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“Given the sensitive nature of the news during a widening conflict, and the prominent promotion it received, Times editors should have taken more care with the initial presentation, and been more explicit about what information could be verified.”
“OpenAI’s chatbot seems to favor sources in the language in which the conversation is conducted, and English seems to be the default. In terms of international news, this may mean that non-English-language news outlets are often underrepresented in answers about news stories in their countries.”
CBC’s Because News spent seven years making content for Instagram and YouTube. They got more views on TikTok within two months.
“While we recognize our members need more funding, we’ve decided that’s not our role as a membership association.”
“People in Massachusetts once had more journalism available; they’ve lost more, they have grieved more; they have hungered for what they had. So, they now have been quick to embrace a rebirth of journalism that matters.”
“I don’t want to build animosity between my neighbors because of information I can’t confirm.”
“Good journalism is about doing compelling stories, and we seem to have forgotten that when it comes to climate journalism.”
As smaller newspapers shrink or disappear, it’s easy to romanticize the role they played. But one reporter’s memories of the heyday of local journalism reveal a much more complicated reality.