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Notes on news, journalism and the ongoing challenges to a free press in America. From the American Society for News Excellence - ASNE.

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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“The specifics of how CNN will plug into and operate in the new company have yet to be finalized — hardly surprising given that serious discussions could only begin after Paramount’s anti-trust settlement a few days ago,” Thompson wrote. tinyurl.com/2vh5huf2
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Mark Thompson to remain CNN chairman as Ellisons take control of Warner Bros. Discovery | CNN Business
Mark Thompson, who has led CNN for the past three years, will remain at the helm as the Ellison family acquires the news network’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"In an overnight filing, the Trump DOJ admitted to serious errors in how it has handled the case so far — and in a huge concession that it attempts to mask as reasonableness it has put on hold for two weeks all of the subpoenas aimed at NYT reporters." tinyurl.com/yjaxjdp7
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Conceding Major Screwups, DOJ Pauses NYT Subpoenas
A Huge Clusterf*** The Trump administration’s Air Force One leak investigation targeting...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Some news companies have concluded that local editorials aren’t in their interests," writes Ken Paulson. "Editorials and endorsements have largely been jettisoned, along with the men and women who used their institutional knowledge to look out for their communities." tinyurl.com/2s6599vs
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How America’s newspapers lost their voice
Despite the steady decline in daily newspaper editorials, a longtime editor suggests ways for news organizations to restore the spirit of editorials that can hold public officials accountable.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"David Ellison promised editorial independence for CBS News in a call with '60 Minutes' correspondent Lesley Stahl, hoping to ease fears over Bari Weiss' troubling tenure leading Paramount’s news division." tinyurl.com/5n92wpyt
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David Ellison Promises News Independence as He Seeks Leader for CNN-CBS News | Exclusive
David Ellison hoped to ease fears about CBS News and CNN's future, while leadership looks for a new business exec to help run the news operation
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"A federal judge ripped into the Justice Department on Friday for failing to inform him of the applicability of a law intended to protect journalists from government searches and seizures when it asked him for permission to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home." tinyurl.com/4rt9a45v
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Judge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter’s home rips into Justice Department | CNN Politics
A federal judge ripped into the Justice Department on Friday for failing to inform him of the applicability of a law intended to protect journalists from government searches and seizures when it asked...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“The government must preserve but must not review any of the materials that law enforcement seized… until the Court authorizes review of the materials by further order,” the magistrate judge wrote. tinyurl.com/ee82u955
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The Washington Post demands government return devices seized in raid of reporter’s home | CNN Business
The Post is demanding in court that the federal government return electronic devices it seized during last week’s FBI search of reporter Hannah Natanson’s home.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Mending local news in a crisis: How nonprofit and for-profit business models can complement each other when big-money media fails. Read @emilybell.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/tow_center/m...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“The attack on the press did not start with my arrest,” Fort said. “If you stand for truth, I need you to stand up today. And not just for me. And not just for all journalists. But for anyone who is having their First Amendment violated.” tinyurl.com/4dj7enbp
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Journalist Georgia Fort pleads not guilty to felony charges stemming from church protest • Minnesota Reformer
Independent journalist Georgia Fort pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal felony charges stemming from a protest that she filmed in January inside a St. Paul church where a pastor is also an offici...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"Americans find it harder to stay informed about their neighborhoods, towns, and cities than about national and international news, according to a new study released today by the Civic Information Needs Census (CINC)." tinyurl.com/5n8jy24s
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Study reveals Americans find it harder to get news about their neighborhood than about the world
Civic Information Needs Census launches partner program to catalyze local information needs measurement in communities around the country.
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The Free Speech Center @freespeechcenter.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Feb. 7 that he would step down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said it was laying off a third of its staff. tinyurl.com/aj22my5a
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Washington Post publisher Will Lewis steps down after big layoffs
Last week's layoffs have led to calls for Bezos either to increase his investment in The Washington Post or sell it to someone who will take a more active role.
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"What is the everyday experience of working at a journalism coop like — and how does that change depending on size, scope, and location? www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/jour...
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Journalism coops seem utopian. What’s it like working in one?
"If I was less self-directed, I'd probably be freaking out."
