The Journalist's Resource→ Story ideas from the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book: April 2025

2025-04-29 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email The U.S. central banking system, the Federal Reserve, is a data-heavy organization. Economists at the bank regularly crunch numbers to inform national decisions, such as setting target interest rates. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ FTC’s ‘Tech Censorship’ Investigation Is Censoring Comments About ‘Censorship’

2025-04-29 The FTC’s politically motivated inquiry into “tech censorship” has managed to prove exactly the opposite of what it intended: the government agency is now actively censoring public comments from people complaining about being censored …›

Poynter→ Fentanyl crisis, Iraqi civilian killings and deaths from restrictive abortion laws recognized in 2025 Poynter Journalism Prizes

2025-04-29 Thousands of deaths in the city of Baltimore to overdoses of fentanyl. A clever TikTok video about a New Jersey mall and a complex tax dispute. An unflinching accounting of […] The post Fentanyl crisis, Iraqi civilian killings and deaths from res …›

American Press Institute→ Trauma-informed leadership workshop

2025-04-29 Tuesday, May 27 | 1 – 2pm EDT | Register here At its core, trauma-informed leadership recognizes and respects human experiences. Post-pandemic news organizations require us to re-order our skillset, moving “soft” skills to the top. While the …›

American Press Institute→ Beyond stress: What journalists should know about burnout

2025-04-29 Tuesday, May 6 | 1 – 2pm EDT | Register here According to last year’s study from the Reynolds Journalism Institute, 56% of active journalists are mostly pessimistic about journalism, with this number rising to 83% among former journalists …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Flyings

2025-04-29 Neither here nor there, yet. At BWI, about to board an SWA flight to IND. There are thunderstorms between the airports and more on the way, but no delay so far. Meanwhile, this gives me  chance to talk weather apps. My current fave is Windy, which vi …›

Poynter→ 2025 Poynter Journalism Prize winners and finalists announced

2025-04-29 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 29, 2025) – The Poynter Institute is pleased to announce the distinguished winners and finalists of the 2025 Poynter Journalism Prizes, which spotlight a wide range […] The post 2025 Poynter Journalism Prize winners …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ The Hallucinating ChatGPT Presidency

2025-04-29 We generally understand how LLM hallucinations work. An AI model tries to generate what seems like a plausible response to whatever you ask it, drawing on its training data to construct something that sounds right. The actual truth of the response is, …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ How Foreign Journalists See Trump’s First Hundred Days with the Press

2025-04-29 Five impressions of a US press in crisis. …›

Poynter→ After 100 days of chaos, Donald Trump is hitting the media trail

2025-04-29 Today is Donald Trump’s 100th day in office. That leaves 1,362 days to go. Which prompts the question: What will the press in this country look like on Jan. 20, […] The post After 100 days of chaos, Donald Trump is hitting the media trail appea …›

Poynter→ The Trump administration’s crackdowns on the press and universities fuel fear among international student journalists

2025-04-29 As President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on both the press and higher education, some universities and campus papers are working to make international students more cognizant of the rights […] The post The Trump administration’s …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act

2025-04-28 Here’s a puzzle: How do you write a law that’s so badly designed that (1) the people it’s meant to help oppose it, (2) the people who hate regulation support it, and (3) everyone involved admits it will be abused? The answer, it turns …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Of possible interest

2025-04-28 Am I'm seeing less marine traffic to the U.S. than ever? Looking for historical data. I'm sure many are digging deep into intermodal and logistics stats to gauge the effects of tariffs and economic uncertainties caused by White House wackiness. …›

American Press Institute→ Collaborate better internally and externally

2025-04-28 Collaboration allows you to bring in more perspectives and ideas, making you better equipped to solve problems and take on bigger, more complex projects. Though the benefits are apparent, many teams and organizations need help with effective collaborat …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Infinite Jest

2025-04-28 On the White House Correspondents' Dinner and Trump's first hundred days with the press. …›

Poynter→ No celebrities, but a clear message at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner

2025-04-28 The White House Correspondents’ Association had its annual dinner on Saturday night. It’s usually a star-studded evening with a who’s who of celebrities and politicians, including the president. But this […] The post No celebrities, but a c …›

Poynter→ Barbara Walters didn’t just break barriers. She rewrote the rules. Then she did it again.

