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#journalism

Josh Renaud
17 minutes ago

This past weekend, STLtoday continued looking deeper into plans to reshape the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

In print, I mapped where parishes were being subsumed and merged in #StLouis city and county — and where they weren't.

And online we charted the networks of parishes that will be sharing pastors.

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/catholics-plan-to-appeal-parish-changes-in-the-st-louis-area-it-may-be-an/article_319404ee-00a7-11ee-9b10-bf4729087248.html

#localjournalism #journalism #news #localnews #stl #religion #catholic #infographics #maps #dataviz #visualization #datajournalism

Print map of changes to parishes in St. Louis.
Online map of networks of parishes that share a pastor.

This is Gobinda Pokharel, Nepal's best environmental journalist. He is also a contributor for The Xylom.

We are the only outlet providing multilingual science coverage of the Third Pole. This is how we grow science with words.

#nepal #environment #news #journalism

https://kathmandupost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/05/kantipur-journo-receives-environmental-journalism-award

EP Technology
2 hours ago

Want to learn more about current developments in science and climate change, meet experts and learn from their experiences?

Then be a part of #Storytelling in Science!

Participate online from 6-10 June: https://rb.gy/14a2j #ESMHSummerSchool @EP_ScienceTech
RT @EP_ScienceTech: Interested in #SciComm & #Science #Journalism?

👉🔴Starting tomorrow at 16h: #ESMHSummerSchool in the @EUparliament @Europarl_EYE

📺Info & watch live: https://sciencemediahub.eu/2023/05/30/e…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Technology/status/1665712739900092421

CincyBlog
2 hours ago

Are any ⁦‪Enquirer‬⁩ journalists involved in this walkout? Locally, I am not aware they are part of a union, but not sure who was taking part.

#Cincinnati #Ohio #Journalism #Gannett

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/business/media/gannett-journalists-walk-out.html

Great Central Gazette
2 hours ago

Meet Molly Lee, our newest work experience temp! Molly is originally from Coventry, but currently studying #journalism at De Montfort University in #Leicester. They are a geek of all things entertainment and enjoy writing local news pieces about charity events and more. Keep an eye out for her work at greatcentralgazette.org 👀

Andy Daitsman
3 hours ago

Given all the radical changes they've perpetrated on American law and society, is it appropriate to continue to refer to the "conservative" majority on the Supreme Court?

#Journalism #TiredTropes #MAGAIsNotTheOnlyExtremism

Chron
4 hours ago

Happy Monday, #fediverse!

Here are some stories to get you started today.

Organizers in Houston are planning to protest the TEA takeover of HISD.
The demonstration will take place at the state-appointed board of managers' first HISD meeting.
Read more >>> https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/hisd-protest-board-managers-june-8-18132696.php

Read the full First Draft newsletter here: https://link.chron.com/view/6149e1b78125da14e85a7ccciva47.pjj/4d8363d1

#news #journalism #texas #houston #austin #dallas #sports #firstdraft #politics

Text: Chron. First Draft. June 5.

Headline 1: Houston organizations plan protest following TEA takeover of HISD

Headline 2: Vidor mom dies after battling meningitis tied to cosmetic surgery

Headline 3: Texas aims to protect a state park through eminent domain process

Headline 4: 16 migrants from Texas flown to Sacramento on private jet

Headline 5: Texas Republicans want to 'reclaim the rainbow' from LGBTQ 

Headline 6: Astros injury update: Jose Altuve misses second straight game

Video in background is of Downtown Houston.
Oisín Breen
4 hours ago

Most of my #business #journalism isn't generalist. This piece, however, is. On its surface, we're talking lawsuits, energy utilities as political football, giants in the playground, pressure, & counter-pressure... Underneath, there's more than just what's at issue for those who invest, there's also a hell of a lot that deals with just how politics is working.

https://riabiz.com/a/2023/6/1/vanguard-group-blackrock-win-brief-ferc-reprieves-but-esg-hostile-ags-may-make-it-illegal-for-them-to-run-index-funds-without-buzz-kill-asterisks-or-worse

#politics #ESG #environment

https://riabiz.com/a/2023/6/1/vanguard-group-blackrock-win-brief-ferc-reprieves-but-esg-hostile-ags-may-make-it-illegal-for-them-to-run-index-funds-without-buzz-kill-asterisks-or-worse

