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“The licensing of networked misogyny is explicit,” Julie Posetti says. “There’s a global rollback of women’s rights happening before our eyes.” Listen to the latest Journalism 2050 with @emilybell and @heatherchaplin, live at @zegfest. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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How journalists writing about AI can avoid hyping the supposed humanity of machines. Read Ask Anika with Anika Collier Navaroli. cjr.org/ask-anika/so-can-ai-…
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How in the world is California paying for its new bill providing state support of local news outlets outlets? By taxing executive compensation above one million dollars. @mattdpearce joins @megreenwell on the Kicker. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Katie Zacharia was out after five days. Where that leaves the role—and the White House Correspondents’ Association—is uncertain, by Jem Bartholomew. cjr.org/the_media_today/what…
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A source tells @banikarim that ABC's error-laden article wasn't published “prematurely,” in the sense of an early publishing accident. The point was that the original piece failed to meet editorial standards and needed more work. cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/ab…
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When you lose a local newspaper, local bond prices go up. @mattdpearce, a journalist turned policymaker, tells @megreenwell how he helped create a landmark new law, on this week's Kicker. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Kicker host @megreenwell interviewed @mattdpearce, a longtime Los Angeles Times reporter who switched to government advocacy, about California’s big bet on government-funded local news. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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The Trump administration’s ideological attacks on public media and education converge at university-based radio stations. Some are breaking free, writes Lucy Schiller. cjr.org/feature/all-theyre-g…
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Big Tech has spent years resisting accountability. As the federal government adopts its own evasion tactics—locking out press, and now investigating news networks—it’s worth remembering journalism’s essential democratic function, writes Jem Bartholomew. cjr.org/the_media_today/demo…
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After thirty years, Fox remains the house Ailes built. Racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and consistently high ratings. Plus: ProPublica’s school experiment, and a New Hampshire investigation with impact in this week's Laurels and Darts with @banikarim. cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/af…
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Can the News Exist Without Big Tech? The Atlas is trying to imagine a future for journalism beyond the reach of Silicon Valley. Natalia Antelava and @simonallison join Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell and @heatherchaplin at @zegfest. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Alison Gerber, a longtime editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, on discovering the paper was being sold. Listen to The Kicker with host @megreenwell podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Israel has killed scores of Palestinian journalists with impunity and waged propaganda campaigns to discredit their work, but a full accounting tells a different story write @AzmatZahra and @aselmousa. cjr.org/feature/gaza-palesti…
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