Better News→ 4 ways to measure impact signals that are hard to count

2026-09-29 Though difficult to see and at times more difficult to measure, community actions and behaviors determine whether a news organization becomes essential to the community it serves. The post 4 ways to measure impact signals that are hard to count appear …›

Current→ Comings and goings: SVP to leave MPT, former GBH CEO to lead museum …

2026-09-29 Travis Mitchell is leaving Maryland Public Television to lead a Baltimore museum. The post Comings and goings: SVP to leave MPT, former GBH CEO to lead museum … appeared first on Current. …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Reporting from Inside

2026-09-29 The new book from Evan Gershkovich is not just a prison memoir. …›

RJI→ Eight roles to consider in designing your nonprofit news board

2026-09-29 A short self-audit on key players for nonprofit news boards to know who you need and when One of us once stood in front of a board and reported that every number was down: audience, funding, staffing. Every chart shared was a line that started at the t …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Reporting Confirms: Stupid Over-Reliance On Palantir AI Helped Lead To US Bombing Of Iranian Schoolgirls

2026-09-29 In the piece Dave Willner and I published last week about why “the apocalypse won’t be sexy,” we discussed how the real threat wasn’t “rogue” out of control AI tools, but rather humans doing stupid shit, sometimes be …›

Poynter→ Evan Gershkovich spent 491 days imprisoned in Russia. Now he’s telling his story.

2026-09-29 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested while reporting in Russia on March 29, 2023. When he learned he was being charged with espionage, he was, believe it or […] The post Evan Gershkovich spent 491 days imprisoned in Russia. …›

RJI→ Introducing finalists in 20th RJI Student Innovation Competition

2026-09-28 Ten teams have been selected as finalists in this year’s Student Innovation Competition from the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Over the course of the fall semester, students from colleges and universities across the country will compete to develop m …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ YouTube And Meta Reverse Course On Musk Documentary Ads. X, Unsurprisingly, Does Not.

2026-09-28 Content moderation is impossible to do well at scale. Which also means it’s sometimes difficult to tell garden variety fuckups apart from the rich and powerful putting their finger on the scale. On Friday, the Hollywood Reporter revealed that all …›

Current→ Study finds NPR’s ‘Up First’ boosts news knowledge and trust

2026-09-28 The study also found that listening to the podcast was especially effective in increasing news knowledge among participants who listened to right-leaning podcasts. The post Study finds NPR’s ‘Up First’ boosts news knowledge and trust appeared fir …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Moonday

2026-09-28 Ilmoonination Actually, we have a waning gibbous moon tonight. It was full two nights ago. But I need to a headline, so there ya go. How's fishing? Mainstream media continues to get sidestreamed. That's what I take from Ad Market Resumes Tepid …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Trump Orders The FCC To Punish A Reporter. Where Did All The ‘Ministry Of Truth’ Screamers Go?

2026-09-28 Remember the Disinformation Governance Board? As we were quick to point out, this organization was named in the dumbest possible way by some incompetent people within the Biden administration, which only fed into the [ahem] disinformation around it. Th …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ ‘Flashing Red’

2026-09-28 As the Trump administration openly defies a federal court order restoring access for CNN, MS Now, and Politico, the White House press corps needs to hold its nerve. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Sunlint

2026-09-27 Lemme know when one shows up Liblice II, the tallest structures in the Czech Republic, are about to come down. They carried the 1.5 million watt signal of  Czech Radio Two until 2021 on 639 mHz. The cool thing is this (from that last link, translated) …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Performing a pooplic service

2026-09-27 HT to Cory Doctorow for the original, which graced the cover of Enshittification. When a whole business category is fubar, and its members together exemplify enshittification better than each does alone, I suggest we speak of their collectivity as a f …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Attaday

2026-09-26 Lives and death When an adult in prime health dies "unexpectedly," and no cause is given (sometimes ever), you know what the assumption is. I don't want to use the word, but you know. It's what I thought when I heard that  Chris Spat …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Some Assembly Required

2026-09-25 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→ Station Resource Group, Public Television Major Market Group will merge

2026-09-25 Leaders of the organizations’ boards are searching for an executive director to lead the new nonprofit. The post Station Resource Group, Public Television Major Market Group will merge appeared first on Current. …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ OpenAI Accuses Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Of Paying For, Hiding, And Then Laundering Sketchy Key Evidence In AI Copyright Case

2026-09-25 A ton of attention was paid recently to some offhand statements from OpenAI and Microsoft employees that surfaced in filings in the NY Times’ ongoing case against OpenAI, which has been consolidated into a much larger class action lawsuit. As I a …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Judge Blocks White House Press Ban; White House Spends Thursday Testing How Much Of The Court Order It Can Violate

