• Journalism • Press Freedom

    The MAGA Assault on the Media Is Picking Up Steam

    CHRIS LEHMANN

    The Nation

    Trump’s courts-based intimidation campaign against the press descends from handiwork of one of his most prominent Silicon Valley backers, venture capitalist and neo-reactionary ghoul Peter Thiel.

    Published On: 02/03/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Capitulation is Contagious

    Adrienne LaFrance

    The Atlantic

    The brave few who stood up to the magnates of the Gilded Age came to mind this month, when Ann Telnaes, a Washington Post cartoonist, resigned over the paper’s refusal to publish a cartoon in which she skewered today’s titans of industry—­Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Post, among them.

    Published On: 01/23/2025

  • Journalism

    Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask And Help Others Once You Are Out of Immediate Danger

    SCOT NAKAGAWA

    The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook

    When an authoritarian regime takes over, NGOs, advocacy nonprofits, and activist organizations face significant threats.

    Published On: 01/20/2025

  • Journalism

    How a great nonprofit news organization would cover national politics

    DAN FROOMKIN

    Press Watch

    Unlike commercial news organizations, it would be accessible, explanatory, committed to fighting disinformation, and crusading.

    Published On: 01/12/2025

  • Journalism • Technology

    Liberals Are Left Out in the Cold as Social Media Veers Right

    Sheera Frenkel

    New York Times

    Hundreds of thousands of posts lauding Mr. Trump’s victory filled Truth Social, the social platform that the president-elect owns. Speculation about what the new administration would accomplish ran rampant on X, which is owned by Elon Musk. Gab, Parler and other right-wing social media sites were flooded with thousands of memes glorifying Mr. Trump.

    Published On: 11/17/2024

  • Journalism • Social Media

    The Media Pipeline

    GEORGE A. POLISNER

    https://bomdia.substack.com

    Hint: It's Dangerously Corroded

    Published On: 10/14/2024

  • Journalism • Press Freedom

    RSF creates “mirror” of leading Russian exile news site blocked by Kremlin

    Reporters Without Borders

    Reporters Without Borders

    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has used the mirror site technology of its Collateral Freedom operation to unblock access to Meduza, the most popular Russian independent news website.

    Published On: 11/03/2022

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Safety

    Equally Safe

    Jennifer Robinson, Dr Keina Yoshida

    Article 19

    What might a feminist approach to the protection of journalists look like? What concrete benefits might it bring? And could it provide solutions to the well-documented – and highly gendered – abuse that women journalists face every day?

    Published On: 05/03/2022

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