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Top news of the week: 12.03.2023.

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@mediagazer shared
On Mar 8, 2023
Q&A with Rest of World Editor-in-Chief Anup Kaphle on his vision for the tech outlet, nonprofit status, sole benefactor Sophie Schmidt's involvement, and more (@mathewi / Columbia Journalism Review) https://t.co/wjXsliI0qD https://t.co/VKpWEBaDC3
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Q&A: Anup Kaphle on Rest of World, three years in

Q&A: Anup Kaphle on Rest of World, three years in

<p>When it comes to technology coverage, many media outlets spend the bulk of their time paying attention to what happens in the United States, with occasional articles about what’s ...

@jbenton shared
On Mar 11, 2023
RT @calebecarma: Scoop by me: The demise of Rod Dreher's TAC blog began with him recounting the first time he saw an uncircumcised penis. Upon reading the "primitive root wiener" post, the donor funding Rod's entire salary decided the blog had simply gotten "too weird" https://t.co/BWYf779KZv
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How Rod Dreher’s Blog Got a Little “Too Weird” for The American Conservative

How Rod Dreher’s Blog Got a Little “Too Weird” for The American Conservative

The right-wing commentator’s columns, which were unedited and bankrolled by a single donor, will be shuttered Friday after a 12-year run. Sources say it was ultimately a diatribe on ...

@froomkin shared
On Mar 9, 2023
The redoubtable @DafnaLinzer is fired/quits Politico, and the stated rationale sound like misogynistic bullshit. https://t.co/xWYe91DBHW https://t.co/d4gp6q6vlS
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Dafna Linzer abruptly steps down as Politico’s executive editor

Dafna Linzer abruptly steps down as Politico’s executive editor

Dafna Linzer had clashed with a top Politico executive as new owner Axel Springer expanded global ambitions.

@NiemanLab shared
On Mar 7, 2023
“Both millennials and Gen Z were more than twice as likely to pay for news from independent creators (i.e. email newsletters, video or audio content) than traditional print and digital outlets.” https://t.co/eblIsLRWRQ
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Opinion | A majority of millennials and Gen Zers pay for news, study finds

Opinion | A majority of millennials and Gen Zers pay for news, study finds

But they are more than twice as likely to pay for news from independent creators than traditional print and digital outlets.

@mediagazer shared
On Mar 9, 2023
Interviews with 37 US-based reporters, editors, and others show that newsrooms' social media policies have hard-to-follow rules that raise their personal risk (Nieman Lab) https://t.co/nzeqsADspD https://t.co/puudhEW77k
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Social media policies are failing journalists

Social media policies are failing journalists

Plus: The trouble with journalists' involvement in news literacy programs, soft news as a gateway to propaganda, and social media editors between news and marketing.

@sivavaid shared
On Mar 10, 2023
RT @froomkin: Let's talk about what journalism is, and what Fox isn't. https://t.co/nrz5B6cJNH
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Fox’s big reveal is a teachable moment about journalism

Fox’s big reveal is a teachable moment about journalism

Now is the time to publicly and definitively explain journalism's core values and how Fox does not share them, and to never again allow anyone – the public, the pollsters, the funders, the ...

@jbenton shared
On Mar 9, 2023
RT @imillhiser: I think the biggest story in US politics is that Republicans lost a fair and open debate on how a diverse society should function. And, rather than accept that their ideas are unpopular, they want to use the power of the state to impose their orthodoxy. https://t.co/VETrRtAvya
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Ron DeSantis’s plan to strip First Amendment rights from the press, explained

Ron DeSantis’s plan to strip First Amendment rights from the press, explained

DeSantis wants to destroy a fundament of American free speech law.

@srubenfeld shared
On Mar 7, 2023
RT @Yair_Rosenberg: "The social-media web is built on a lie." Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter enticed users to join with a promise that they could see everything their friends or favorite celebrities posted in one convenient location. None of this is now true. https://t.co/v13EQvGzmm
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How to Take Back Control of What You Read on the Internet

How to Take Back Control of What You Read on the Internet

Social-media algorithms show us what they want us to see, not what we want to see. But there is an alternative.