What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “If you’re just sitting there trying to get the clicks, then you’re feeding the lab rat cocaine in the corner of the cage.”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Trump lawyers refuse to reveal financial information to BBC in $10 billion lawsuit
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Nick Bilton, new 60 Minutes chief, promises independence in bid to reassure staff
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BuzzMachine→ (The) Public(‘s) Media: The New Jersey Model
2026-06-05 I am delighted that Montclair State University (MSU) has won its bid to take over New Jersey public television, for in this moment I see an opening to reimagine and reinvent public media in a new image — as the public’s media. And …›
Current→ Take your reporting for a walk: Why public media should pilot walking tours
2026-06-05 Tours offer the opportunity to build trust, boost audience engagement, generate revenue and communicate local news and information. The post Take your reporting for a walk: Why public media should pilot walking tours appeared first on Current. …›
American Press Institute→ What teens are saying about the content they trust — and how local news can engage them
2026-06-05 When it comes to the question of how to attract younger audiences to local news, it’s like the movie Groundhog Day: We return to the question over and over, but don’t seem to have a solution. But if you want to know how to reach teens and young adu …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Throwing Them Out
2026-06-05 The Trump administration has repeatedly sought to muzzle national security reporting. It isn’t working. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Tubes
2026-06-05 Naturally Washington Post: Human Ninja Turtles keep emerging from New York City manhole covers. Circling the drains BBC will be shutting off its Radio 4 service at 198 kHz longwave (LW) on 27 June. Being old in age and fashion, I travel with a radio a …›
Current→ Arkansas TV will keep PBS affiliation after foundation raises funds to cover dues
2026-06-04 The Arkansas TV Foundation secured about $5 million since March, when the commission paused its plan to end ties with PBS. The post Arkansas TV will keep PBS affiliation after foundation raises funds to cover dues appeared first on Current. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ The Insider’s Scoop on 60 Minutes
2026-06-04 “There’s no investigative reporting needed to understand what’s going on,” Lowell Bergman says. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Circle Round cofounders leave WBUR after feeling that they were “not a priority”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ ESPN sparks backlash over its use of AI to create live portraits during its broadcast of Game 1 of the NBA Finals
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ 3 million
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ An officer stole an injured photographer’s camera bag after the protests at Delaney Hall
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Maryland governor vetoes advertising set-aside legislation that would have benefitted local news organizations
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Pew Research Center→ Most people across 36 countries have negative views of Israel and little confidence in Netanyahu
2026-06-04 Majorities in most of the countries we surveyed express an unfavorable view of Israel and little or no confidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. …›
Current→ ‘Circle Round’ co-founders leave WBUR after feeling that they were ‘not a priority’
2026-06-04 The co-founders are going independent to start their own podcast for kids. The post ‘Circle Round’ co-founders leave WBUR after feeling that they were ‘not a priority’ appeared first on Current. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ A handful of American households pay for AI. Is the future free — or a subscription?
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Silicon Valley is turning to philosophers to shape the future of AI
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Steve Kroft says the 60 Minutes we’ve known “no longer exists”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Police want to decide which journalists can cover the Delaney Hall protests. That’s not their job.
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “Unlawfully censoring ‘the soldiers’ paper’ is an insult to the dedicated members of the armed forces and an attack on the freedom of speech — a foundational Constitutional principle for which those brave service people dedicate their lives”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Wired is teaming up with KQED to start a show on a radio station
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “What are they going to put on the air in three months?”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “The primary difference between deepfake photos and LLM conversations is that the people who generate the former are deliberately trying to fool others, and many of the people who elicit the latter from LLMs have inadvertently fooled themselves.”
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Current→ Comings and goings: OPB CEO joins PBS board, NYPR announces promotions …
2026-06-04 Rachel Smolkin was elected to the PBS board of directors. The post Comings and goings: OPB CEO joins PBS board, NYPR announces promotions … appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ Just when you thought the CBS News soap opera couldn’t get any more dramatic
2026-06-04 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. The drama at CBS News and “60 Minutes” […] The post Just when you thought the CBS News soap opera couldn’t get any more dr …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Always On
2026-06-04 News influencers are using Meta glasses as hidden-camera reporting tools. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Knicks Rule
2026-06-04 He’s right. And we’re taking this personally. I expected the Knicks to win tonight. I also expect them to win the NBA championship. Two reasons. One is what I said about the Cavaliers ten years ago: they’re a better story. And …›
Current→ NJ PBS to be managed by Montclair State University
2026-06-03 The university is slated to take over operations of New Jersey’s public TV state network July 1. The post NJ PBS to be managed by Montclair State University appeared first on Current. …›
BuzzMachine→ AI has a communication problem
2026-06-03 Artificial Intelligence, though more than a half-century old as a technology, has occupied front-of-mind cultural consciousness for only a few years, since ChatGPT. Yet AI is already profoundly disliked and distrusted in both media meme and appare …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing around the world
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Overhauled NPR dues model provides incentives for closer collaboration
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Le Monde’s CEO says OpenAI deal is a “win-win” with no cannibalization, but traffic is “marginal”
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Nieman Lab→ The Minnesota Star Tribune will cut 15% of its staff — and may become a nonprofit
2026-06-03 Just a month after winning a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting, The Minnesota Star Tribune will offer buyouts and lay off up to 15% of its staff, the company said Tuesday. The Star Tribune has 495 employees, including a newsroom of 200 journal …›