Matthew Rimmer
5 hours ago

‘Journalism mustn’t be silenced’: colleagues to complete slain reporter’s book https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/05/dom-phillips-book-how-to-save-the-amazon How to Save the Amazon will be published so Dom Phillips’ work telling the stories of rainforest defenders does not die with him #journalism #environmentaldefenders #Indigenousip #Amazon #Brazil

Matthew Rimmer
5 hours ago

Brazil police charge alleged mastermind behind murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/05/brazil-police-charge-alleged-mastermind-behind-murders-of-dom-phillips-and-bruno-pereira Alleged leader of ‘transnational criminal organisation’ and a supposed subordinate have been charged over the 2022 murders of journalist and Indigenous expert. #journalism #environmentaldefenders #Indigenousip #Amazon #Brazil

Airplanista 🇺🇦
11 hours ago

Just finished “She Said,” a great look at the pair of NYT journalists who took down Harvey Weinstein.

Well acted, but what kept me into this film was the accurate depiction of how real investigative journalism is done. It makes the term “fake news” kinda laughable when you see to what lengths these two determined women go to in order to get the story right.

If you have ever wondered what happens before the ink hits the paper, watch this one.

https://is.gd/AvOX4y

#movies #film #journalism

Ricardo Harvin
11 hours ago

@davidguilbault That's really racist terminology. "#journalism" 🙄🤮

Cypher
12 hours ago

Roughly 8 months ago we reported on the take over of cnn. With reporting coming out of the #Atlantic this week, we are here to say, "we told you so!"

https://youtu.be/T4bAYnE3M5Y

#cnn #CalledIt #journalists #journalism #commentary #analysis

Mitex Leo
14 hours ago

It's astonishing how many journalists seem to be unaware of the vibrant and thriving Fediverse. Despite their claims that Mastodon has failed and the Fediverse is dead, I find myself greeted with a constant stream of new posts on my feed, appearing almost every second.

Personally, I hold a strong conviction to never support or use corporate proprietary social media platforms. For me, it is a matter of moral obligation to steer clear of them.

#fediverse #journalism #mastodon #KnowBeforeYouTalk #pixelfed #fedinews

shplink
15 hours ago

Good times.

Merciless profile of Chris Licht, the dimwit tasked with making CNN more appealing to conservatives
https://boingboing.net/2023/06/04/merciless-profile-of-chris-licht-the-dimwit-tasked-with-making-cnn-more-appealing-to-conservatives.html

#journalism #cnn

"In the meantime, everyone (myself included) who is still on #Twitter has some hard questions to ask themselves. There is no pretending any more that Twitter is anything other than a far-right social network headed by a CEO who revels in chaos and is platforming extremism. So why are news organisations still on it? Why is anyone who considers themselves to have liberal values still on it?"

🤣
#journalism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/03/twitter-conservative-media-elon-musk-ron-desantis

Shan
20 hours ago

As an aside, one thing I really appreciate about The Guardian is their willingness to call it what it is: The Climate Crisis.

#GeorgeMonbiot #Environment #ClimateChange #Diet #Food #Farming #TheGuardian #Journalism

Shan
20 hours ago

A new read.

Part way into chapter 2. The first chapter was all about soil. I'm fascinated and have already learned so much about this understudied ecosystem. Looking forward to what else he has to share. George Monbiot is one of my favourite journalists at The Guardian. Strongly recommend his work.

#GeorgeMonbiot #Environment #ClimateChange #Diet #Food #Farming #TheGuardian #Journalism

Finally, we're going to have someone who can ask hard questions and follow up on those empty and vapid responses.

#ChuckTodd #MeetThePress #journalism #USpolitics

https://news.yahoo.com/chuck-todd-leaving-nbc-political-140117663.html

SomeGadgetGuy
22 hours ago

We play this silly game EVERY year with lazy headlines, and then have to spend time EXPLAINING how all this stuff really works

https://somegadgetguy.com/2023/06/04/the-galaxy-s23-ultra-does-not-cost-469-to-make-stop-lying-to-your-readers-and-viewers/

The Galaxy S23 Ultra Does NOT cost $469 to Make. Please Stop Lying to Your Readers and Viewers…

#tech #technology #smartphone #geek #gadgets #electronics #business #news #samsung #apple #google #editorial #journalism

Shawn in Montreal
23 hours ago

"While the CNN staffing cuts and departmental restructuring may help the parent company’s bottom line, there is a growing sense that it is starting to fuel efforts by CNN rivals."