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“It’s just devastating news for anyone who cares about journalism in America and, in fact, the world,” said Margaret Sullivan, former media columnist at the Post. “The Washington Post has been so important in so many ways, in news coverage, sports and cultural coverage.” tinyurl.com/2v8jnkej
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Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand
The Washington Post has laid off one-third of its staff, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution announced Tuesday evening that it will lay off approximately 50 employees as part of a cost-cutting effort aimed at repositioning the company for future growth." tinyurl.com/bdzhr696
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution to lay off about 50 employees as it restructures for growth
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says roughly 15% of its workforce will be affected, with about half of the layoffs coming from the newsroom.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Kari Lake has accelerated her use of the U.S. government-owned network to promote President Trump and his views — in possible violation of federal law and policies. tinyurl.com/3r4chnn8
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Kari Lake promotes Trump on Voice of America. Does that break the law?
Critics say U.S. Agency for Global Media's Kari Lake risks making Voice of America sound like a propaganda outlet in her remarks on the air praising President Trump.
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The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Keep the cameras rolling. Stay on the edge of the crowd. Safety first, story second. Here are 25 guidelines for journalists to safely cover unrest: www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
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25 guidelines for journalists to safely cover unrest - Poynter
Your goal should be to get close enough to observe the scene without endangering yourself or others, or interfering with security or rescue operations
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"Journalists should be telling these disastrous and consequential stories with clarity, tough reporting and a reliance on verifiable facts." tinyurl.com/4xpv6m8y
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We need hard truths and tough reporting, not 'both-sides-equal' trash
The CBS anchor again embarrasses the network’s legacy. Plus: some examples of journalists who are doing it right
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 09/01/2026
House committee subpoenas a journalist and falsely claims that his identifying a U.S. commander in Venezuela amounted to "leaking classified intel." wapo.st/3NzELX8
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House votes to subpoena journalist over report on Delta Force commander
A lawmaker accused Seth Harp of “leaking classified intel” after he posted a photograph of a person he identified as the head of the elite unit responsible for the Venezuela operation.
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The Free Speech Center @freespeechcenter.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s owners announced Jan. 7 that the newspaper would shut down in a few months. tinyurl.com/3hharffv
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ownership announces it's shutting down paper in May
The Post-Gazette said Block Communications has lost hundreds of millions of dollars over two decades in operating the newspaper, and the company said it deemed "continued cash losses at this scale no ...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
“CPB’s final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving, rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attacks,” said Patricia Harrison, the organization’s president and CEO. tinyurl.com/bdhex6e6
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes to shut itself after funding cuts | CNN Business
Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding to PBS, NPR and hundreds of public television and radio stations across the country, voted Monday ...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"The New York Times urged the U.S. District Court in Washington on Monday to rule in its favor in a case that the company brought last month against the Pentagon and that is now on track to be heard by a judge in March." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...
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New York Times Case Against Pentagon Will Move Quickly
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"Journalists and their news organizations can show their patriotism by doing their jobs of seeking the truth, no matter who it offends." tinyurl.com/4mr2p2ds
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Should the news media 'love America'? Here's how.
Not the way CBS News seems to have in mind
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
"Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91." tinyurl.com/yeys2cw4
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Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett has died
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from Vietnam to Iraq, has died. He was 91.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
"The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission faced criticism on Wednesday from Democrats at his first appearance before Congress after pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel off the air in September." tinyurl.com/2tj9x56h
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US Democratic senators criticize FCC head over threats to Kimmel show
The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission faced criticism on Wednesday from Democrats at his first appearance before Congress after pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night talk sho...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
“It is truly astonishing that this was allowed to go forward at all,” one Post editor wrote in Slack messages. “Never would I have imagined that the Washington Post would deliberately warp its own journalism and then push these errors out to our audience at scale.” tinyurl.com/3zne6384
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Exclusive: ‘Iterate through’: Why The Washington Post launched an error-ridden AI product
Between 68% and 84% of AI-generated scripts failed the Post’s own internal testing, but the paper launched the AI podcast feature anyway.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
"The Washington Post has used AI to build a pick-your-own-format news podcast, letting listeners choose the topics, hosts and length to create custom versions." tinyurl.com/yd7rw7xj
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The Washington Post debuts AI-personalized podcasts to hook younger listeners
The Washington Post used AI to build a pick-your-own-format news podcast, letting listeners choose the topics, hosts and duration.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The New York Times, attacked by President Donald Trump for reporting about his physical condition, said on Wednesday that it wouldn’t be deterred by “false and inflammatory language” that distorts the role of a free press. tinyurl.com/zy7ayu8b
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New York Times, after Trump post, says it won't be deterred from writing about his health
The New York Times and President Donald Trump are fighting again. The news outlet said Wednesday it won't be deterred by Trump's “false and inflammatory language” from writing about the 79-year-old pr...
