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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Apr 18

Congratulations to The Associated Press on winning the SPJ Ethics in Journalism award, for 'refusing to allow the White House to dictate its coverage while continuing to produce accurate and ethical reporting' despite loss of access. (Photo: London office, Camden Locks.)
www.spj.org/the-associat...

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · Apr 9

European editors on how the news out of America drives coverage at home, by @essebbi.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/tru...

Why Protests Against Trump Got More Play Overseas Than Here

European editors on how the news out of America drives coverage at home.

www.cjr.org

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Feb 2

In 'unprecedented move', NYT, NPR, NBC News and Politico are being ejected from their dedicated Pentagon office space to make room for outlets including right-wing Breitbart News and One America News. 'Clearly not in the public interest,' says NYT spokesman. Indeed. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/b...

Trump Administration to Remove 4 Major News Outlets From Pentagon Office Space

The New York Times, NBC News, NPR and Politico will be replaced by outlets including the right-wing site Breitbart News as part of a “new annual media rotation,” a spokesman said.

www.nytimes.com

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Jan 28

How audiences follow news on climate change?

This is the question at the heart of a new report by @waqasejaz.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

Read here: https://buff.ly/4jwvTNG
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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · Jan 15

New by me —>

I wrote about @theconversation.com's effort to take its eggheads+journos formula down to the local level

www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/the-...

The Conversation is trying to make its academia-fueled model work for local news

"I get the challenges small startups face trying to fill this void of local news. So this is our little attempt to support them in our Conversation way."

www.niemanlab.org

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nicnewman.bsky.social @nicnewman.bsky.social · Jan 9

Journalism, media and tech trends report 2025 from @reutersinstitute.bsky.social is out now by me and @fedecherubini.bsky.social. Another tricky year ahead for institutional journalism
📱Explore full report + key findings in this thread reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-m...

Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions

Our report looks at the trends shaping the news media in the year ahead.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Jan 6

Gazing in awe at hominid skulls outside NHM Human Evolution exhibit (www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the...) today when young man comes up. After a quick glance, he assures companion it's only a THEORY of evolution because 'they can't prove it'. Hahaha! Dude, you are literally standing in front of the proof.

The origin of our species

Take a tour through seven million years of evolution and explore the origin of Homo sapiens.

www.nhm.ac.uk

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Dec 11

Great insights into impact of AI on journalism tonight from Bloomberg News EiC John Micklethwait @cityjournalism.bsky.social Cameron lecture. Among them: World of search will give way to Q&A. Breaking news will still have enormous value, but for smaller amounts of time. And regulation is coming.

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Dec 5

Addressing challenges to journalism -- including changes in use, as well as declines in interest and trust -- requires a healthy relationship with the public, @richardfletcher.bsky.social. It's still early days, but AI may actually be able to help. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-ai-...

How AI can help journalists rebuild a fraying connection with their audience

“It might be possible to use AI to create new versions that are a better fit for how people access news,” writes our Director of Research, Richard Fletcher.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 26

'There is a realistic possibility of the UK’s news environment fracturing irreparably along social, regional and economic lines within the next five to ten years': House of Lords committee's newly released report on future of news in Britain is not cheery reading. pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/fu...

Warning of imminent, ‘irreparable’ fracture of news landscape without action

The Lords Communications and Digital Committee has laid out proposals it hopes can stave off a “fracturing” of the UK news landscape.

pressgazette.co.uk

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 26

Huge congratulations to the Foreign Press Association's New Journalist of the Year: an Afghan reporter whose work is so dangerous that she can't be named. Writing primarily about plight of women under Taliban rule. she works anonymously and rarely meets sources in public. www.cjr.org/world/afghan...

Meet the Anonymous Woman Journalist Reporting Inside Taliban-Run Afghanistan

The winner of this year’s Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award.

www.cjr.org

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 22

Excellent piece on Alsu Kurmasheva, the journalist with RFE/RL who helped colleagues caught in Russian web. Then they came for her, with the tactics she knew so well: surprise, frighten, isolate, intimidate. Now free, she has her voice back, and she's using it. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

Inside an American reporter’s Russian prison ordeal

Russian authorities put Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Alsu Kurmasheva behind bars, but they couldn’t outsmart her.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 17

... While elsewhere on your site, and also posted today, we find another article headlined 'How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth'. Maybe a right hand / left hand awareness thing? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...

How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Growth

The fledgling social media site has been flooded by people seeking alternatives to Facebook, X and Threads. It hasn’t all been easy.

www.nytimes.com

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 17

Hey, @nytimes.com. Waving from place where sky is blue. I appreciate that the platform is mentioned in paragraph 22 (of 26) under headline 'Liberals Are Left Out in the Cold as Social Media Veers Right' (with paragraphs 23 and 24 devoted to an AOC quote), but still... www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...

Election Reveals Right-Wing Shift of Social Media Platforms

If the election underscored anything about the internet, it was the ascendancy of social platforms for the right. That puts Democrats at a disadvantage.

www.nytimes.com

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 15

Oops, now on hold while bankruptcy judge reviews Onion’s bid. Fingers crossed …

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 15

Truly the Onion taking over the Infowars site in order to turn it into a parody of itself is just too delicious. Love the Onion CEO's plan: 'This is going to be our answer to this no-guardrails world where there are no gatekeepers and everything’s kind of insane'. www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/the-...

The Onion adds a new layer, buying Alex Jones’ Infowars and turning it into a parody of itself

One variety of "fake news" is taking possession of a far more insidious one.

www.niemanlab.org

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 10

Is Trump 'just bloviating' when he puts journalism in vitriolic crosshairs or does he mean to take action? Observers say the First Amendment may be put to the test but is likely to continue to protect US journalists. Their sources, however, may be more vulnerable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Trump’s wild threats put press freedom in the crosshairs in second term

Free press advocates are alarmed by Trump’s talk of revoking broadcast licenses and jailing journalists – but express hope in the US’s first amendment

www.theguardian.com

Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hi, Jeremy, and thanks for doing this. Great community! Just joined Bluesky yesterday and yes, feel free to add me if there’s space.

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Jane B Singer @janebsinger.bsky.social · Nov 9

'It all depends what you mean by close': Yes, most election results were within margin of error, but it's hard not to conclude that pollsters got it broadly wrong. Why? Adjustments for a fragmented media environment help, but there also are new ways to miss the mark. www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

Why did the polls and those who report on them miss Trump’s appeal again? - Poynter

The polls still aren’t performing as they should. The frequency and nature of the reporting on them don’t help matters.

www.poynter.org

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