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cnn-sheds-anchors-producers-rivals-lisa-ling-ana-cabrera-1235629242/

#ChrisLicht #CNN #TV #USpoli #journalism

Anthony Eichberger
1 day ago

My review of Deborah A. Cohen's "Last Call at the Hotel Imperial" -- a massive undertaking, well-researched and informative.

A must-read if you want to learn more about the "Hemingrebels" (aka "the Lost Generation")...

https://medium.com/reading-raccoons-ruminations-regurgitation/book-review-last-call-at-the-hotel-imperial-by-deborah-cohen-8927e384d550?sk=c34b6efb494d9621910ef6e3dcbafc3a

#History #Books #Literature
#Nonfiction #Literary #Review
#Generations #ForeignPolicy
#ForeignAffairs #WorldHistory
#International #Relations
#Journalism #Global #Conflict

Steve Thompson
1 day ago

Good news!

"Chuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show ‘Meet the Press’"

https://apnews.com/article/chuck-todd-nbc-press-welker-88e21c5602b15b3ef298a8909f3601f2 @msnbc #journalism #4E

Barney
1 day ago

This is great news! Chuck Todd was perhaps the most disastrously incompetent host of any of the Sunday morning news shows. He was an utter disgrace and he had no business being on television.

#USPol #Journalism

https://apnews.com/article/chuck-todd-nbc-press-welker-88e21c5602b15b3ef298a8909f3601f2

Fuck Elon :mastodon:
1 day ago

Two young boys get killed by gunshots while playing with kittens in their own yard.

Sounds like "The Onion", but it isn't. To add insult to injury, quite literally, #CBS identifies them as #immigrants. They "came to America" from ...Puerto Rico!

Being an immigrant should not be an insult, but this kind of ignorance is, and it has a purpose.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boys-killed-playing-kittens-yard-jesus-perez-salome-sebastian-perez-salome-lebanon-pennsylvania/
#racism #guncontrol #journalism #journalists #news

The family had come to the United States in 2019 to chase the American dream of finding better opportunities than what was offered on their Caribbean island. But life had not been easy. Only a year ago, they had lost everything they owned in a fire at their previous apartment that started because of an electrical problem, Muniz Torres said.
Seth 🎙️ :wp_fedi:
1 day ago

If CNN could be more center btwn Fox and MSNBC, I can see it not being that bad. But TBH, I fear it'll go all the way RIGHT.

Thoughts?

#journalism #cablenews

Miguel Afonso Caetano
1 day ago

#USA #PressFreedom #Journalism #News #Assange #Wikileaks: "All that matters in this case is that Assange was engaging in acts of journalism indistinguishable from the acts carried out every day in the New York Times, the Guardian and elsewhere. If he can be prosecuted for those acts, so can they.

It’s why virtually every single civil liberties, press freedom and human rights organization in the world has repeatedly urged the justice department to drop these dangerous charges.

Now, all newspapers know this. It’s why when the charges first came out every editor condemned them. Since then, the New York Times and the Guardian have signed a letter calling the charges “dangerous” and for them to be dropped. But that’s not sufficient. There’s not been consistent pressure on the justice department, there’s no campaigning by the newspapers, there’s no constant reminders on social media – nothing."

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/04/julian-assange-us-justice-department-wikileaks

C.
2 days ago

I've known a fellow now for many years - I think of him as a #friend, though all of our interaction from the start has been over IP packets. He served the #USA in #Vietnam and paid a price for it, and then went back as a #war #journalist. He mostly writes #opinion columns now, but did a lot of different #freelance #journalism things.

He's truly Seen Things no man should see. As such, his writings are sometimes hard to read. But perhaps you'd like to give it a shot.

https://fredoneverything.org/memorial-day-i-am-going-to-kill-the-next-person-who-says-thank-you-for-your-service/

Bruce Fulton
2 days ago
GhostOnTheHalfShell
2 days ago

Simon Clark returns with a great revisit of an Inconvenient Truth, inaccuracies as well as ones that are consistent with the science known at the time and a lot to say about journalism and platforms.

