To Just Ignore That

2026-03-04 We’ve been pointing out the fundamental contradiction at the heart of mandatory age verification laws for years now. To verify someone’s age online, you have to collect personal data from them. If that someone turns out to be a child, congr …›

RJI→ Creative in-person ideas to increase audience engagement

2026-03-04 A conversation with Gabrielle Contesti NowKalamazoo is a nonprofit community news service that serves Kalamazoo County in Michigan. Since its founding in 2019, the news organization has experimented with different innovative strategies to involve the c …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Trump Administration Just Admitted Its War On Law Firms Was A Bluff. The Cowards Who Folded Already Paid The Price.

2026-03-04 We’ve said it over and over again on this site: when you stand up to the bully, the bully backs down. When you capitulate, you get nothing but a permanent stain and an invitation for more abuse. And here we are again. The Wall Street Journal is r …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Headnesday

2026-03-04 Your kids have a new god I didn't know Ms. Rachel was a real thing until I read this Onion story. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ ‘Of Course Iranians Want Change. The Question Is, What Kind of Change?’

2026-03-04 As bombs rain down, Babak Rahimi, a scholar of the Middle East, challenges the US press to convey the “messy” reality on the ground.  …›

RJI→ ‘Critics in Columbia’ pilots alternative to imperfect press junket formula

2026-03-03 It seems like a win-win situation: A film festival showcases the latest films. Critics cover the event, writing reviews and drawing attention to a cultural touchstone. Filmmakers, journalists, and the city and organizations hosting the event all harne …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Rubio To World: Stop Doing The Exact Same Thing The US Just Did

2026-03-03 The State Department wants US diplomats to fight data localization around the world. The policy position is correct. It’s just that the messenger has spent the last few months systematically destroying every reason anyone might listen. Reuters ha …›

RJI→ An RJI Fellowship resource helping journalists make data listenable

2026-03-03 This article is part of RJI Impact, a series documenting how RJI projects are making a real difference for newsrooms and audiences all over the country. It was originally published in the Winter 2026 edition of RJI Insight, RJI’s biannual print maga …›