Doc Searls Weblog→ Boomerangday
2026-09-14 There were whole forests of these, along the Wabash River in Southern Indiana. So, of course, humans harvested all of them. Just the Anthropocene, rolling along The photo above was shared in a group I’m in. It was photographed by ornithologist …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ CEO and founder of States Newsroom, Chris Fitzsimon, to retire
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BuzzMachine→ They’re covering the wrong AI story
2026-09-13 At least one New York Times journalist — columnist Michelle Goldberg — has at last begun covering the real AI story: not the technology but the technologists and their cult of faux philosophies that lead them …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ AI as a Teacher of Athletes
2026-09-13 A violinist entertains Linus Torvalds and Paul Kunz on the Linux Journal Geek Cruise where I shot this photo 23 years ago. Linus and Paul are two athletes whose work has taught the world well. On the whole, AI writing is good. Yes, I’ve calle …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Fraturday
2026-09-12 Cory Doctorow makes sense of wtf is happening with AI. The Indiana Hoosiers football team, still-undefeated national champs (17-0 including last year and this one) take on the Howard Bison today at noon. I'll be watching. (It's on Fox One.) Joh …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ The Day After
2026-09-12 USGS: “This true-color image was taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor aboard the Landsat 7 satellite on September 12, 2001, at roughly 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. A day after the attack, smoke continues to billo …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Duty Of Careful What You Wish For
2026-09-11 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→ Public Media Co., Poynter partner to reimagine public media
2026-09-11 The partners plan to release recommendations early next year. The post Public Media Co., Poynter partner to reimagine public media appeared first on Current. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Since 9/11, Fear Has Driven Our Politics. Don’t Let It Drive The Next 25 Years.
2026-09-11 Twenty-five years ago today I was woken up by a phone call from a close friend, who, like me, grew up in New York and, like me, was now living in California. She told me that something horrible had happened in New York and to turn on the TV. She said s …›
Current→ Arkansas public television hopes to regain donors lost after attempt to cut PBS ties
2026-09-11 Arkansas TV gained half as many new donors in fiscal year 2026 compared to the previous fiscal year, the foundation’s interim CEO said. The post Arkansas public television hopes to regain donors lost after attempt to cut PBS ties appeared first on Cu …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ McClatchy makes deep job cuts to newspapers across the country
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Poynter→ The stories of 9/11, 25 years later
2026-09-11 It was 25 years ago — Sept. 11, 2001 — when the world changed. A routine late summer Tuesday morning turned into a nightmare as we watched in disbelief while […] The post The stories of 9/11, 25 years later appeared first on Poynter. …›
Poynter→ Tucker Carlson once hated 9/11 conspiracy theories. Now he’s amplifying them to millions
2026-09-11 In 2008, Tucker Carlson was emceeing a rally for former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul when he heard a speaker question the government response to the 9/11 attacks. Former Minnesota Gov. […] The post Tucker Carlson once hated 9/11 conspiracy theories. Now he …›
Poynter→ How Jim Dwyer found the words to write about 9/11
2026-09-11 When I see the bylines of certain reporters, I will read whatever they write. Jim Dwyer of The New York Times is one of those. Jim became, in my mind, […] The post How Jim Dwyer found the words to write about 9/11 appeared first on Poynter. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Remembering 9/11
2026-09-11 My original blog on 9/11/2001, twenty-five years ago. In the tradition of that time, the chronology is LIFO. I started writing after midnight at our home in Montecito, California, hours before the planes struck the buildings. I woke up when my sister …›
BuzzMachine→ 25 Years
2026-09-11 What I carried that day I have written much about my memories of 9/11: My story of surviving the day; recording what I witnessed; a meditation on the Yahrzeit; then five years on; ten; and twenty years and what I recalled still. Now twenty-five …›
Poynter→ McClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most severe layoffs in years
2026-09-10 McClatchy, whose titles include The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, executed its most severe layoffs in years on Thursday, cutting newsroom staff at some papers by upwards of 40%. […] The post McClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most se …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Lawmakers Ask Lutnick To Blacklist Appin, The Hack-For-Hire Firm That Threatens Almost Anyone Who Prints Its Name
2026-09-10 Remember Appin? It’s the Indian “hack for hire” company that got so upset about Reuters’ giant investigation — which detailed how Appin grew into a “leading cyberespionage firm” that “stole secrets from execu …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Lureday
2026-09-10 Buy a new iPhone Duo 18 folding iPhone with max storage (2 TB, which is what I have in my iPhone 16 Pro Max) for the low-low price of just $3199. danah boyd, who I mentioned two posts ago, is probably now the leading authority on the American Census. S …›
Nieman Lab→ “Many have said it couldn’t be done”: Local news site Lookout Santa Cruz is profitable thanks to ads and memberships
2026-09-10 Buried in an opinion piece about California’s Community NEWS Act is the announcement that Lookout Santa Cruz has achieved something remarkable (and rare) in local news: It’s profitable. Six years after launching Lookout Santa Cruz, CEO Ken …›
RJI→ How to secure funding for internships in your newsroom
2026-09-10 Three news leaders share how they’ve sought funding and share advice for those just starting out This month Innovation in Focus spoke with three different news leaders to learn more about how they find funding for interns. From universities to press …›
Poynter→ Seven months after its new chairman called layoffs a ‘bad’ word, Lee Enterprises cuts staff
2026-09-10 Journalists at Lee Enterprises — the chain that owns such titles as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Omaha World-Herald — are well accustomed to cuts at the end of […] The post Seven months after its new chairman called layoffs a ‘bad’ …›
Current→ August CDP Index: Giving normalizes as annual gains remain strong
2026-09-10 While most systemwide giving indices declined compared with the same three-month period in 2025, the 12-month view reveals a more nuanced road ahead. The post August CDP Index: Giving normalizes as annual gains remain strong appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ Jeff Bezos likes what he’s seen from The Washington Post’s interim boss
2026-09-10 Meet the new boss of The Washington Post. Same as the old boss. Jeff D’Onofrio has officially been named publisher and CEO of the Post. It’s a job he has […] The post Jeff Bezos likes what he’s seen from The Washington Post’s interim boss …›
Poynter→ Trump says firefighters carried him to safety after 9/11. What do we know about his Ground Zero role?