Gore was made a target by science denial, so in general I don’t think his own grand standing would have mattered. The political interests funding denialism has deep delusional drives to discredit academia.

23 min video

https://youtu.be/uxiHzjH-uIo

#climatechange #journalism #ClimateScience

gwfoto
2 days ago

Hearts and Minds Media

Voice of America and Radio Free Europe have broadcast in dozens of languages.

How’s that going in Afghanistan?

“The US tends to put things in moral frameworks that are often a distortion of what they’re actually doing,” Hannah Gurman, a scholar at New York University who has studied hearts-and-minds campaigns, says.

“It’s always obscuring the actual violence of US power in these places.

It’s always propaganda.”

#Journalism

https://www.cjr.org/podcast/hearts-and-minds-media.php

Kevin :ve:
2 days ago

“…So why are #news organisations still on it? Why is anyone who considers themselves to have liberal values still on it?
Ego is probably the main answer to that question. A lot of journalists have built up very large followings on Twitter… It’s time to start trying, though: we can’t keep hand-wringing about #Twitter turning into a cocktail party for Nazis while stubbornly refusing to leave the room.”
#journalism #Media #socialmedia #oligarchy #extremism
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/03/twitter-conservative-media-elon-musk-ron-desantis

@nedhamson

I'm sorry did you say that news.com.au is Australia's leading news site?

By who's fucking measure?

Australia's least reliable news site.
Australia's biggest source of lies pretending to be news.
Australia's leading advertising arm of the RWCNJ LNP cvnts.
Australia's leading employer of stenographers pretending to be journalists whilst not having any writing skills.
Australia's only employer who tells all staff to leave their ethics at the door.

#newscorp #newscorpse #murdochisacunt
#murdoch #liar #journalism #lol

vruz
2 days ago

Identify the fascist-friendly news organisation.

#journalism

GhostOnTheHalfShell
2 days ago

potholer54 (Peter Hadfield)

This 4-minute video got climate "denialists" very excited (and doesn't say what they think it says!)

23 min video

potholer debunks climate denialism.

This particular story may be relevant to the climatology community in some contexts. The denialists have got themselves another viral video. forwarned is forearmed.

https://youtu.be/v9zAtqrDpzY

#climatechange #climate #journalism

A reminder that when authorities give themselves greater clampdown power, they'll use it against anyone they don't like
https://skwawkbox.org/2023/05/31/uk-police-detain-uk-investigative-journalist-klarenberg-and-grill-him-over-journalism-political-views/
#UK #Skwawkbox #Journalism #Fascism

David Todd McCarty
2 days ago

Rome. A different sort of political magazine.

https://medium.com/rome-magazine

#Politics #Medium #Journalism

Rome Magazine. Image of a woman giving the camera the middle finger.
Martin Holland
2 days ago

Uff, what a portrait. Can you recover from that?
Brilliant Text!

Inside the #Meltdown at #CNN

CEO #ChrisLicht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious #journalism. How did it all go wrong?

#TheAtlantic #News #TV #longread

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255

The final paragraph...🧐

'On Friday, Puck News reported that Licht was no longer in control of #CNN business operations. 🤠

David Leavy, a Zaslav lieutenant, was appointed chief operating officer.'
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/03/trump-cnn-town-hall-chris-licht-atlantic #trumptownhall :blobnom: #journalism

Laure
2 days ago

@wdlindsy and yet pathetic #journalists cling to the platform #journalism #Twitter

Natasha Jay :mastodon:
2 days ago

"... everyone (myself included) who is still on Twitter has some hard questions to ask themselves. There is no pretending any more that Twitter is anything other than a far-right social network headed by a CEO who revels in chaos and is platforming extremism. So why are news organisations still on it? Why is anyone who considers themselves to have liberal values still on it?

"Ego is probably the main answer to that question. A lot of journalists have built up very large followings on Twitter. Nostalgia is another factor ..."

