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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of Thomson Reuters, upholding its landmark copyright victory over the AI startup Ross Intelligence. It's the first time a U.S. circuit judge has ruled on fair-use arguments in an AI copyright case. www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/fede...

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Federal appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters’ landmark AI copyright win

On Tuesday, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled in favor of Thomson Reuters, upholding the company's landmark win in a copyright infringement case against the now-defunct legal AI startup Ross Intellig...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/09/2026

When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. (Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)

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Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments

When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 04/09/2026

Another news deserts book out today: News Desert U by @terifinneman.bsky.social and Pamela Walck. “What happens when the university owns the news?”

Cover of News Desert U shows a cartoon academic building surrounded by cactus.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/07/2026

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

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Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes

Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/06/2026

TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. (Published 2022)

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Meet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax System

Susquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election de...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/05/2026

A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)

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What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid

Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/05/2026

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.

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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/04/2026

“Some people in the Epstein files are monstrously gross. Some are moderately gross. Some are situationally, aspirationally, or cosmetically gross.” Josh Tyrangiel sifted through nearly 3.5 million pages to determine a taxonomy for those named in the files. theatln.tc/TYNK1H3C

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/04/2026

In the months leading up to the midterm elections, hundreds of accounts have emerged on social media featuring A.I.-generated pro-Trump influencers posting at a rapid pace. Several accounts have already amassed thousands followers. Some of the posts have more than half a million views.

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Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

The artificial-intelligence-generated fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent bid to hook conservative voters.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/04/2026

Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security.

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Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job

The FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

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terifinneman.bsky.social @terifinneman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Our upcoming book offers a practical guide of advice for universities thinking of starting a news outlet to help save local news. We traveled to six universities across the nation while also discussing thoughts on our own outlets. Now available to pre-order.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone

Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas
@aandeloucas.com:

In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University:

Nine majors "sunsetting":
• Classical civilization
• Classics (Greek and Latin)
• Digital humanities
• Fine arts
• German
• Latino-Latin American studies
• Middle Eastern studies
• Modern Jewish studies
• Russian
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The First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy
Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education.
The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin).
Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership.
By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Just finished The Library of Curiosities, a fantastic #middlegrade! Readers who like mysteries with high stakes, a low scare-factor, and a little magic thrown in may find themselves saying “just one more chapter” past lights out! #kidlit #librarians #teachers @jennylundquist.bsky.social

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/03/2026

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply. (Published Oct. 2025 with @readfrontier.bsky.social)

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Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...

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Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/02/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, “Ukrainians are living this war in their work, their social lives, their waking and sleeping hours,” our columnist M. Gessen writes.

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Opinion | Ukraine Has Passed a Point of No Return

Four years that changed everything.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/02/2026

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose. “They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote. (Published Dec. 2024)

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“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps

Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/02/2026

Four journalists, including three working for the Associated Press, were detained in Cameroon while reporting from a facility where migrants deported by the Trump administration are held, according to two lawyers.

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4 journalists detained in Cameroon reporting on Trump’s deportations

Lawyers say Trump is sending migrants to Cameroon who originated elsewhere. AP freelancers, among others, were detained while reporting on the deportees.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/02/2026

The family’s water was undrinkable: It corroded taps. It withered plants. Their ice maker expelled clumps of salt. But why was this happening? For two years, Oklahoma delayed basic tests that could help them find out. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

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Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.

State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/01/2026

National Park Service workers across the U.S. are removing materials about slavery, climate change and labor history to comply with an order from President Trump. In some of the first legal pushback, the city of Philadelphia sued the Trump administration on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...

A headline reads: "How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History." An individual in a brown puffer coat stands with their back to the camera, taping notes onto a board on a brick wall. Each note says "learn all history." Photo by Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times.

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terifinneman.bsky.social @terifinneman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Subscribe to as many newspapers as you are able right now. We need journalists desperately right now and that takes money. We must support our newsrooms to keep people informed.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/01/2026

“I started screaming with everything I had, because I couldn’t even breathe,” 10th grader Arnoldo Bazan told ProPublica, showing where the agent’s hands had closed around his throat. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die.” By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com

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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Five years ago.

Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/12/2025

Lawmakers in about two dozen states passed new child care programs this year, often backed by business leaders concerned with recruiting and retaining workers. See which states help subsidize child care:

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States invest in child care more than ever to help parents with rising costs

About half of states passed some legislation related to child care this year, a sign of growing political momentum.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/12/2025

ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media. The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.

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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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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

"They found that states with more newspapers per capita were significantly more likely to thoroughly comply with records requests, as were states with stronger state press associations. rq1.substack.com/p/the-11-typ...

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The 11 types of relationships that journalists have with audiences

Plus: News consumers want more ideological balance, not just transparency; what really moves people to pay for news; and public records requests' 'document divide'

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

One of my first journalism professors would give you a zero if you had even one error of fact. It happened to me. Sucked so much. He was one of the best professors I ever had, I took three more classes from him, and we’re still in touch

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/11/2025

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Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/11/2025

Gayle and Tom DeLashmutt are like any elderly couple trying to downsize, only their transition is a tad more complicated: The home they’re leaving is a 1,200-acre Virginia estate that once belonged to a Founding Father.

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Selling a Founding Father’s estate, for this couple, means leaving home

Among the decisions Gayle and Tom DeLashmutt faced about Oak Hill was what to do with the Virginia mansion built by America’s fifth president, James Monroe.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/11/2025

Insurance companies aren’t just players in the fight with doctors over money; they’re also the referees. They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions. (Published April) By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social

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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/11/2025

The government has been closed for a full month — and federal workers who have missed two paychecks are now using credit cards to pay their bills and visiting food pantries to stock their kitchens.

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After a month of the shutdown, workers face mounting bills, car repossessions

Missed paychecks and mounting bills are causing people to fall behind on rent and go hungry across the nation.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/11/2025

Belarus continues to lock up anyone who criticizes the government. The Belarusian journalists Igor Ilyash and Katsiaryna Andreyeva, who are married, have both been detained for their work — showing how President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s repressive machine grinds on despite warming ties with the U.S.

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He Stayed in Belarus for His Imprisoned Wife. Now He’s Locked Up, Too.

Two journalists, both in detention for their work, show how President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s repressive machine grinds on despite warming ties with the U.S.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/10/2025

If your medication was made in a contaminated factory, the FDA won’t tell you. Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.

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Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made

We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and dat...

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Becca Dzombak @rdzombak.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The @nytimes.com climate section is profiling federal scientists who have been terminated and their work. I spoke with tsunami expert Corina Allen, who worked to ensure tsunami alerts made it to the public. She was fired in February. Read her story and others': www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...

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She Made Sure That Tsunami Warnings Reached the Public

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/10/2025

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

What a strange, bizarre story. The Media School @ Indiana Univeristy [Ernie Pyle, '23*] demands school newspaper print *no news* in homecoming edition of the paper. When media advisor balks ("This is First Amendment stuff”), he's fired? *didn't graduate www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Support independent media, now more than ever. Not just news and politics, but film, TV, fashion and other cultural criticism and commentary, from podcasts to apps to good old-fashioned web sites. Pay for it. Turn your adblocker off so they can keep the lights on. Share it.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/09/2025

Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion. It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make. (Published May 2025)

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The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/08/2025

The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...

An apartment complex. A headline reads: "Did Switzerland Solve The Housing Crisis?"

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