2026-09-10 President Donald Trump recounted his response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in an interview and event leading up to the 25th anniversary this week, repeating statements that lack evidence […] The post Trump says firefighters carried him to safet …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ The Fight to Save Journalism in Georgia
2026-09-10 How independent media organizations are standing together against an authoritarian government. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Fearday
2026-09-10 So much doom and gloom about AI. Lordy: Samuel Marks on X. Ted Gioia on that one and many more. Quoth The Raven Jeffrey Snover And I'm exactly at the expected age: Life expectancy vs. Health costs Not good Nicholas Cage's house has a hole …›
Poynter→ Declaración de la Red Internacional de Verificación de Hechos sobre la expansión de las Notas de la Comunidad de Meta a América Latina
2026-09-09 Cualquier persona interesada en encontrar información fiable y precisa en línea debería mostrarse profundamente preocupada por el anuncio de Meta que está probando su programa de Notas de la Comunidad […] The post Declaración de la Red Inter …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Judge: Losing Your First Amendment Rights Is No Longer “Irreparable” If You Take Almost Three Months To Sue
2026-09-09 Here we go again: another case where it’s easy to cheer a court ruling against Elon Musk, and unfortunately easy to miss the much more important underlying point — which the judge clearly did. In July, we wrote about how even as awful as Elon M …›
Current→ Let’s redirect the conversation about how to save public media
2026-09-09 The market won’t preserve service to communities that need public media the most. The post Let’s redirect the conversation about how to save public media appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ Statement from the International Fact-Checking Network on Meta’s expansion of Community Notes to Latin America
2026-09-09 Anyone who cares about finding reliable, accurate information online should be deeply concerned about Meta’s announcement that it is testing its community notes program in 16 Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. […] The post Statement fro …›
Current→ Tom Hudson named CEO of WLRN
2026-09-09 Hudson will step up from an interim CEO role. The post Tom Hudson named CEO of WLRN appeared first on Current. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Readings and Leadings
2026-09-08 I've ordered danah boyd's new book, Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census, from the University of Chicago Press. danah, who is brilliant, teaches at Cornell these days, but will al …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The DOJ’s AI Fair Use Brief Is Correct, But From A DOJ That Has No Credibility
2026-09-08 I am never asking the monkey’s paw for a federal government that defends fair use again. For decades on Techdirt, I’ve talked about the absolute necessity of strong fair use, and have been disappointed over and over again at how little the …›
Current→ KQED to pay nearly $900,000 to settle wage theft lawsuit
2026-09-08 A former employee filed the lawsuit in 2024. The post KQED to pay nearly $900,000 to settle wage theft lawsuit appeared first on Current. …›
Current→ Comings and goings: KALW names deputy director, Wisconsin Public Radio appoints EP …
2026-09-08 Theresa Navarro became a deputy director for KALW. The post Comings and goings: KALW names deputy director, Wisconsin Public Radio appoints EP … appeared first on Current. …›
RJI→ First-party data is the most important asset a newsroom can build
2026-09-08 How the direct relationships newsrooms already have become the strategic foundation for journalism in the AI era For much of the past twenty-five years, digital journalism operated according to a simple growth formula: publish more, rank higher, attrac …›
RJI→ Where to look for funding for your newsroom internship program
2026-09-07 We worked with Street Sense Media to find varied funding to make its internship program more sustainable Interns contribute a lot of reporting for Street Sense Media, a nonprofit street paper whose mission is to end homelessness in Washington D.C. They …›
BuzzMachine→ Labor and the Linotype
2026-09-07 The story of labor and the Linotype is unexpected in many aspects. For this Labor Day, I’ll share a bit on the subject from my book Hot Type. (Links to buy the hardback and audiobook versions and signed copies are here). Printers wa …›