Full article by Arwa Mahdawi at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/03/twitter-conservative-media-elon-musk-ron-desantis

#Twitter #Twittermigration #Journalism #ElonMusk

gbhnews
2 days ago

Yesterday was a little noisy 🥳 with #Newstodon Friday and I wanted to make sure all #fediverse friends realize that investigative journalist and #typewriter enthusiast @Singernews is here among us now!

Could you give him a warm welcome? thx! #journalism #journalists #news

Tim Verstynen
2 days ago

Dear journalists,

For the love of God, please stop calling anything that uses machine learning or data science "artificial intelligence".

It is about as accurate as calling anything that transports humans a "boat".

- Me

#AI #journalism

Francois Heinderyckx
2 days ago

@jeffjarvis

12 Print Evolves: Until 1800
13 Aesthetics of Print
14 Steam and the Mechanization of Print
15 Electricity and the Industrialization of Media
16 The Meaning of It All

PART III: Leaving the Parenthesis
17 Conversation vs. Content
18 Death of the Mass
19 Creativity and Control
20 Institutional Revolutions

#TheGutenbergParenthesis
#Journalism #Media #History #commodon @communicationscholars

Cover of the book "The Gutenberg Parenthesis" by Jeff Jarvis.
Francois Heinderyckx
2 days ago

Nothing beats a fresh look at the past to make sense of the present. “The Gutenberg Parenthesis” by @jeffjarvis is high on my Summer reading list. E-book offers generous portion as a free sample.

PART I: The Gutenberg Parenthesis
1 The Parenthesis
2 Print's Presumptions
3 Trepidation

PART II: Inside the Parenthesis
4 What Came Before
5 How to Print
6 Gutenberg
7 After the Bible
8 Print Spreads
9 The Troubles
10 Creation with Print
11 The Birth of the Newspaper

#Journalism
#History

Julia S.
3 days ago

THE MYTH OF THE “SELF-MADE” PLUTOCRAT and its impact throughout US society, with some encouraging dispatches from places where other ideas, like mutual aid and cooperatives, are working. Well researched, wide-ranging reporting. B PLUS

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bootstrapped-alissa-quart?variant=40517189599266

@bookstodon

#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #nonfiction #history #economics #politics #journalism

Chotiner, Koppel, Kissinger: New Yorker journalist famous for skewering morally compromised people skewers Ted Koppel for befriending a war criminal
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/ted-koppel-on-covering-and-befriending-henry-kissinger
#journalism #kissinger #politics #chotiner #koppel #-

Dan Kennedy
3 days ago

This is why I was willing to cut Chris Licht some slack right up until the Trump town hall. I agree with him here, and it’s a shame that his tenure has been such a disaster.

“Licht sought to differentiate CNN from both networks—slamming Fox News for being a duplicitous propaganda outfit, and rebuking MSNBC for trafficking in hysteria.” #journalism https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255/

Chron
3 days ago

Happy #followfriday and #Newstodon Friday #fediverse! We're Chron, Houston's source for culture and commentary.

Here's a few of our favorite stories from this week:

🐘 First up, did you know elephants at the Houston zoo take daily yoga classes? Read more here: https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/houston-zoo-elephant-yoga-18129938.php

#introduction #news #journalists #journalism #sports #culture #animals

Tess the elephant, who will be 40 in July, does a handstand as part of her daily exercises at the Houston Zoo.
JamesWNeal
3 days ago

FB: one person likes a post linking to a Phoenix TV story about an Asian-American veteran standing up for his rights in conservative Wickenberg, AZ

Twitter: Crickets. We're still waiting.

Mastodon: Dozens share it. Many people comment and begin talking to each other. It helps that the man is on Mastodon and is participating, but the post started getting boosted long before that.

FB & Twitter are anti-social media.

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/political-sign-lands-veteran-in-free-speech-debate-with-police

#journalism #democracy #firstAmendment
@Yoshi

Chron
3 days ago

Happy Friday, #fediverse!

Here are some stories to get you started today.

Everything Texans need to know about poison hemlock, an invasive plant found growing in the state that is highly toxic.
Read more >>> https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/texas-poisonous-plant-hemlock-18128605.php

Read the full First Draft newsletter here: https://link.chron.com/view/6149e1b78125da14e85a7ccciusrg.wax/c8e14c36

#news #journalism #texas #houston #austin #dallas #sports #firstdraft #politics

Text: Chron. First Draft. June 2.

