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Sewell Chan

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Golden State @goldenstateorg.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
California deserves journalism rooted in truth — not big money influence. Former L.A. Times editors @marielgarza.bsky.social & @paulthornton.bsky.social launch Golden State — an independent home for fact-based news, analysis & commentary. Read more @ golden-state.org #MediaIntegrity
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Mariel Garza @marielgarza.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
For those wondering what I spent my post-LA Times year doing, the answer is this 👇 Please check it out!
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Golden State @goldenstateorg.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We're podcasting! Check out co-founder @marielgarza.bsky.social's chat with L.A. mayoral candidate Austin Beutner. They talk wildfires, housing, affordability, the Olympics and, yes, Donald Trump.
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He supported L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. Now he wants her job
Austin Beutner, a former L.A. Unified superintendent, says City Hall has come up woefully short on wildfires, homelessness, housing and affordability.
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UW Center for Journalism Ethics @uwethics.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Join us 9/26 for our conference "Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing Word." Expert panelists, such as @sewell.bsky.social, @timkarr.bsky.social and @tamiafowlkes.bsky.social, taking on topics like "The New Age of Censorship." In person and online. More info: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025-journal...
Head shots of Sewell Chan, Christa Westerberg and Timothy Karr, along with the text "The New Age of Censorship"
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Shirin Sinnar @ssinnar.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Devastated to hear this news, as I have known Sewell Chan to be a person of impeccable ethics and journalistic integrity.
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Yesterday I was fired by Columbia University after eight months as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. This was the first time in a 25-year career that I've ever been subjected to discipline in a job — much less terminated from one.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We resurrected it just a few weeks ago. Nominations welcome! cc @sewell.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Introducing Laurels and Darts
CJR’s longtime column of criticism and praise is being revived—with a twist.
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 01/04/2025
And read @sewell.bsky.social’s news break here in @columjournreview.bsky.social: www.cjr.org/news/center-...
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Center for Public Integrity Is Shutting Down
Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1989, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group.
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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
John Thornton was a principled and super-smart guy who clearly understood how journalism was a public good that couldn't be abandoned to the market. I so enjoyed talking to him about strategies for funding nonprofit journalism. @sewell.bsky.social's excellent tribute: www.cjr.org/news/john-th...
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John Thornton, Cofounder of Texas Tribune and American Journalism Project, Dies at 59
A venture capitalist and nonprofit journalism pioneer, he made the case for a nationwide philanthropic movement to support local news.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Center for Public Integrity is shutting down: Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group. www.cjr.org/news/center-...
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Center for Public Integrity is shutting down
Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group.
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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Happy 50th birthday to Investigative Reporters and Editors. I’m so proud to be a member. bsky.app/profile/ire-...
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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Practice Democracy
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Serious Q: Trump won in 2016 in part because Americans were fed up with never-ending wars. He did deal w/ Taliban to withdraw from Afghanistan. Do his voters truly support “long-term ownership” of Gaza? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Trump promises to turn Gaza into ‘the Riviera of the Middle East.’
The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, his first in-person meeting with another world leader since returning to power.
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
NEW: We uncovered more deleted tweets from Darren Beattie, the White House aide fired in 2018 for speaking at a conference alongside white nationalists who Trump just appointed to a top level State Department job. In purged tweets, Beattie cheered on Jan 6th riot. www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...
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Trump appoints speechwriter fired for attending conference with White nationalists to top State Department role | CNN Politics
Darren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, has been elevated to a top job at the State Departm...
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
NPR and PBS Face a Moment of Truth: The system needs more stable funding, a greater emphasis on local content, and reduced reliance on private financing and syndicated programs. www.cjr.org/analysis/npr...
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NPR and PBS Face a Moment of Truth
The system needs more stable funding, a greater emphasis on local content, and reduced reliance on private financing and syndicated programs.
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
America, 1945-2025. There were good times and bad times, but it was quite a ride. You’ll be missed.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
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Ann Marie Lipinski @amlwhere.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
How does a newspaper get to be 225 years old? Not by standing still. @speppered.bsky.social on how New Hampshire’s Keene Sentinel is changing its business model & engagement with the community. (Only 5 US news orgs have published that long under the same name) www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/why-...
