Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ When You Need To Post A Lengthy Legal Disclaimer With Your Parody Song, You Know Copyright Is Broken
2024-04-23 In a world where copyright law has run amok, even creating a silly parody song now requires a massive legal disclaimer to avoid getting sued. That’s the absurd reality we live in, as highlighted by the brilliant musical parody project “Ther …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Campaigns have a new favorite tactic for dealing with reporters: Public shaming
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Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments
2024-04-23 This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes ResearchLaura Clancy, Research Analyst Dorene Asare-Marfo, Panel ManagerSarah Austin, Research Assi …›
Pew Research Center→ Methodology
2024-04-23 The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panel …›
Current→ We can’t let anti-DEI laws kill public media
2024-04-23 These laws not only create an environment ripe for misunderstanding but also gut efforts to equip employees with the skills to engage all our communities effectively. The post We can’t let anti-DEI laws kill public media appeared first on Current. …›
Pew Research Center→ What Are Americans’ Top Foreign Policy Priorities?
2024-04-23 The majority of Americans say preventing terrorism and reducing the flow of illegal drugs into the country are top foreign policy priorities. The post What Are Americans’ Top Foreign Policy Priorities? appeared first on Pew Research Center. …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Columbia University’s student-run newspaper is working “overtime” to get protest coverage right
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ The Washington Post is developing an AI-powered answer tool informed by its coverage
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to “bring back the open web”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ New group joins the political fight over disinformation online
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Poynter→ 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes to be announced at 2 p.m. Eastern
2024-04-23 The winners of the 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will be announced at 2 p.m. Eastern time today on poynter.org’s homepage in a streaming broadcast. The contest honors the best in […] The post 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes to be announced at 2 …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Any Privacy Law Is Going To Require Some Compromise: Is APRA The Right Set Of Tradeoffs?
2024-04-23 Privacy issues have been at the root cause of so many concerns about the internet, but so many attempts to regulate privacy have been a total mess. There’s now a more thoughtful attempt to regulate privacy in the US that is (perhaps surprisingly!) no …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ AI is poisoning Reddit to promote products and game Google with “parasite SEO”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ ByteDance’s web of apps could get tangled up in TikTok ban
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Columbia Journalism Review→ The Finnish Fabulist
2024-04-23 When a reporter confesses to making things up, what’s a newspaper to do? …›
Better News→ How a local news lab co-designed editorial meetings with audiences
2024-04-23 Since its launch, El Tímpano has continued to work with community members on participatory reporting projects and to create feedback loops for deep listening. It wanted more. The post How a local news lab co-designed editorial meetings with audiences …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Networks covering Trump’s trial are forced to get creative
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Storybench→ How one photojournalist is documenting sexual assault in the U.S. military
2024-04-23 Photo courtesy Calvert Mary Calvert is showcasing the true power of photojournalism, documenting injustices ranging from uranium contamination in the Navajo Nation to obstetric fistula — a debilitating medical condition which happens when wo …›
PRX Official - Medium→ “Grown” from The Moth and PRX Wins 2024 Webby Award for Best Lifestyle Podcast
2024-04-23 The podcast features true stories about the challenges, joys, and ongoing journey of growing upPublic media organization PRX and acclaimed nonprofit storytelling organization The Moth are pleased to share that Grown—the podcast featuring true storie …›
PRX Official - Medium→ “Song Exploder,” “Ear Hustle,” and “The Science of Happiness” Now Available on BBC Sounds
2024-04-23 PRX and Radiotopia Podcasts “Song Exploder,” “Ear Hustle,” and “The Science of Happiness” Now Available on BBC SoundsPublic media organization PRX today announced multiple podcasts will now be available to listeners via BBC Sounds, the onl …›
Current→ Oregon Public Broadcasting partners with Lookout Local to bring more news to Eugene
2024-04-23 Lookout CEO Ken Doctor describes Lookout Eugene-Springfield as a “community newspaper that happens to be digital.” The post Oregon Public Broadcasting partners with Lookout Local to bring more news to Eugene appeared first on Current. …›
Transom→ Introducing Sound Judgment
