Doc Searls Weblog→ One reason I love Indiana
2025-07-18 My car's dashboard has been telling me we have a slow leak in the right front tire. So I drove up to Tieman Tire here in Bloomington. It was busy, but they took me as a walk/drive-in, and then took an hour to remove the tire, find the leak in a tub …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Appeals Court Judge Claims (Against All Historical Evidence) That The First Amendment Doesn’t Apply To Non-Citizens
2025-07-18 We’ve written before about how attacks on free speech often start with unpopular speakers who lack political power. That’s why a new dissenting opinion from Trump-appointed Judge Paul Matey should set off alarm bells for anyone who cares ab …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Dame Time!
2025-07-18 I love that Damien Lillard is returning to the Portland Trailblazers. He and the town love each other, and the team is already on the ascent. It's a great move. …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ The Eagle in the Coal Mine
2025-07-18 Public broadcasting is the strongest form of broadcasting that’s still left. One reason is that it’s the only form of broadcasting for which its consumers are also its customers. Yes, not all those customers pay, but the market is th …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ From Dates to Tweets
2025-07-18 For the past few weeks I've been writing the blog mostly in Wordland, which is awesome. I'll still keep doing that (such as right now). But I'm hitting the pause button on combining a day's postings under title that's a date. I went …›
American Press Institute→ Tough times ahead for public media
2025-07-18 Zeroed out Congress has wiped out federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, meaning public radio and television stations across the country will now have to evaluate how, or whether, they can make up the funding from listeners or oth …›
American Press Institute→ Partnering with community members isn’t just about trust in news — it shows local civic health belongs to all of us
2025-07-18 People with deep ties to their community often find ways to improve it. They lead movements, run for office, teach or start a business. Some do it by contributing to local news and information, which is a powerful and sometimes underutilized means of s …›
Poynter→ Defunding NPR and PBS passed the Senate — and it’s a direct hit to rural America
2025-07-18 As feared, President Donald Trump, with the help of Congress, is making good on his threat to cut federal funding for NPR, PBS and other public broadcasting. It’s a dark […] The post Defunding NPR and PBS passed the Senate — and it’s a dire …›
Poynter→ How many local journalists is enough?
2025-07-18 We know we don’t have enough local journalists. But how many would be enough? A report released last week from Muck Rack and Rebuild Local News confirms what many already […] The post How many local journalists is enough? appeared first on Poyn …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ EschewAnon
2025-07-18 Nixing the nameless government spokesman. Plus: Poignant coverage from Texas; inside a notorious Syrian prison; and waffles, glorious waffles. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The UK Wants Us To Ask Your Age Before You Listen
2025-07-17 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→ Fascism For First Time Founders
2025-07-17 Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump train. Yes, there are the big name folks who everyone kn …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ With the Epstein Files Fallout, Trump Is Now Confronting the MAGA Mediaverse He Created
2025-07-17 Is there a limit to MAGA loyalty? …›
PRX Official - Medium→ Defector Media and Radiotopia from PRX Expand Podcast Partnership
2025-07-16 “Try Hard” from Alex Sujong Laughlin debuts July 28. “Only If You Get Caught” from Patrick Redford will debut this fall. “Normal Gossip” hosted by Rachelle Hampton returns with new episodes in OctoberDefector Media and the Radiotopia podca …›
American Press Institute→ Nextdoor’s news play
2025-07-16 The news Nextdoor The neighborhood platform Nextdoor is undertaking what CEO Nirav Tolia is calling a fundamental “refounding,” which includes partnerships with 3,500 local publishers in the United States, Canada and the UK that will feed news stor …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Alan Rusbridger Wants the BBC to Find its Nerve
2025-07-16 The former Guardian editor has been keeping tabs on the challenges at the venerable broadcaster. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Covering Measles for Mennonites
2025-07-16 Recently, there have been rumors of Die Mennonitische Post being “mainstream media.” John Dueck, the editor, covers the facts about vaccination anyway. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ The Sports Journalist Locked Up on Terrorism Charges
2025-07-15 And other deteriorations in the fraught Franco-Algerian relationship. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ The Trump Suite
2025-07-14 How the president’s guests at a soccer final channeled the stories of his second term. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Returning Home to Cover the Floods in Texas
2025-07-14 NBC News’s Morgan Chesky was born and raised in Kerrville. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ What’s the Matter with the BBC?
