Current→ Comings and goings: Public Media Co. hires COO, GBH names documentary leader …

2026-04-07 Caroline Ross became COO of Public Media Co. The post Comings and goings: Public Media Co. hires COO, GBH names documentary leader … appeared first on Current. …›

PRX Official - Medium→ “Snap Judgment” and “This American Life” Are Peabody Award Nominees

2026-04-07 The podcast and public radio series reflect “work that informs, challenges, and drives meaningful change”The Peabody Awards announced the nominees in their 86th annual honors, celebrating stories that defend the public interest, encourage empathy, …›

Pew Research Center→ Negative views of Israel, Netanyahu continue to rise among Americans – especially young people

2026-04-07 Views of Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu have grown more negative among U.S. adults, with majorities under 50 in both parties rating them poorly. …›

Pew Research Center→ Methodology

2026-04-07 The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 190 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Ma …›

Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments

2026-04-07 This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes ResearchJonathan Schulman, Research AssociateAndrew Prozorovsky, Research Assistant Julia Armeli, R …›

Pew Research Center→ Do Americans think Trump can make good decisions about various foreign policy issues?

2026-04-07 Public confidence in Trump's handling of the Russia-Ukraine war, as well as his policymaking toward Iran, China and North Korea, has declined since last year. …›

Pew Research Center→ Gas Prices Are Americans’ Top Concern in Iran War

2026-04-07 69% of Americans are worried about higher gas prices due to the Iran war, and 45% say the U.S. is not doing enough to avoid civilian causalities. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The New York Times Got Played By A Telehealth Scam And Called It The Future Of AI

2026-04-07 Since the New York Times published its semi-viral big profile of Medvi last week — the “AI-powered” telehealth startup that it breathlessly described as a “$1.8 billion company” supposedly run by just two brothers — I’ …›

Pew Research Center→ Appendix B: Supplemental tables on health ratings

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Pew Research Center→ Appendix A: Supplemental tables on health information questions

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Pew Research Center→ Methodology

2026-04-07 The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 182 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Oc …›

Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments

2026-04-07 This report is made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts. It is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at: pewresearch.org/science. Primary research team     …›

Pew Research Center→ Roughly a third of young adults have negative views of their mental health

2026-04-07 Key takeaways: Health experts say the United States is in the midst of a mental health crisis. According to a new Pew Research Center study, young adults fare much worse than older adults when it comes to their ratings of their mental health, social re …›

Pew Research Center→ Americans value their health – but many face challenges in taking care of it

2026-04-07 Key takeaways: Do Americans’ health priorities align with their actions? A new Pew Research Center survey finds big differences between how much importance Americans place on health behaviors – like sleeping enough, managing stress or eating health …›

Pew Research Center→ Users of social media and AI chatbots for health information are more likely to say they are convenient than accurate

2026-04-07 Key takeaways: In a world where health information can come from countless sources outside of a doctor’s visit, social media and AI chatbots offer newer, digital-first avenues to health news and advice for some Americans. But these always-available a …›

Pew Research Center→ What do Americans want from their health information sources?

2026-04-07 Key takeaways: Americans have choices for where they get their health information, but what qualities are they looking for in those sources? A Pew Research Center survey finds that most say having medical training, being transparent and easy to underst …›

Pew Research Center→ Where Do Americans Get Health Information, and What Do They Trust?

2026-04-07 Health care providers are a key source for health information. Smaller shares get health information from social media and AI. …›

RJI→ How journalists around the world are using our solutions chatbot

2026-04-07 In January 2026, we launched LuzLab.org — a free, trilingual, publicly available chatbot that guides journalists as they develop solutions journalism story ideas in Spanish, English or Portuguese. The bot, built in collaboration with the Reynolds Jou …›

Pew Research Center→ About half of Americans with siblings are close to at least one of them

2026-04-07 About half of U.S. adults with a sibling are very or extremely close to at least one, with closeness and support varying by demographics. …›

Poynter→ Savannah Guthrie made a graceful return to NBC’s ‘Today’ show

2026-04-07 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Savannah Guthrie is back to work. On Monday […] The post Savannah Guthrie made a graceful return to NBC’s ‘Today’ show app …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ The Bar Method

2026-04-07 To Dave Zirin, a journalist who writes about sports and politics, “the newsroom just isn’t the newsroom anymore.” So he bought a bar for drinks, tacos, and gathering. …›

Poynter→ Claims that a bullet test cleared the Charlie Kirk suspect are misleading

2026-04-07 New court filings in Utah’s case against Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder, gave way to widespread claims that a bullet analysis exonerates him. Robinson’s lawyers wrote in […] The post Claims that a bullet test cleared t …›

Radio Survivor→ Radio Station Visit #197: WNEK at Western New England University

2026-04-07 “We desperately need this station! With every other campus on the air, it is a crying shame…After all, with a name like WNEC, what would seem more natural!” (The Westerner, 11/5/1969) In 1969, a columnist for the Western N …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Congress Wants To Put The Law Behind A Paywall. Again.

