Category Archives: Journalism

American Press Institute→ Empower community voices

2026-02-02 Welcome to February’s Need to Know Special Edition, which features voices from news leaders on ways they train, partner with and convene community members to let them shape and tell their own stories. When local newsrooms give people the tools and p …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Shutter Day

2026-01-31 Without losing its charm I am in Harbour Island, where all the old houses have shutters. The house where we're staying is a small cottage built in 1832. It has survived countless hurricanes. Remember Her? Moltbook is a Reddit for AI chatbots. NBC: …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Now We Begin

2026-01-29 Yesterday, Customer Commons and MyData Global launched MyTerms at a London event correctly titled The Only Way to Get Real Privacy Online. (I explain only and real at that link.) MyTerms is the nickname for 7012-2025 – IEEE Standard for M …›

Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments

2026-01-29 This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Jocelyn Kiley, Director, Political ResearchSteven Shepard, Associate Director, Political ResearchHannah Hartig, Senior ResearcherBaxter Ol …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Watts Up

2026-01-29 You're welcome NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 will certainly miss Earth and has a 96.2% chance of missing the Moon. I share this in faint hope that when one sees BS on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or social media wherever saying the asteroid is going to …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Warm Takes

2026-01-28 Just what you didn't ask for Show of hands: Does anyone here want ads on ChatGPT? (Don't raise them if you work in the ad biz.)  Did you want them in Amazon searches? How about Google's before that? Expect ChatGPT to become just as enshitt …›

BuzzMachine→ Back from a brink

2026-01-27 I’m back. Here’s where I’ve been. Most of you should not care, but for those wanting a medical update, here’s the tale.  Two weeks ago, on Sunday, Jan. 11, I lost a test of strength with bedding on laundry day. As IR …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Whatknot

2026-01-27 What is the opposite of criticism? On a lead from a friend, I followed a thread from this patent to its author, Brian Dear (another friend), then to his about page, his old blog, his BlueSky tweetings, his bandcamp page, his lettrboxd page, then to …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Numb Day

2026-01-26 That is smart Why Intelligence Is a Terrible Proxy for Wisdom, by Joan Westerberg, says "Wisdom is knowing what you don't know." Because we need to save the Web from AI overviews I've read The Domain Name’s New Role in the AI Web, …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Flying Fckery

2026-01-26 Go now to FlightAware’s MiseryMap. Cick on the blue Play button and watch The Great Storm of January 25-26 move across the land and cause massive delays at airports in its path. I have a 1.59 GB movie (.mov) of what you just saw. What sh …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Daze Off

2026-01-24 What emerges? You know how Google's original  (and continuing) mission was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful"? It didn't happen with Google. Gemini gets closer. So I'm thinking …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ The Room Where It Will Happen

2026-01-24 MyTerms is done and ready to begin. The launch is next Wednesday, in the room above at Imperial College London. Back in ’22, I called MyTerms (IEEE 7012) The Most Important Standard in Development Today. Now it’s finished and mor …›

RJI→ Mistakes news startups make – and how to avoid them

2026-01-22 What you can learn from other newsrooms’ wayward decisions The instability of corporate media has spurred journalists to launch hundreds of newsroom startups in the past decade. Building any kind of news startup is exhilarating. You’re all i …›

Better News→ FAQ: Creator-newsroom collaborations

2025-12-18 Get answers to your questions on newsroom-creator partnerships, including how to find potential partners, upholding your journalistic ethics, and how much time and money these collaborations require. The post FAQ: Creator-newsroom collaborations appear …›