Headline 1: Poisonous plant masquerading as wildflower found growing in Texas

Headline 2: Houston-area rep called out for language during Facebook exchange

Headline 3: DeSantis plans 3-day fundraising swing through Texas next week

Headline 4: TX Sen. Angela Paxton could cote in husband's impeachment trial

Headline 5: DeAndre Hopkins to the Texans? There might be truth to the rumors

Headline 6: Unique animal born at Houston Zoo named in honor of Mayor Turner
gbhnews
3 days ago

It's #Newstodon Friday again, the day where #news organizations who are active here on #Mastodon show you their best work!

#JOURNALISM SUPER FRIENDS ASSEMBLE!

@damemagazine @TexasObserver @kcts9 @themarkup @thexylom @mongabay @TucsonSentinel @Chron @ProPublica

Greg Lloyd
3 days ago

@NewsDesk

A fine example of tick-tock journalism. No, not TikTok

See https://www.politico.com/story/2009/12/the-art-of-the-tick-tock-030248

#journalism

gbhnews
3 days ago

#fediverse friends! pls welcome @Singernews!

Teach him all yr good #fediverse tips and @fedifollows -- esp. about good hashtags for #journalism!

So many folks come here and feel like there's nothing going on, you know? But we can fix that! 😁

Also #typewriter folks assemble!!!

gbhnews
3 days ago

It's #Newstodon Friday again and today we have something very very special! We have 3 new or newly awakened accounts from folks in our newsroom...follow them & give them all your best #fediverse tips!

@meghansmith covers #disability and #reproductive rights and much more!

@AZITA is our #politics editor (and a funny dissector of #realitytv

@Singernews is our #investigative #journalism editor and a collector of #typewriters!

Please welcome all these folks as they make their #introduction!

Dan Kennedy
3 days ago

Very rarely I check out The New York Times' replica edition, which is buried under stacks of menus. Prompted by a reader, I just looked, and it seems to be gone. Does anyone know what happened? #journalism

GhostOnTheHalfShell
3 days ago

Beau with important comments regarding election and Twitter. The pigsty of the blue check mark and fake accounts presents huge problem. Nobody will even be who they seem to be. I have to wonder at individuals who do not prepare for alternatives.

4 min video

https://youtu.be/nnDKd9JvfUk

#uspol #twitter #DemocraticParty #journalism

The Third Pole EN
3 days ago

🎙️ UPCOMING TWITTER SPACE!

🌱 Join us this #WorldEnvironmentDay as our editors Ramesh Bhushal, Zobaidur Rahman, Farahnaz Zahidi, Joydeep Gupta and Atika Rehman discuss the importance of environmental stories from the #HimalayanWatershed.

📅 Mon, June 5th

⏰ Set a reminder: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1kvJpmRyLQdxE?s=20

#twitterspace #twitter #editors #stories #environmentday #webinar #discussion #environmentaljournalism #journalism #reporting #Himalayas #southasia

Claire Miller
3 days ago

#FOI reveals crimes on trains and at railway stations since the start of 2021.

There were 74 offences in Wrexham and 102 in Flintshire - with the most common crime in both being railway trespass (22 in Wrexham and 26 in Flintshire).

https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/23538447.trespassing-common-crime-wrexham-flintshire-railways/

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Claire Miller
3 days ago

An alternative to how many traffic penalties were handed out - who is getting the fines?

#FOI reveals since full enforcement started on April 1, only 34% of penalties issued by Tunbridge Wells Council were to vehicles registered in the Borough.

https://www.timeslocalnews.co.uk/local-news/visitors-to-town-receive-two-thirds-of-traffic-ban-fines/

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Claire Miller
3 days ago

More than 3,000 West Midlands residents are facing lengthy waiting times for council-managed allotments, with some waiting over six years for a plot.

On average, residents are waiting approximately 35 months for a plot according to #FOI.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/cost-of-living/2023/05/30/people-in-the-west-midlands-waiting-up-to-six-years-for-allotment-plots-as-demand-soars/

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Claire Miller
3 days ago

At what speed are those breaching the limit most likely to be caught out?

When it comes to speed cameras or mobile vans in hotspot locations, it is drivers doing between 40 and 49mph who are caught speeding most often, according to an #FOI

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/speed-limit-drivers-most-often-26987841

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Claire Miller
3 days ago

Met police are planning to cut the number of mental health callouts they attend.

