Damon Kiesow
@damon.kiesow.net
Knight Chair in Journalism at Mizzou. Authored first textbook for News Product Management. Previously: Director of Product at McClatchy. Big @newsproduct.org fan.
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Damon Kiesow
@damon.kiesow.net
· Nov 12
Who am I following here?
People who create, develop and protect knowledge.
Who study history and democracy.
Who take a critical eye to technology.
Who monitor public health, labor, supply chains.
People who create, develop and protect knowledge.
Who study history and democracy.
Who take a critical eye to technology.
Who monitor public health, labor, supply chains.
Got surprisingly few work-related emails today. Maybe another AWS outage?
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Got surprisingly few work-related emails today. Maybe another AWS outage?
By coincidence my @newsproduct.org Sustainers recurring annual donation hit today, so that community is one thing I am thankful for.
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
By coincidence my @newsproduct.org Sustainers recurring annual donation hit today, so that community is one thing I am thankful for.
I feel like A Media Operator is not on my radar enough. This is very good coverage of Gannett's Oct 30 earnings call:
www.amediaoperator.com/news/gannett...
www.amediaoperator.com/news/gannett...
Gannett Subscriptions Dip 26% as Pricing Shake up Drives ARPU Higher - A Media Operator
Gannett’s digital subscriber figures contraction continued in the third quarter as the USA Today publisher implemented price increases and ended steep promotional…
www.amediaoperator.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I feel like A Media Operator is not on my radar enough. This is very good coverage of Gannett's Oct 30 earnings call:
www.amediaoperator.com/news/gannett...
www.amediaoperator.com/news/gannett...
A Thanksgiving story...
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A Thanksgiving story...
I don't know if businesses still have '5-year plans' but seems more important at this point to just believe in something and work flexibly toward it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I don't know if businesses still have '5-year plans' but seems more important at this point to just believe in something and work flexibly toward it.
Living in an alternate reality where the South settled on a standard rail gauge in 1820.
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Living in an alternate reality where the South settled on a standard rail gauge in 1820.
Reposted by Damon Kiesow
Happy Thanksgiving, J-School Family! Pictured: Historic Columns on Francis Quadrangle cast shadows toward the Missouri School of Journalism. #MissouriMethod #MizzouMade
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, J-School Family! Pictured: Historic Columns on Francis Quadrangle cast shadows toward the Missouri School of Journalism. #MissouriMethod #MizzouMade
Reposted by Damon Kiesow
Non-traditional newsrooms — where journalists have the ability to make critical business decisions — have responded in creative and sacrificial ways in order to prevent layoffs in their newsrooms. rjionline.org/news/newsroo...
Newsrooms embrace pay cuts for the greater good
Coops, staff-run nonprofits, and democratic newsrooms are saving jobs by making tough decisions together.
rjionline.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Non-traditional newsrooms — where journalists have the ability to make critical business decisions — have responded in creative and sacrificial ways in order to prevent layoffs in their newsrooms. rjionline.org/news/newsroo...
Reposted by Damon Kiesow
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
Surveillance tech does not care who holds the keys.
In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media
Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.
rangemedia.co
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Surveillance tech does not care who holds the keys.
If DOD disowns the Boy Scouts, the week after they will announce some new Proud Boy-adjacent youth group instead.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If DOD disowns the Boy Scouts, the week after they will announce some new Proud Boy-adjacent youth group instead.
If you read between the lines of this Planet Money story, the soon-to-burst AI bubble will lead to a bear market for the tricolor sash. www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
The Consumer Sentiment vs. Consumer Spending Puzzle : Planet Money
Wherever consumer sentiment goes, consumer spending usually goes too. They’re like buddies that do everything together. Consumer sentiment wants a hair cut, its buddy consumer spending does too.But la...
www.npr.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you read between the lines of this Planet Money story, the soon-to-burst AI bubble will lead to a bear market for the tricolor sash. www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
Reposted by Damon Kiesow
An emerging global consensus says online harms are the predictable outcomes of platforms designed for attention, engagement, and data extraction, writes Lena Slachmuijlder, author of a new guide to “Prosocial Tech Design Regulation.”
How to Rethink Regulation with Prosocial Design | TechPolicy.Press
An emerging global consensus says online harms are the outcomes of platforms designed for attention, engagement, and data extraction, writes Lena Slachmuijlder.
www.techpolicy.press
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
An emerging global consensus says online harms are the predictable outcomes of platforms designed for attention, engagement, and data extraction, writes Lena Slachmuijlder, author of a new guide to “Prosocial Tech Design Regulation.”
Reposted by Damon Kiesow
👉 Apply today: newsproduct.org/news-product...
News Product Management Certification — News Product Alliance
Our exclusive program is designed specifically for news professionals to gain the product strategy, technical expertise, and change management skills necessary to lead news product development and inn...
newsproduct.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
👉 Apply today: newsproduct.org/news-product...
The most tragic part of this disaster of a news article page is the initial pop-up asking me to pay for it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The most tragic part of this disaster of a news article page is the initial pop-up asking me to pay for it.
See also: Asbestos, DDT, lawn darts…
“LLMs aren’t going away” statements are wishes, not predictions, that they’re trying to make happen. Treat them as advocacy for a specific future, not observations of inevitability
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
See also: Asbestos, DDT, lawn darts…
Reposted by Damon Kiesow
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Reposted by Damon Kiesow
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
Reposted by Damon Kiesow
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I vote that unless it is the Olympics or the actual World Cup the TV does not need to show us both national anthems and the game should start at the top of the hour.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I vote that unless it is the Olympics or the actual World Cup the TV does not need to show us both national anthems and the game should start at the top of the hour.
When whistles are outlawed only outlaws will have whistles.
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
When whistles are outlawed only outlaws will have whistles.
Unimpressed by polls showing Trump’s disapproval numbers spiking. What matters is voting.
I disapproved of U2’s 1997 album “Pop” but I still bought “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.”
I disapproved of U2’s 1997 album “Pop” but I still bought “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Unimpressed by polls showing Trump’s disapproval numbers spiking. What matters is voting.
I disapproved of U2’s 1997 album “Pop” but I still bought “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.”
I disapproved of U2’s 1997 album “Pop” but I still bought “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.”
The way to do things so they are done is to do them. Sounds simple.
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The way to do things so they are done is to do them. Sounds simple.
The college senior is at the point in his educational journey where you correct your parents on the pronunciation of Sartre.
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The college senior is at the point in his educational journey where you correct your parents on the pronunciation of Sartre.
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM