Poynter→ Have you gotten health advice from TikTok or Instagram? This is for you.
2026-07-20 Here’s something that affects each and every one of us: our health. Few topics are more important — or more difficult — to navigate than our health, especially amid the […] The post Have you gotten health advice from TikTok or Instagram? Th …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ The Uses of ‘Treason’
2026-07-20 By repeatedly blasting the press as traitors, Trump is trying to solidify his splintering MAGA base. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Intelliday
2026-07-18 How about mintelligence? We need different words for human and machine intelligence. The human kind is a quality, like empathy, anger, or contentment. You can't measure it, as if with a ruler or a dipstick. If you could, you'd get the same me …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Putting Some Meat On The Bans
2026-07-17 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→ JK Rowling Threatens To Sue Amnesty International Into Oblivion For Expressing An Opinion About A Charity She Funds
2026-07-17 JK Rowling has spoken about how she wrote the first Harry Potter book while she was employed at Amnesty International and how much that experience influenced her writing, and how she learned “the power of human empathy” from working there. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Appeals court keeps Pentagon’s escort policy for journalists in place
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Appeals court keeps Pentagon’s escort policy for journalists in place
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Madison Square Garden sues Wired over “defamatory” article alleging surveillance of gay celeb fans
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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Documents Trump Declassified To Blame China For The 2020 Election… Actually Show Russia Was The One Meddling For Him
2026-07-17 You might have heard that Donald Trump gave a weird, rambling, nonsense speech last night full of misinformation and lies, trying to spread distrust in our electoral process ahead of the 2026 midterms — so that when Republicans likely lose some of th …›
Current→ June CDP Index: Decline in new donors signals broader pressure on acquisition
2026-07-17 New donor acquisition softened across the National Reference File median, with Radio posting the steepest decline and TV/Joint licensees holding essentially flat. The post June CDP Index: Decline in new donors signals broader pressure on acquisition ap …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ InOrOutDay
2026-07-17 From today’s New York Times This is the first morning since I arrived in Baltimore on Wednesday that stepping outside in the morning didn’t feel like walking into an oven. It was 76° F (24.4° C), which isn’t bad. I also couldn’ …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ I got slopped
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Poynter→ How the networks handled President Trump’s speech about election integrity
2026-07-17 President Donald Trump addressed the nation Thursday night, giving a rambling 22-minute speech in which he cast doubts on the results of the 2020 election and also made a variety […] The post How the networks handled President Trump’s speech ab …›
Nieman Lab→ Mobilizer, connector, spectator, or outsider? New Pew research categorizes how Americans do (or don’t) engage civically
2026-07-16 Civic engagement takes many forms. The term describes activities as disparate as voting, volunteering, attending religious services, and following the news. Yet “these behaviors are often studied separately, making it difficult to see how they come t …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Trove of LION Audit data reveals what a “Sustaining” news business looks like in 2026
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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ To Dodge A Fight With Trump, Law Firms Cut Deals. Now The Deals Are Creating A Fight With Trump.
2026-07-16 A few weeks ago, David Lat went on the Serious Trouble podcast and mentioned that things actually hadn’t turned out that poorly for the craven big law firms that had caved to Donald Trump’s ridiculous attacks on any law firm he didn’t …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Heatday
2026-07-16 It's 96° here in Baltimore, where the air quality sucks thanks to fires in Canada and Minnesota. But write on I shall. And your mone Ed Zitron's long read on the coming AI crash is worth your time. Seriously In paleoenshittification and a pat …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Peter Thiel’s AI tribunal put journalists on trial. Now it’s pivoted to a scoreboard model
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Newsletter platform Beehiiv adds community features and programmatic advertising
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Baltimore Sun owner threatens to sue Moore over Epstein comments
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “The idea of just being able to fire off a text to a journalist that you follow and believe in, especially in this era of nobody believing in the media or like trusting the media, is incredibly valuable.”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter moves into events with Status Summit
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Nieman Lab→ Want to build audience and revenue through live events? These five news nonprofits have some ideas to get you started
2026-07-16 PITTSBURGH — One indicator of the energy and interest around live events in newsrooms these days: At INN Days — the Institute for Nonprofit News’ annual conference, held last month in Pittsburgh — a series of lightning talks on “Event …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Those subpoenas to reporters may not be quite what you think
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Current→ WHRO CEO Bert Schmidt announces plans to retire
2026-07-16 Schmidt has led the station since 2007. The post WHRO CEO Bert Schmidt announces plans to retire appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ When does a president deserve prime-time television?
2026-07-16 President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the nation tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern. But it’s still unclear which networks will actually televise his speech. That’s because of reports that […] The post When does a president deserve prime-time …›
Poynter→ The FCC sets the stage for a showdown over local TV ownership
2026-07-15 The Federal Communications Commission will vote Aug. 6 on a proposal that could dramatically reshape local TV ownership by loosening long-standing limits on how many stations a single company can […] The post The FCC sets the stage for a showdown …›
Nieman Lab→ Business Insider’s big bet against aggregation
2026-07-15 “It’s not: Some people do features, some people do spot stories. You’re commanding your beat. You’re doing everything,” said Jamie Heller, Business Insider’s editor-in-chief. It’s a Tuesday morning news meeting …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked.
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Current→ Rocky Mountain Public Media to acquire Colorado stations
2026-07-15 RMPM will acquire six full-power FM licenses owned by Community Radio for Northern Colorado. The post Rocky Mountain Public Media to acquire Colorado stations appeared first on Current. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ FCC officials took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for billion-dollar deals
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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Rubio Wanted To Ban ‘Censors’ From Entering The US. A Court Says He’s The One Censoring.
2026-07-15 Last year, the Marco Rubio-run State Department announced that it would start denying visas to people who worked in misinformation/disinformation research, content moderation, fact-checking, or other compliance and trust & safety roles. So, yeah, i …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ $800
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The Georgia Trust for Local News acquires The Macon Telegraph and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer from McClatchy
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