Links on Twitter: Schiller’s departure, TPM’s ad sales, PR’s future

"As long as reporters can come up with such great descriptive prose the future of journalism is entirely bright" http://nie.mn/gEWtEq »

How to safeguard your computer at a coffee shop: practical brilliance from Gizmodo http://nie.mn/gx2yUi »

Does PR have a future? http://nie.mn/eSbbbT »

Wow. TPM’s direct ad sales rose 69% between 2009 and 2010 http://nie.mn/eyCjyR »

Al Jazeera is launching an English-language children’s channel http://nie.mn/feKrdP »

RT @CJR: Timely re-read: "NPR Amps Up. Can Vivian Schiller build a journalism juggernaut?" From March/April 2010 CJR http://bit.ly/eTf27E »

"I’m told by sources that she was forced out," Folkenflik says of Vivian Schiller resignation http://nie.mn/fV6c1G »

Fantastic, important listening: @emilybell on the future of online journalism (via @mathewi) http://nie.mn/fFd3D4 »

Sarah Scire

Seeking “innovative,” “stable,” and “interested”: How The Markup and CalMatters matched up

Nonprofit news has seen an uptick in mergers, acquisitions, and other consolidations. CalMatters CEO Neil Chase still says “I don’t think we’ve seen enough yet.”

Jonathan Stray

“Objectivity” in journalism is a tricky concept. What could replace it?

“For a long time, ‘objectivity’ packaged together many important ideas about truth and trust. American journalism has disowned that brand without offering a replacement.”

Renee DiResta, Abhiram Reddy, and Josh A. Goldstein

From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam

Within days of visiting the pages — and without commenting on, liking, or following any of the material — Facebook’s algorithm recommended reams of other AI-generated content.