2025-04-28 This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. […] The post Barbara Walters didn’t just break barriers. She rewrot …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ The Legal Battle for DOGE Transparency

2025-04-28 How civil society groups are making the case for public-records access. …›

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 …›

Poynter→ ‘60 Minutes’ turmoil underpins another busy week in journalism

2025-04-25 The media world is still trying to sort out exactly what happened this week at one of CBS News’ most respected news properties, “60 Minutes.” Executive producer Bill Owens abruptly […] The post ‘60 Minutes’ turmoil underpins another bus …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ An Odd Pick for Surgeon General

2025-04-25 Plus: Copycat reporters, roadway immigration sweeps, and a vivid report from Sudan's remaining soup kitchens. …›

Poynter→ Pope Francis called for truth. The internet answered with deepfakes.

2025-04-25 Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, was an unlikely chronicler of the world’s reckoning with false information online. Francis outlined the societal harms of misinformation in 2018, tracing […] The post Pope Francis called for truth. The i …›

Poynter→ A majority of Americans believe press freedom is important. Far fewer believe the press is actually free.

2025-04-24 Though two-thirds of Americans believe press freedom is very important, only a third say that the media is actually completely free to report the news, according to a Pew Research […] The post A majority of Americans believe press freedom is impo …›

PRX Official - Medium→ 2025 Tribeca Festival Announces “This American Life” and “The Memory Palace” Live Events

2025-04-24 “Radiotopia Presents: We’re Doing the Wiz” will be previewed as an Official Audio Storytelling SelectionThe Tribeca Festival today announced its 2025 audio storytelling lineup, which will include multiple audio production partners of public media …›

PRX Official - Medium→ “Radiotopia Presents: We’re Doing The Wiz” Named A 2025 Tribeca Festival Official Selection

2025-04-24 Radiotopia from PRX Announces “Radiotopia Presents: We’re Doing The Wiz,” A New Podcast Series and 2025 Tribeca Festival Official SelectionThe series launches in June 2025Independent podcast network Radiotopia from PRX today announced Radiotopia …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Inside El Salvador’s Dystopian Prison Network

2025-04-24 A reporter who covered the gang crackdown on why budding authoritarians like what they see. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Google Faces a Potential Breakup on Multiple Fronts

2025-04-24 On the antitrust battles facing Big Tech. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Q&A: Bill Grueskin on the New York Times Beating Sarah Palin (Again)

2025-04-23 "Two things can be true: you can publish something about a public figure that is clearly false, and you can avoid being held financially liable for having done so." …›

Radio Survivor→ Radio Station Visit #178: CJSR-FM at University of Alberta

2025-04-22 The magic of college radio lies not just in the sounds that are transmitted over the airwaves, but also emanates from the spaces from which stations operate. Often these are in obscure locales, tucked away in basements or on the edge of a camp …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Trump May Have a ‘No Scalps’ Policy. But It Isn’t Consequence-Free.

2025-04-22 A month or so ago, I opened an edition of this newsletter by noting that the office of Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host turned defense secretary, had issued a memo announcing a crackdown on leaks, including by using polygraphs if necessary; the exact im …›

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 …›

The Journalist's Resource→ Hispanic-serving institutions: A primer with story ideas and guiding questions for journalists

2025-04-16 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email As America’s Hispanic population has grown, so has competition for funding among colleges and universities with large numbers of Hispanic students. More than 600 higher education institutions are Hispanic …›

Nieman Lab→ The Houston Landing raised $20 million pre-launch. Less than two years later, it’s shutting down.

2025-04-15 Houston, with a population of more than 2.3 million people, is the largest city in Texas — and the Houston Landing had funding to match. The nonprofit news startup raised $20 million well before it began publishing, from the American Journalism Proje …›

PRX Official - Medium→ Three PRX Partners Named Peabody Awards Nominees in the 85th Awards

2025-04-15 Public Service and Radio/Podcast nominees include “Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust,” “In the Dark,” and “This American Life”The Peabody Awards today announced multiple nominees in its 85th annual awards. The podcast series Long Shadow: In Gu …›

Nieman Lab→ Thomson Reuters is the latest media company to drop “diversity” language in response to Trump executive order

2025-04-15 Last week, Nieman Lab reported that Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper chain, had removed references to “diversity” from its corporate site and would stop publishing diversity information for its newsrooms. This week, it’s …›

Nieman Lab→ The unreality of reality TV: How competition shows influence U.S. politics and shape views about economic inequality

2025-04-14 It was about five years ago that I first started noticing the name Eunji Kim on some interesting research. Best dissertation, best paper, best article — she seemed to be winning them all. In her (still relatively brief) career, she’s written ab …›

PRX Official - Medium→ “Reveal” Wins 2025 National Magazine Award

2025-04-11 The investigative public radio show and podcast is distributed by PRXThe American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) announced the winners of the prestigious 60th annual National Magazine Awards. The investigative public radio show Reveal won for podc …›