2026-09-25 On Monday we wrote about Donald Trump’s direct attack on the First Amendment and the free press by banning reporters from the White House. As we expected, a judge on Thursday morning issued a Temporary Restraining Order, blocking the White House …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Blitheday

2026-09-25 Turned out to be yummy Thirteen years ago, I wrote this defense of QR codes, which friends were calling "robot barf." …›

Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Teen Sadness And Suicidal Thoughts Keep Falling, Even As Kids Keep Scrolling

2026-09-24 Over the last few years, it has become accepted knowledge that the internet — mainly social media and, lately, AI tools — was damaging the mental health of kids and increasing the suicide rate among that demographic. To hear the media and politicia …›

Columbia Journalism Review→ Journalism in the Age of the Quick Take

2026-09-24 Razia Iqbal looks back—and ahead. …›

Current→ Comings and goings: WETA hires finance VP, AmDoc promotes staff …

2026-09-23 Meghan Biggs will be VP of finance and accounting for WETA. The post Comings and goings: WETA hires finance VP, AmDoc promotes staff … appeared first on Current. …›

The Journalist's Resource→ 5 takeaways from our webinar on demographic changes and migration

2026-09-23 Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Reddit Email Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Reddit Email Demographic changes in the U.S. are reshaping state budgets, housing policy and how we care for older Americans — and volatility has been the …›

Current→ Matt Shafer Powell named WUOT director

2026-09-22 Powell returns to the station after previously serving as director of news content. The post Matt Shafer Powell named WUOT director appeared first on Current. …›

Doc Searls Weblog→ Hey Europe: Let’s make personal privacy online a contract and quit trying to fix consent

2026-09-22 Anu Bradford‘s book, The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World (Oxford, 2019), hardly exaggerates the EU’s influence. Many EU regulations have global reach, especially in respect to personal privacy. And for that we s …›

RJI→ 7 lessons from coaching community-driven journalism to newsrooms across the U.S.

2026-09-21 Documented shares what they learned with their first cohort in the Building Bridges program In June of this year, five newsrooms graduated from Documented’s first educational program, Building Bridges: An Immigrant Media Training Program. This progra …›

NYT Open - Medium→ Designing the Front Door to Our Subscriptions

2026-09-17 Illustration by Suvi SuitialaBy Tracie Lee (VP of Design, Growth & Platforms) & Pamela Glass (Director of Design, Growth)The mission of The New York Times is clear: We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Fulfilling that takes …›

RJI→ Joy Jenkins becomes Reynolds Journalism Institute’s research director, will launch transformative research effort

2026-09-17 The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the Missouri School of Journalism has named Associate Professor Joy Jenkins as its research director, intensifying RJI’s pursuit of impactful, solutions-based research for community journalism nationwide. Je …›

PRX Official - Medium→ PRX and Barometer Partner to Ensure Brand Safety and Suitability

2026-09-16 PRX and Barometer Partner to Ensure Brand Safety and Suitability Across Leading Public Media Organization’s Portfolio of Acclaimed Podcasts“We’re proud to serve as a trusted destination for listeners seeking high quality content and for advertise …›

PRX Official - Medium→ Blair Braverman’s “What To Carry, What to Burn” Joins Radiotopia from PRX

2026-09-15 Blair Braverman’s “What To Carry, What to Burn” Joins Radiotopia from PRX, the Peabody-Nominated Podcast Network for Extraordinary Indie Creators“A dream show [and] a must-hear for anyone who values empathetic, captivating storytelling”Radio …›

RJI→ Trends show increase in statehouse efforts to support local news

2026-09-15 Nine years of RJI tracking reveals 86 bills introduced across 23 states — with tax credits and fellowships leading the charge Since 2017, 23 states have introduced legislation that would support local journalism, while only six states have passed law …›

PRX Official - Medium→ A message from PRX’s Kerri Hoffman

2026-09-14 Hoffman reflects on entering a new chapter as Jason Saldanha is named the organization’s next CEOPRX has announced Jason Saldanha will succeed Kerri Hoffman as President and CEO. Below is a reflection from Hoffman:After more than twenty years at PR …›

PRX Official - Medium→ PRX Announces Jason Saldanha to Succeed Kerri Hoffman as President and CEO

2026-09-14 “We’re committed to difference-making content, technology innovation to grow our service, and shared purpose with extraordinary partners”Kerri Hoffman and Jason SaldanhaLeading public media organization PRX today announced its COO, Jason Saldanh …›

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 …›

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 …›

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 …›

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 …›

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 …›