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Now he just does it on live TV.

The BBC asked marginalized groups how it could do better. They didn’t hold back. "They're going to the shop for sense-making, I think. And there's nothing on the shelf."

"“If you ask people ‘are you interested in your place in the world? Do you want to understand the world?’ Everyone says yes. But if you ask ‘does status quo journalism help you do any of those things?’ They say no."

We Need A New Deal To Save Local Journalism | Defector During the first week of the fires, I would go up to my building’s roof once a day. I’d look at the Los Angeles skyline at whatever shade of yellow-orange-brown muck the fires had delivered that day a...

"If the U.S. does not support a robust and healthy local ecosystem, there will be even fewer journalists to provide key information in the next community hit by disaster."

Fantastic article by @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social driving home the life-and-death necessity of local media.

Each email and call log is a different violent rioter who assaulted me in the tunnel. If you are defending these people who brutally assaulted the police, maybe you ARE NOT a supporter of the police and the rule of law to begin with. If you did you would want accountability.

We need to keep working to a future where tech expands on that principle of giving more voice to the voiceless. Lets hope this is a last gasp of the powers threatened when more people speak.

What algorithms have wrought the last 10yrs is devastating. But another way of looking at our moment is as a reaction to the gains made in the first 15yrs. Demand for equity & equality emerged bc more ppl had access to distributing their ideas. That's a good thing. 1/2

Slack is fine and whatever but I would abandon it in a second for an otherwise identical app that allowed me to put gifs in threaded convos.

My president-obsessed 6-year-old immediately 1updated his presidents book, the same book my wife updated when she was a kid. RIP Mr. President.

Musk does loudly what Zuckerberg does quietly. After the mirage of endless, cheap distribution news media need to invest in rebuilding their own distribution channels that align with both their businesses (loyal audiences) and their ethics (do no harm).

A glimpse of how Facebook operates. 1. It sponsors research into news avoidance and lack of trust in news. 2. It throttles links to news articles, but frames drop in engagement as lack of interest…3. In times of crisis it shuts off citizen access to news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There is no one "right" model. There are a lot of bad paywalls out there, but there's also a lot of great journalism made possibly only because paywalls protect and insist on its value.

This proposed fund needs to extend beyond Trump's targets. Many of the 250 indie news publishers I work w/are bracing for the onslaught of lawsuits from local Trump wannabes. Trump is setting a playbook for others & these publishers need protection - far more than NYT or ABC @joshtpm.bsky.social

So excited for this launch, and to support the Eagle's transition!

my glass coffin company “remains to be seen” is not doing as well as i thought it would.

Long live The Verge! Long live blogs!

Blue and black.

Tell Will to get on BlueSky so I can follow him.

"The second Trump admin ... represents the most direct and sustained threat to the 1st Amendment & the freedom of the press any of us will ever experience."

'Even if we win, we lose:' Wisconsin news site raises money for legal fees after politician sues for defamation - Wausau Pilot & Review By Sarah Lehr | Wisconsin Public Radio A nonprofit news site in central Wisconsin is raising money to help cover its legal fees after being sued by a

There are already examples. This stuff is seriously chilling.

wausaupilotandreview.com/2023/08/17/e...

I've spent the last 2 weeks talking to indie local news publishers about what the election means for the business of journalism. One fear I heard: this tactic is going to be used a lot, including by local officials. NYT will be fine, but many orgs cannot survive a SLAPP suit.

It's not the most insidious or outrageous thing or anything, but what really gets me is... It's just bad writing.

It's got electrolytes.

Starter packs are cool but BlueSky really won me over by politely asking if I wanted to use my default browser the first time I clicked a link.

Kinda feel like the world in Idiocracy is better than where we're heading.