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Why a centuries-old local newspaper in New Hampshire launched a journalism fund
The Keene Sentinel weighed the pros and cons of becoming a nonprofit. It chose a hybrid option instead.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 03/02/2025
FWIW, one reason I sometimes play the role of news media apologist on here is that my Bluesky feed is full of misunderstandings & misguided critiques of the news media. If this site were full of credulity & naive praise of shoddy news coverage, I'd be spending more energy debunking & criticizing it.
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
NEW: Mere weeks after historic wildfires, the Los Angeles Times just offered buyouts to anyone who’s been at the company for longer than two years. From the COO’s note to staff: “The economic landscape of the media industry continues to be extremely challenging.“
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Here's how to cover things that are illegal: (i) this is illegal (ii) they say it's legal (iii) It's not Truth sandwich, extra mustard
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
@paulinebock.bsky.social please DM me, I didn’t get your full email.
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
James Goodale represented NYT in the Pentagon Papers case. In CJR he asks whether today’s media owners have what it takes to stand up to Trump. www.cjr.org/political_pr...
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Will the Press Fight Like Tigers Against Trump?
From criminal subpoenas to the Espionage Act, the next administration is likely to crack down on journalists. How we respond depends on the courage of media owners.
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
NEW in CJR: The story of the downfall Ozy Media, whose unraveling embodied the (widespread) excesses of the digital media startup era. From Susie Banikarim and Joshua Hersh: www.cjr.org/kicker/the-u...
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The Unraveling of Ozy Media
The trial of Carlos Watson and the excesses of the digital media age.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
6 months ago, some Stanford students barricaded themselves in the university president's office. A student reporter followed them in. He was arrested and faces felony allegations. The university wants him prosecuted. I looked into why. Via @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/getting-the-...
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Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters?
Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Quit the LA Times today: "Those moves can’t be defended...Given the existential stakes for our democracy that I believe Trump’s second term poses, and the evidence that Soon-Shiong is currying favor with the President-elect, they are repugnant and dangerous. harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just...
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Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times
By Harry Litman
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...
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The Times They Are A-Changin’
Staffers at the Los Angeles Times described to Status a demoralized publication depleted of its spirit in which employees are "confused," "offended," and "frustrated."
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Why is Stanford pressing criminal charges against a student journalist who embedded with protesters? Story by @bgrueskin.bsky.social for @columjournreview.bsky.social: www.cjr.org/getting-the-...
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Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters?
Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
“Despite the Harris campaign spending almost half a billion dollars more than the Trump campaign, Trump appears to have been more effective at defining Democrats’ priorities to the American public.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Perception Gap That Explains American Politics
Americans overwhelmingly—but, it turns out, mistakenly—believe that Democrats care more about advancing progressive social issues than widely shared economic ones.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I'm really excited to share some news about our @propublica.org @texastribune.org collaboration!! In the new year, we will be launching a new initiative to work with five newsrooms in the state to cover an issue of importance to Texans.
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
What the US press can expect: • DOJ leak investigations + pressure on reporters to disclose sources • use of FCC licensing + antitrust laws to threaten media outlets • denial of access to WH + public records • restrictions on covering mass protests + law enforcement www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Our Mission in Trump’s Second Term
Dear Readers, In his first administration, Donald Trump posed challenges to the press unlike any since the Nixon White House. When he returns, on January 20, 2025, those challenges are going to intens...
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The US isn't an autocracy…yet. In @columjournreview.bsky.social, Sheila Coronel shares 10 tips for journalists reporting under autocratic rule. www.cjr.org/political_pr...
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Ten Tips for Reporting in an Autocracy
American journalists have much to learn from colleagues in countries where democracy has been under siege.
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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Hello, I'm the editor of Columbia Journalism Review, and this is my first time on Bluesky. I want to wean off Twitter, which has become intolerant and intolerable. But I'm also 47; it's hard for me to switch from old habits. Can anyone share advance on how to start engaging here?
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