21 forces that responded ton an #FOI all showed an increase since 2017.

In Merseyside, mental health-related incidents increased from 7,629 in 2017 to 28,039 last year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64891572

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Claire Miller
3 days ago

The total weekly bill was £582,834 for 4,611 children, with 721 pupils getting taxis to school outside their local authority area, an #FOI reveals.

The biggest spender was Stockport at £138,515, though the highest number of pupils was 1,161 in Salford.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-councils-spending-over-26994658

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Claire Miller
3 days ago

More Scottish patients are choosing to go private, #FOI shows.

In 2019-20, 1,821 patients were removed from waiting lists at the four boards after deciding to have their treatment privately instead. In 2022-23 it was 2,669, an increase of 46.5 per cent.

https://inews.co.uk/news/scotland/scottish-patients-giving-up-on-nhs-waiting-lists-and-going-private-figures-show-2381032

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Claire Miller
3 days ago

Two machine guns and nearly 2,000 rounds of ammunition have been lost by the Ministry of Defence in the last two years, an #FOI reveals.

The Government department admitted lethal weapons and bullets vanished in 2021 and 2022.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/machine-guns-pistols-rifle-ammunition-30085524

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Claire Miller
3 days ago

The ICO is generally going to expect the public authority to explain the information or put it in context instead.

The number of fines may just be the number of fines, it doesn't have to say anything about the success/failure of the scheme.

So the public interest may override.

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Claire Miller
3 days ago

Bristol Council plan to release the fines data after a year: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/revealing-number-bristol-clean-air-8444974

While refusing to speed up publication because it means extra pressure on staff can be a legitimate reason, the requested information being potentially misleading or confusing is unlikely to be.

This week's #FOIFriday: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/06/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-2-6-2023-foifriday/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism

Robert Kingett
4 days ago

Turned off Javascript forever because writers can't stop embedding tweets into their publications. #Journalism

Dan Kennedy
4 days ago

I had a LOT of fun writing the newsletter this week after deciding I was going to write it in the style of an LLM chatbot. Pure goofy fun.

If you think that might be fun to read, you have a few hours to sign up. The newsletter is $5/month and I depend on it to keep my independent news site running! I'd be so grateful if you'd join us!

#trans #journalism #pride

https://www.assignedmedia.org/newsletter

Dan Kennedy
5 days ago

This is intriguing to say the least. Imtiaz Patel is leaving as CEO of The Baltimore Banner, one of the most respected nonprofit startups, to take a high-level job at Gannett. #LocalNews #journalism https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/nonprofit-philanthropy/imtiaz-patel-baltimore-banner-ceo-publisher-VWFOL6HXU5GF5OS3U2ERB67FDQ/

Transgender tee shirts for toddlers? What could go wrong with scaring people with the idea that that's something.

#journalism #media #trans #pride

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/brand-controversies-amplify-lie-that-pride-is-dangerous-to-children

gbhnews
5 days ago

omgggg!!! what a day! You all have awakened the MIGHTY @azita, our #Politics editor!

She is one of the very most interesting of my newsroom colleagues but she's having that classic new-to-the #fediverse situation where you log in and it feels like nothing is happening.

Pls follow her and connect her to ALL THE THINGS and of course tell her all about #FensterFreitag and #Caturday and @FediFollows!!! #politics #introduction #introductions #news #journalism

gbhnews
5 days ago

OMG! Guys, my colleague @meghansmith has arrived on the #fediverse scene. Pls give her a warm welcome & yr best #fediverse tips & follows.

Meghan has carved out a beat on #disability and #accessibility and also does A+ Instagram Reels. A short thread of Meghan's work in replies to this toot:

#journalism #journalists #news #newstodon

CNN's ratings are tanking since the Trump Town Hall. (Good, they deserve to.)