2026-04-07 Every relevant court that has looked at this question — including the Supreme Court — has agreed: no one can own the law. When private standards get incorporated into binding legal requirements, the public has a right to access them freely. The Fif …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Onday

2026-04-06 None of which you asked for, and few of which you can thrwart GadgetReview: 13 Evil Tech Scandals & Failures That Took Advantage of Millions of People. Now dig a PageXray of that story. The high points:  Adserver Requests: 543Tracking Requests: 4 …›

Poynter→ State of the Fact-Checkers: Audiences grow as finances worsen

2026-04-06 Fact-checking organizations reached more people in 2025 even as their finances weakened, according to a new report from the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter. The State of the Fact-Checkers report, […] The post State of the Fact-Chec …›

Poynter→ Fact-checkers reached more people in 2025. That didn’t help their finances

2026-04-06 When VERA Files lost funding last year, the Manila-based newsroom had no choice but to overhaul its staffing plans. Five reporters left by the end of the year, and nobody […] The post Fact-checkers reached more people in 2025. That didn’t help …›

RJI→ New research reveals best practices for newsrooms on TikTok

2026-04-06 Learn how to create successful, platform-specific content TikTok has exploded as a source of news for young people, and its rise offers key insights for news organizations looking to adapt to changing audience habits. New research from Kaia Tran, MA …›

Pew Research Center→ Republicans have become less likely to say NATO membership benefits the U.S.

2026-04-06 Around four-in-ten Republicans (38%) say the U.S. benefits at least a fair amount from being part of NATO – down from 49% last year. Among Democrats, 82% say this. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Jacob Siegel’s Error-Filled Book On ‘Censorship’ Got Fact-Checked. He’s Calling It Censorship.

2026-04-06 Fact-checking is not censorship. Asking a publication to correct factual errors is not censorship. Pointing out that someone’s book contains demonstrably false claims is not censorship. None of this should require explanation. And yet here we are …›

Poynter→ Fact-checking is crucial when the news moves this fast

2026-04-06 On Feb. 28, the world learned that the United States and Israel had launched wide-ranging attacks on Iranian military and leadership targets. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran had been […] The post Fact-checking is crucial when the news moves th …›

RJI→ Driving newsletter subscriptions through postcards

2026-04-06 A community engagement project, analog style Covering everything from school district events to sports in a Kansas town of about 6,000 residents, reporters at the Eudora Times are well connected with their community. Still, the paper was interested in …›

PRX Official - Medium→ “Deep Care” Podcast Launches to Spotlight Black Maternal Health, Hosted by Dr. Kaytura Felix

2026-04-06 A new PRX podcast explores why Black mothers in the U.S face higher maternal mortality rates and how midwives and community-based care are part of the solutionBlack women in the United States continue to face alarmingly high maternal mortality rates, …›

American Press Institute→ Use community listening to prioritize your election coverage

2026-04-06 Does your audience need a nuts-and-bolts guide on how elections work, or deeper political analysis? Do they want to learn about social and cultural issues on the ballot, or economics or structural issues? Resource-strapped newsrooms can’t offer compr …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Someday

2026-04-05 Hope it helps My old pal Dean Landsman pointed me to this post about Fake Fans, and much else, by Eliza McLamb, a musician, and much else.  She's great. And she's from Chapel Hill. Go Heels! Anyway, like many musicians, Eliza has problems wit …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ An Immodest Proposal for the Music Industry

2026-04-05 How music listeners can fill the industry’s “value gap.” This piece was my column for the November 2018 issue of Linux Journal. I’m running it again here for three reasons: 1) It’s still timely and worth resurfacin …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Are Built On A Scientific Premise That Experts Keep Telling Us Is Wrong

2026-04-03 Last week, I wrote about why the social media addiction verdicts against Meta and YouTube should worry anyone who cares about the open internet. The short version: plaintiffs’ lawyers found a clever way to recharacterize editorial decisions about …›

Current→ New York community radio stations plan merger

2026-04-03 Radio Catskill and WIOX signed a memorandum of understanding to move forward with a merger. The post New York community radio stations plan merger appeared first on Current. …›

Current→ Mark Brewer resigns as WOUB GM

2026-04-03 Brewer had led the station since 2016. The post Mark Brewer resigns as WOUB GM appeared first on Current. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Tryday

2026-04-03 MVP thoughts I nominate Tyrese Haliburton for MVP. He hasn't played at all this year, because he's out with a hamstring injury he suffered when the Pacers (our Indiana home team) were neck-and-neck with the OKC Thunder in the final championship …›