“While there is even more need for this intervention than when we began the project, the initiative needs more resources than the current team can provide.”
“If there are resources to be put to work, we must ask where those resources should come from, who should receive them, and on what basis they should be distributed.”
“Whether intentional or not, the legislation we examined created potential opportunities to diminish opposing voices and decrease media freedom — both of which are particularly important in countries holding elections.”
It would, um, “champion the same values of ‘truth and traditional’ as The Epoch Times” and, er, “nurture in the next generation of media professionals,” ahem, “the highest standards of personal integrity, fairness, and truth-seeking.”
“We know this may not be seen as traditional journalism, which is generally known for being dispassionate, reliant on inside sources, and indifferent to profitability.”
Ten years ago today, a new app arrived to strip the “media” out of social media, reducing messaging to two little letters. It burned bright, but not for long.
“While there is even more need for this intervention than when we began the project, the initiative needs more resources than the current team can provide.”
“In an email sent out Thursday afternoon to all Columbia students, faculty and staff, President Minouche Shafik said she had authorized the NYPD to enter the university — even as reporters were blocked from entering the campus to cover the arrests. “
“We wanted to try to address all of these issues through some recipes that try to get at the complexity, cost, and conscience involved in making our meals. And we wanted to do that while avoiding the pitfalls of condescending cooking initiatives like the ‘Blue Apron-style’ SNAP proposal of the Trump administration.”
“There’s more coverage of Gaza because there’s more suffering in Gaza, because the story is changing daily in Gaza, because the humanitarian crisis is in Gaza and because the deaths of so many journalists in Gaza and the refusal of the IDF to let reporters travel freely in Gaza make documenting the complete story difficult, if not impossible.”
“The Markup will continue to operate independently under the CalMatters brand, but there are already conversations underway about ways to align the brands’ products and resources over time, said CalMatters CEO Neil Chase.”
“A first instance court sentenced Mohamed Boughalleb, 60, to six months in prison after a civil servant sued him for a social-media post questioning government spending on travel… Some 20 Tunisian reporters are currently facing trial for charges linked to their work, [Tunisian press union SNJT] says.”
“‘I believe it’s my responsibility to, like, make sure that young people still dream of being journalists,’ [Highsnobiety EIC Willa Bennett] said. ‘We just need to keep iterating and continuing to stretch what it means.'”
“Amid the economic gloom, Foster has what many media outlets crave: a devoted readership willing to pay for content. Around 10 percent of his 36,000 subscribers are paying readers, he said, who fork over $6 per month or $50 per year.”
“The appeal built on Shupe’s argument about her disabilities, saying she should be granted copyright because she used ChatGPT as an assistive technology to communicate, comparing her use of OpenAI’s chatbot to an amputee using a prosthetic leg. The appeal claimed that the U.S. Copyright Office ‘discriminated against her because of her disability.’”
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