2024-04-23 Right this minute, I’m riding an Amtrak train, heading home after visiting my daughter at college. It’s supposed to be a day off. No work. I thought I’d read a book (In case you’re wondering, I packed two: Mama’s Last Hug and How the Garcia G …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Watches and watchdogs in Peru
2024-04-23 Recently a source told Marco Sifuentes, a journalist from Peru, that on two occasions when he met with Dina Boluarte, the country’s president, she wore a different Rolex. Boluarte has spoken of hailing from a modest background, and didn’t see …›
Poynter→ An unsettling look at Donald Trump’s social media rants
2024-04-23 Once upon a time, former President Donald Trump was a prolific tweeter. Something would pop into his head, it would flow to his fingers, and, within seconds, you could read […] The post An unsettling look at Donald Trump’s social media rants ap …›
Poynter→ Shakespeare and the power of wordplay … featuring the pun that launched my career
2024-04-23 This article is co-published with our friends at Nieman Storyboard with permission from the author. All good writers play with words, even when they write about grave matters. The device […] The post Shakespeare and the power of wordplay … feat …›
Storyboard Posts | Nieman Storyboard→ The power of the pun, from Shakespeare to Walter Conrkite to Roy Peter Clark
2024-04-23 EDITOR’S NOTE: This essay is a share from our friends at The Poynter Institute, with gratitude. By Roy Peter Clark All good writers play with words, even when they write about grave matters. The device that makes such word play the most visible i …›
Poynter→ Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about HIV/AIDS
2024-04-23 Aaron Rodgers, already famous after nearly two decades as an NFL quarterback, is drawing a new kind of notoriety for peddling conspiracy theories. Recently, a video clip went viral of […] The post Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Lawmakers Who Insisted The US Gov’t Should Never Combat Foreign Influence Online, Vote To Combat TikTok’s Foreign Influence Online
2024-04-22 Is the US government allowed to step in to deal with foreign influence on social media or not? According to at least some members of Congress, the answer appears to be “yes, when we dislike what they’re saying, and no when we like what they’re sa …›
Poynter→ Press Foward’s first open call for funding focuses on historic inequalities
2024-04-22 We now know the focus for the first open call for funding from the $500 million initiative to revive local news — historic inequalities. On Monday, Press Forward announced that […] The post Press Foward’s first open call for funding focuses …›
Current→ Comings and goings: VP leaves Chicago Public Media, Cincinnati Public Radio hires music director …
2024-04-22 Amy Wielunski, who joined Chicago Public Media in 2017, is leaving her VP role to become executive director of VocalEssence, a nonprofit choral music organization in Minneapolis. The post Comings and goings: VP leaves Chicago Public Media, Cincinnati P …›
Storyboard Posts | Nieman Storyboard→ A time capsule of journalism’s romantic age
2024-04-22 By Jacqui Banaszynski If walls could talk, the tales whispered through the rooms of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong would hold me in thrall. The club is a throwback to another time in our profession. It welcomes you like a comforta …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Climate change means new industries, and new scandals, for reporters to learn to cover
2024-04-22 Michelle had a respiratory infection so severe she had to quit her job. Marcos found his arms, torso, and legs covered in hives that wouldn’t go away. Santos, once a star on the soccer field, developed chronic asthma that prevents him from playing wi …›
Current→ Sesame Workshop reaches tentative collective bargaining agreement with writers’ union
2024-04-22 The writers, who are represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, were threatening to picket outside of Sesame Workshop’s New York headquarters if a deal wasn’t reached. The post Sesame Workshop reaches tentative collective bargaining agreeme …›
RJI→ Emotional safety for sources, participants and audiences
2024-04-22 Practical tips for text, video and more from oral storytelling As journalists, many of us proudly think of ourselves as storytellers and culture keepers, not just watchdogs and chroniclers. In the spirit of helping you deepen your storytel …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Columbia in crisis, again
2024-04-22 On April 30, 1968, New York City police officers, acting at the behest of officials at Columbia University, cleared five campus buildings that had been occupied by students protesting various issues linked to the war in Vietnam and the fight for racial …›
Doc Searls Weblog→ Archives as Commons
2024-04-22 The Santa Barbara library, viewed from the county courthouse. Is this where the dead local paper’s archives will go? How about future archives of all the local news organs? The Santa Barbara News-Press was born in 1868 and died in 2023 at age 155 …›
Current→ N.Y. Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney proposes bill to defund NPR
2024-04-19 Tenney’s proposal follows recent criticism of the network spurred by former editor Uri Berliner’s essay for The Free Press. The post N.Y. Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney proposes bill to defund NPR appeared first on Current. …›