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 10/12/2025
“It may be easy to follow the most popular news influencers out there, but is it possible to trade out that consumption for one who is in your community?” www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/de-i...
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De-influencing news influencers
"It may be easy to follow the most popular news influencers out there, but is it possible to trade out that consumption for one who is in your community?"
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
In a war that pits tech giants against news publishers and the ad-tech that loves them, both sides see AI as a valuable weapon in what is likely to be a fight to the death. Read Lucy Schiller. www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...
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Locally Sourced Chum: The AI widgets taking over news sites and extracting our data.
The AI widgets taking over news sites and extracting our data.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"Since the last RSF round-up, published on 1 December 2024, 67 journalists have been killed because of their work. At least 79% of them were victims of armed forces or paramilitary groups (37 journalists) and criminal networks (16 journalists)." tinyurl.com/yc5hryj8
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2025, a deadly year for journalists: this is where hate and impunity lead
Journalists do not just die – they are killed. The number of murdered journalists has risen again, due to the criminal practices of military groups — both regular and paramilitary — and organised crim...
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
There are a lot of unknowns about the news media in the next twenty-five years. But we can, at least, dress for the weather. Check out CJR’s Journalism 2050 issue. www.cjr.org/the-journali...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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Inside NBC’s Push to Win New Ground in TV’s Evening-News Battle
NBC News is betting on 'Nightly News' anchor Tom Llamas to woo critical viewers from ABC News 'World News Tonight' in an era of waning ad support
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
“President Trump increasingly appears to be exercising direct control over CBS’s editorial decisions, destroying CBS’s ‘journalistic integrity’ while violating its right to be free from governmental coercion and manipulation,” Rep. Jamie Raskin wrote. tinyurl.com/yyepw3ha
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The Free Speech Center @freespeechcenter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
“The policy is an attempt to exert control over reporting the government dislikes,” said Charles Stadtlander, spokesman for the New York Times. tinyurl.com/3p3hu6rd
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New York Times suing Pentagon over Defense Secretary Hegseth's new press rules
Since the new policy gives Hegseth the right to oust reporters working on stories he doesn't like — even if they don't involve classified information — it has a chilling effect on journalists, the new...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Patsy Widakuswara, who led Voice of America’s White House coverage until March and has joined other employees in suing the administration, said the planned office closures were “another nail in the coffin” for the broadcaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Trump to Close Voice of America’s Overseas Offices and Radio Stations
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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University suspends Alice, Nineteen Fifty-Six student magazines
The University of Alabama Department of Student Life permanently suspended Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine, two University-funded student magazines, effective Monday, citing a federal memo issue...
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The Free Speech Center @freespeechcenter.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
“Denying access to briefings to credible and nonpartisan news media that routinely cover the Pentagon is not conducive to transparency for the American public, who fund the department’s budget to the tune of many hundreds of billions of dollars per year,” said Marc Lavine. tinyurl.com/2n475d4j
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News outlets that reach millions denied access to rare Pentagon news briefings this week
Defense Department briefings used to be routine and regular; only a handful have been held since Trump began his second term. It's unclear whether any of the briefings will be seen outside the Pentago...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
“This ruling is a clear affirmation that AI cannot be deployed as a shortcut around union rights, ethical journalism, or human judgment,” said Ariel Wittenberg, unit chair of the PEN Guild. tinyurl.com/5n6suzh4
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Politico management violated key AI adoption safeguards, arbitrator finds
The ruling marks one of the first major tests of an AI clause in a newsroom union contract.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
"Brendan Carr, President Donald Trump’s top TV regulator, has landed in the center of another media fight — this time between two powerful groups of Trump-friendly news executives, each pushing him to tilt the law in their favor." tinyurl.com/5n98u6h8
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A conservative media war erupts. Both sides hope Trump is in their corner.
