American journalists look less and less like the country they cover — in terms of race, class, and background. We need to expand the pool of people who can enter the industry, and an idea from K-12 education might help.
“You could spend hours a day on our home page and read seemingly everything that our newsroom produces and not come across much of our audio. That has increasingly felt odd to us.”
The Devil Strip’s board of directors said on Tuesday that the site had run out of money and needed to raise $75,000 to rehire staff — but didn’t explain how things got so bad in the first place.
“You can apply by sending us a resume, relevant clips, and, in lieu of a traditional cover letter, 800 words describing one recent night out somewhere unforgettable to show us why we must hire you for this frankly insane opportunity.”
“Misinformation targeting Latinos comes from different sources, from chats on popular messaging platforms like WhatsApp to Facebook pages and Latin American YouTube channels. Many of these platforms translate conspiracy theories that originated in English into Spanish. But when that misinformation — from unsupported claims about election fraud to anti-vaccine propaganda and everything in between — makes the leap onto Miami Spanish-language radio (a space dominated by Cuban Americans, a key Republican constituency in Florida), it receives a mainstream stamp of approval from stations that have, in some cases, been a part of people’s daily routines for decades.”
“The site was briefly accessible to the public on Wednesday night, allowing people to create accounts and claim usernames. One account under the handle ‘donaldjtrump’ posted a photo of a pig defecating.”
Outgoing editor Emily Sheffield is the sister-in-law of the former U.K. prime minister David Cameron. Although the Standard is a regional paper, “its large print distribution and proximity to power means many politicians in Westminster treat it as a national outlet.”
The cybergang is called “Evil Corp.” (Really.) Sinclair, which owns or operates 185 television stations in 86 markets, was hit with a ransomware attack earlier this week.
“These journalists aren’t much different from other workers who have opposed employee vaccination mandates, whether in health care, law enforcement, education or any other field — except for one thing: They’re among the best-known people in their communities as a result of beaming into homes for years or even decades.”
“Q: What’s the significance of AP news and information being used on the blockchain? A: Trust. The core purpose of a blockchain is to be a publicly accessible, safe and secure record of verified information.” The AP will work with Chainlink for the project.
Bloomberg / Philip Glamann, Zheping Huang, Colum Murphy, and Ishika Mookerjee
“The ouster of Caixin — a financial news organization that has reported on official corruption, pollution issues and public anger at the government — means its articles cannot appear on the internet platforms such as Sina.com that are popular ways for the Chinese public to consume news.”
“It is a signal that the ‘Gray Lady’ of American publishing, which has amassed 900,000 overseas subscribers with aggressive marketing, is not content with simply reporting the UK through the distanced perspective of a silver-haired foreign correspondent addressing the folks back home.”
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