2025-07-11 Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger on the challenges facing the venerable British institution. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Ipecac for the Soul
2025-07-11 Politico’s cringey video. Plus: One editor’s heroics in Texas Hill Country; investigating toxic waste in Louisiana; and NYT’s sourcing efforts go haywire with its Mamdani story. …›
BuzzMachine→ The Times’ Mamdani vendetta
2025-07-04 The Times has it out for Zohran Mamdani. The record is clear. It is time to examine receipts. The latest attack on him is journalistically unconscionable, and so is the editors’ reaction to legitimate criticism. In a story played by its …›
PRX Official - Medium→ “Aspen Ideas to Go” Announces New Episodes And Partnership with PRX
2025-06-25 “Aspen Ideas to Go” Announces New Episodes And Partnership with Public Media Organization PRXThe podcast from the Aspen Institute brings the best of Aspen Ideas programming to a worldwide audience. New episodes will feature former Deputy Attorney G …›
PRX Official - Medium→ PRX Announces Programming for 2025 Podcast Creator Summit in Atlanta from July 30-August 1
2025-06-24 Registration is now open for free events taking place at Plywood Place, co-presented with WABE, Atlanta’s NPR and PBS station. Sessions will be led by creatives from WABE, Pineapple Street Studios, iHeartPodcasts, Tenderfoot TV, The Bitter Southerner …›
PRX Official - Medium→ “Long Shadow” Podcast Returns to Decode 25 Years of Online Turmoil in “Breaking the Internet”
2025-06-17 Peabody-Nominated “Long Shadow” Podcast Returns to Decode 25 Yearsof Online Turmoil in “Breaking the Internet”For its fourth season, the Edward R. Murrow Award-winning history podcast takes listeners from the web’s hopeful early days to a pre …›
PRX Official - Medium→ DW and “The World” Announce Content Collaboration
2025-06-17 DW and “The World” from GBH and PRX Announce Content Collaboration“This partnership is a powerful testament to the importance of transatlantic dialogue”The World, the daily radio program of global news and analysis from public media organizatio …›
PressThink→ Some personal news
2025-06-10 As we say on the internet, “some personal news.” After 39 years on the job I am retiring as an NYU professor. In this post I will take a few moments to reflect on my academic career. Spoiler alert: I am not leaving the field, or the fight f …›
PRX Official - Medium→ Mozilla Foundation and PRX Announce Season Eight of “IRL: Online Life is Real Life” Podcast
2025-06-10 The new season launching June 10 explores the evolution of AI and human lifeIt’s a new season of the acclaimed technology podcast IRL: Online Life is Real Life, hosted by Bridget Todd. Produced by the Mozilla Foundation in partnership with public me …›
PRX Official - Medium→ “Live Wire Radio” Announces “Open Book,” A New Literary Podcast Series
2025-06-04 “Live Wire Radio” Announces “Open Book,” A New Literary Podcast Series Hosted by Elena Passarello and Distributed by PRXGuests will include Karen Russell, Scacchi Koul, Aubrey Gordon, Omar El Akkad, Melissa Febos, and moreThe acclaimed public …›
NYT Open - Medium→ Developing an Internal Tool for Our Puzzle Editor
2025-06-02 How we developed a dashboard tool created to help ease the workflow of managing puzzles for our Connections editor.Illustration by Su Yun SongBy Shafik Quoraishee and Wyna LiuIn the game Connections, every puzzle is a meticulously crafted challenge d …›
NYT Open - Medium→ How The New York Times Game Designer Heidi Erwin Creates Variety Puzzles
2025-05-27 An in-depth look at the process of making the weekly “Brain Ticklers” for The New York Times Gameplay newsletter.Illustration by Claire MerchlinskyBy Heidi ErwinMost of my work as a Senior Game Designer at The New York Times is oriented around the …›
PRX Official - Medium→ “Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust” Wins RFK Human Rights Book and Journalism Award
2025-05-22 The podcast from Long Lead, Campside Media, and The Trace is distributed by PRXRobert F. Kennedy Human Rights announced 2025 winners in the prestigious RFK Book and Journalism Awards. The winner in Nontraditional Media is the podcast series Long Shado …›
PRX Official - Medium→ KALW Public Media Now Airing “Song Exploder Remix” Weekly Radio Broadcast
2025-05-12 The new program is based on Hrishikesh Hirway’s highly acclaimed “Song Exploder” podcastKALW Public Media headquartered in San Francisco is now airing a new weekly radio program Song Exploder Remix, based on Hrishikesh Hirway’s highly acclaimed …›
PRX Official - Medium→ PRX Announces Programming for 2025 Podcast Creator Summit in Austin, Texas
2025-05-09 PRX Announces Programming for 2025 Podcast Creator Summit in Austin, Texas from June 16–18Registration is now open for free events taking place at Apple’s campus, co-presented with PRX, KUT & KUTX Studios, and The Drag Audio Production House. …›
Storybench→ Try this tool to map protests for local news
2025-05-08 As protests against the Trump administration spread, journalists are covering local rallies — but putting them in context of larger movements can be a challenge. To help, I built a simple tool that lets you search for recent protests near you and cre …›
NYT Open - Medium→ Accessibility: Requirements, Not Features
2025-04-25 Shipping fast often means shrinking scope — but accessibility deserves permanence, not compromise. At The New York Times, product managers embedded it into how our teams think, build, and deliver using the power of the three P’s: People, Proces …›
HKS Misinformation Review→ Our journal statistics for 2024
2025-04-22 This editorial provides an overview of the key statistics for Volume 5 (2024) of the HKS Misinformation Review, including submission and acceptance rates, accepted article types, publication speed and frequency, citation impact, most-viewed arti …›
Nieman Lab→ “Fake news detection” AI is more likely to fail in the Global South, new study shows
2025-04-16 Last May, as India conducted the largest democratic election in history, I spoke to reporters and fact-checkers in the country about the challenges they faced identifying political deepfakes. Many of them spoke to shortcomings in existing AI detection …›
Nieman Lab→ “Multi-local” newsrooms aim to get more news to more people
2025-04-16 Newsrooms in Colorado that once employed hundreds could now “fit around a large dinner table,” Larry Ryckman, publisher and co-founder of The Colorado Sun, told me in December. Leaders at newsrooms like the Sun, seeing the rapid collapse of local n …›