Republican figures are locked in a fight over how big a TV broadcaster can get — with Trump and his regulator Brendan Carr in the middle.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
“If you use AI, you have to have a human in the loop,” said Jonathan Van Fleet, editor of the Concord Monitor. tinyurl.com/2s4z5mew
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AI in journalism: A balance of efficiency and ethics - Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Newsrooms in New Hampshire are exploring AI tools to enhance reporting, but with caution. AI can aid efficiency, but not replace human journalists.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
“Choosing not to collect and make public data about these identity groups doesn’t just inhibit our ability to analyze or produce knowledge about them — it effectively erases their existence in records,” wrote Nik Usher. “The known becomes unknown and uncounted.” tinyurl.com/jnabc4jk
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When government data vanishes, communities pay the price - Editor and Publisher
On Jan. 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly pulled dozens of public health datasets offline — a bureaucratic act with sweeping implications. Researchers, journalists and local o...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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Why I’m begging TV showrunners to stop writing journalists as villains - Poynter
I will stop shouting at the TV screen when journalists are portrayed with all their virtues and vices — not as caricatures
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The Free Speech Center @freespeechcenter.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
“Letting the government control which journalists can cover the highest office in the land and setting rules about what those journalists can say or write is a direct attempt to undercut the First Amendment,” wrote Julie Pace, AP's executive editor. “It should worry all of us.” tinyurl.com/2av65k32
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AP, Trump administration argue press-access case before federal appeals court
The AP says that if journalists are invited to cover an event on a pool basis, then it cannot discriminate on the basis of a news organization's freedom of speech.
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The Free Speech Center @freespeechcenter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Today, Nov. 24, The Associated Press will be back in court to defend itself against the White House and standing up for the right to speak and report freely without government retaliation. AP Executive Editor Julie Pace has written an op-ed about why AP has taken this stand. tinyurl.com/mwkyupka
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Why The AP is standing up for your right to speak freely
When we talk about press freedom, we are really talking about your freedom.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
"Senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in recent weeks, and one official has discussed potential programming changes at CNN with Larry Ellison, the largest shareholder of Paramount." tinyurl.com/mskpnjx
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Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Trump’s conduct — when he lost the 2020 election but claimed he won, and attempted to stay in power — is “susceptible to multiple subjective interpretations, including CNN’s,” the judges wrote. Thus, it is “not readily capable of being proven true or false.” tinyurl.com/ysrcrfax
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Federal appeals court rejects Trump’s ‘meritless’ case against CNN | CNN Business
The 2022 lawsuit objected to CNN’s use of the phrase “the big lie” in reference to the president’s lies about the 2020 election being “stolen.”
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“President Trump has Jamal Khashoggi’s blood on his hands,” said Raed Jarrar, advocacy director for DAWN, a U.S.-based group advocating for democracy and human rights in the Arab world that was founded by Khashoggi. tinyurl.com/2s49jk6m
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Trump dismisses US intelligence that Saudi prince was likely aware of 2018 killing of journalist
President Donald Trump is dismissing U.S. intelligence findings that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in the the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khas...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
"The settlement is a victory for editorial independence and a step toward upholding the First Amendment rights of NPR and the public media system in our legal challenge to [Trump's] Executive Order," Katherine Maher, President and CEO of NPR, said in a statement. tinyurl.com/33htymrx
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CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
“I want to say that this wasn’t just an attack on me. It was an attack on the freedoms of ordinary Americans and citizens worldwide. It was an attack on their freedom to speak the truth in the face of hatred,” Hamdi said shortly after he returned back to the UK. tinyurl.com/bdeztwv6
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British journalist says ICE detention was ‘attack on freedoms’ after 18-day ordeal in US | CNN
A British journalist and political commentator detained by US immigration officers for more than two weeks warned of “an attack on the freedoms of ordinary Americans and citizens worldwide” as he retu...
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“Wielding the news distortion policy, the FCC has already opened or threatened to open investigations against private broadcasters due to disagreements with editorial decisions or statements made in a comedic monologue,” the petition said. tinyurl.com/2s8a8s42
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Former FCC chairs urge agency to repeal 'news distortion' policy invoked by Trump administration
The policy was directly referenced by FCC Chair Brendan Carr in disputes over Jimmy Kimmel and "60 Minutes."
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News on News - and Journalism - from ASNE @asnenews.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
ProPublica's review found that Fox News repeatedly provided a misleading picture of what was happening in Portland. tinyurl.com/ma8fahm3
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“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
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