The Center for Cooperative Media is organizing a national journalism collaboration to cover the threats to American democracy →

That will make Binance one of the top two biggest owners of Forbes. (Yesterday, we told you about a “rapper” accused of billions in crypto fraud who was also a prolific Forbes contributor.)

“For decades, American journalists have been granted embed opportunities when American military forces deploy abroad. It has been a long and proud tradition, one that has showcased not only transparency from the US government, but the country’s commitment to a free and open press. But, with this latest deployment of troops to Eastern Europe, something has gone awry. Reporters have been given no such opportunity to embed with the troops aimed at bolstering NATO as Russia amasses troops along the Ukrainian border.”

“For an industry accustomed to doomsaying, the willingness of people to pay for digital access is giving many publishers hope that they have found a way to survive — and, according to the most optimistic, even thrive.”

“Maldonado, 68, was shot in front of her house in the border city of Tijuana on Jan. 23. Three years earlier, she had raised the issue of journalist killings with Lopez Obrador during a news conference and said she feared for her life. So far this year, three other journalists have been killed: Jose Gamboa in the eastern state of Veracruz, Margarito Martinez in Tijuana and Roberto Toledo in the western state of Michoacan.”

In their annual report, the nonprofit newsroom looks at its own staff and shares its internal rules for recruiting, hiring, and retaining journalists from underrepresented backgrounds. (For example, “We require that hiring managers interview at least one person who does not self-identify as solely non-Hispanic white. In addition, we have made it explicit that every application must be read by at least two people.”)

“The State College regional team will be employed by Spotlight PA and receive organizational support from the statewide newsroom … thus avoiding the significant start-up costs associated with launching a brand-new, nonprofit news outlet.” Coverage plans include an investigative reporter assigned to Penn State University and a rural affairs reporter.

“That attitude has been a balm against the disappointment of his other intriguing distinction: Of the original Super Bowl reporters, Green is the only one whose hometown team, the Detroit Lions, have never played in the Big Game.”

“Here we are in 2022 and we have a double standard in coverage of women’s sports … Women’s sports should be analyzed through the same lens as the men. The most famous skier in the world did not finish her two best events. So we are going to show her sitting on the hill and analyze what went wrong. You bet we are.” —SS

“Our main initiative was to form a Facebook group that journalists could check in with. We grant members a trial subscription as an incentive to join and share their feedback with us.”

“Out of 50 positions filled in 2021, 55% of the candidates we interviewed identified as women, and 47% identified as being part of a racial/ethnic group other than solely non-Hispanic white. Of those we hired, 45% identified as women and 44% as being part of a racial/ethnic group other than solely non-Hispanic white.

The percentage of all ProPublica staff members who identified as solely non-Hispanic white was 59%, the same as last year.”

“A shift that I’ve made, and something that I really came to understand in the last couple of years, is rest is a practice. Racial capitalism and white supremacy trick us into believing that everything is urgent and that we don’t actually have time to rest and that we can’t. Anything’s possible when you have a radical imagination.”

“The most abusive people on Facebook, it turns out, are given the most power to shape what Facebook is.”

“On the internet, where attention is the currency, obsession has become a default register. If something doesn’t wholly consume you, occupying your brain in spite of your desire to forget it, it is presumably not worth talking about. Conversely, when prefaced by the phrase, even the most mundane topics can be justified as comment-worthy.”

The BBC’s live pages saw more than one billion visits during 2021. “As a result, the BBC is launching a new live team with 31 journalists, led by new live editor Kevin Ponniah and supported by significant investment, as it looks to expand its live page coverage beyond the pandemic with new topics, formats and use of video.”

“‘But an endowment — which, again, is this super old tool — is literally the most profound way of transferring power,’ said [Bridgespan’s William Foster]. He called it a ‘radical’ tool for philanthropists seeking authentic engagements with communities. By transferring assets to the nonprofits, donors allow them to be the decision-makers, he said.”

“…Either the Bukele administration or some other government was doing this targeting. If it was another government, then that is a clear national security concern. If it was the administration, then there’s a very serious question about whether Salvadorans’ constitutional and civil rights were violated. Clearly, the government doesn’t want to address either question. That’s really troubling, given that El Salvador is, on paper, a democracy.”

In which we learn The Athletic co-founder Alex Mather likes to unwind with the American sitcom “Friends” at night: “Think about The Times’ bundle. You consume news this way. Listen to our podcasts, use our cooking products. We think that bundle, once you get used to it, will be as hard to leave as it is to leave commercial-less ‘Friends.'”

This expansion “comes after months of in-depth research surveying our audiences, including younger news consumers, about what they need and want from us.”