"Perhaps CNN’s leaders are new at this and didn’t know how [the Trump Town Hall] would play out; perhaps they were fully aware this is what would happen, and they allowed it to play out anyway. Either way you slice it, they don’t come out looking good."

https://newrepublic.com/article/172986/chris-licht-cnn-trump-ratings #USPol #CNN #TrumpTownHall #journalism

Jane Rosenberg LaForge
6 days ago

Cumberland County, Pa. #newspaper to cut #publication schedule in half, says it is “changing with the habits of its readers.” Depressing. #journalism

https://www.pennlive.com/business/2023/05/cumberland-county-newspaper-to-cut-publication-schedule-in-half.html

Melanie Sill
6 days ago

@jayrosen_nyu Many suitable alternatives, some of which I have seen in coverage: Hard-line, hard-right, far-right, extreme right. The word "conservative" politically has lost its meaning.#journalism #USPol

Josh Renaud
6 days ago

The preview image on this #Reuters graphics piece had me scratching my head ... was it a graphical glitch caused by Twitter's poor image resizing algorithms (which have messed up plenty of my textmode screenshots in the past)? ... Or was it intentional?

Either way, it's kind of cool ... it's like a photo slowly becoming an Atari 400/800/XL/XE screen.

#journalism #pixelart #graphics #art #retrocomputing #newsgraphics #news

This morning on Assigned we're looking at how the sausage of extermination is being sold to the mainstream public by mainstream conservative columnists.

Jonah Goldberg wrote today in the LA Times about the upside of political violence targeting brands who advertise to the queer community.

He didn't refer to violent threats, of course. No, no, those are just "excesses" of the "anti-woke campaign." #journalism #trans

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/la-times-columnist-sees-silver-lining-in-domestic-terrorism

Melanie Sill
1 week ago

No surprise that #Succession is the show finale the mainstream political press is covering obsessively… as with #SNL, it’s a show that decision makers at these orgs think is important. But it’s not the most watched streaming show by far, nor is #SNL today a show that merits weekly recaps in major newspapers. Leaders at the #WashingtonPost and #NewYorkTimes make choices that reflect their world views — biases — by deciding what to cover and not cover. Goes far beyond TV. #journalism #USPol

Jay Rosen
1 week ago

It's wired in, it's blatant, and it's old news, but to me it remains pretty remarkable that the establishment press in the U.S. uses the term "conservative" to mean any action the extreme right wing favors.

The more extreme the act, the more "conservative" are the actors!

Thus, the Freedom Caucus in the House — the members of which are the most ready to let the U.S. default on its debt — are routinely described as the most conservative faction in the government.

#uspol #science #journalism

Adam Cook
1 week ago

For the millionth time… editors, the #media and #journalists… a #Tesla vehicle is, **at no time**, capable of “self-driving”.

There is no “self-driving mode”.

Publishing these terms and descriptions only serve to advance Tesla’s and #Musk’s lies and are an immense public safety hazard.

https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2023/05/michigan-woman-hospitalized-after-self-driving-tesla-crashes-into-tree.html

#Michigan #FSDBeta #Journalism

bry
1 week ago

Peace! You can call me Bry, they/them. I was born in 2002, and am 21 at time of writing.

I call myself a storyteller because I do many forms of storytelling and it's a nice summary of all of them. Currently, I'm focusing on #writing, mostly #journalism. I am also interested in #theatre, the #marchingarts, #music, and other forms of telling stories.

I am #disabled in several ways. I wear ear defenders regularly, and probably need to start using some sort of mobility aid. If you wanna talk about shared experiences, it would be my pleasure!

I am #muslim, and love studying and learning about all religions. I am considering becoming a chaplain of some kind. I feel I may be able to help other queer and progressive folk who feel alienated by their religious communities.

I am also plural—the world inside our head is massive, confusing, and terrifying. We mostly present as a single individual, though. It's just what works for us/me.

I am some sort of communist, though I haven't been able to read much theory. I think living your beliefs is more important than academeizing them anyway.

I have a deep hatred of car dependent infrastructure and car culture. I try to live my life without using a car as much as possible. I guess that falls under #urbanism, though I can't think of a super clever way to incorporate that tag.

My DMs are open, if you ever want to talk! You can ask for my discord or instagram as well. I hope you find something worthwhile here!

Steve Herman
1 week ago

Here's something I wrote for @JURISTnews about the fraught historic relationship between the #WhiteHouse and its press corps -- a topic I'll explore in greater depth in a book to be published next year. https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2023/05/white-house-at-odds/ #journalism #media #presidency