Huge turnout against #ICE and #DHS, #protest/ #generalStrike in #Minneapolis #Minnesota yesterday

International observers and even some domestic observers:

You may ask why Americans aren't doing more

And I agree

But much is being done that you don't see because a lot going on is purposefully deemphasized in the #USA #newsmedia

Btw, this was in -10 F (-20 C) weather

#ReneeGood

Huge turnout against #ICE and #DHS, #protest/ #generalStrike in #Minneapolis #Minnesota yesterday

International observers and even some domestic observers:

You may ask why Americans aren't doing more

And I agree

But much is being done that you don't see because a lot going on is purposefully deemphasized in the #USA #newsmedia

Btw, this was in -10 F (-20 C) weather

#ReneeGood

White House defends sharing AI image showing arrested woman crying

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce9yydgmzdvt

#HackerNews #WhiteHouse #AIimage #ArrestedWoman #Crying #NewsMedia

1) The big question for any #Irish or #EU political party is why any of them are still on #X ?

Why would any political party opposed to #billionaire capture of #SocialMedia platforms post anywhere other than a decentralized platform?

The toxic #SiliconValley stack can be escaped. #Mastodon is an obvious exit ramp, based in #Europe. Why aren’t all elected officials there?

The #NewsMedia will follow

@Ciarancuffe #Mastodaoine #IrishPolitics #EUPolitics

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41771657.html

After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't need to look like news

https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/after-25-years-wikipedia-has-proved-that-news-doesnt-need-to-look-like-news/

#HackerNews #Wikipedia #News #Evolution #NewsMedia #DigitalJournalism #OnlineInformation

This is why you should use this for #Chrome & #Firefox to NOT PAY for Trumproganda like @nytimes & @washingtonpost:

https://gitflic.ru/user/magnolia1234

#fediverse #mastodon #venezuela #Trump #war #newsmedia #propaganda #nytimes #washingtonpost

This is why you should use this for #Chrome & #Firefox to NOT PAY for Trumproganda like @nytimes & @washingtonpost:

https://gitflic.ru/user/magnolia1234

#fediverse #mastodon #venezuela #Trump #war #newsmedia #propaganda #nytimes #washingtonpost

A check of the #news this morning and I came away with 4 thoughts:

1. The '10 big things in 2025' articles of the last week have all been replaced with '10 predictions for 2026'

2. The major #newsmedia REALLY wants Mamdami to fail in NY; really, really and they'll tell you 10 ways it could maybe possibly happen

3. The orange one is way, way more ill than we've been told – some of those 'predictions for 2026' include his stepping down or dying.

4. Related to (3), no one likes Vance

#uspol

A check of the #news this morning and I came away with 4 thoughts:

1. The '10 big things in 2025' articles of the last week have all been replaced with '10 predictions for 2026'

2. The major #newsmedia REALLY wants Mamdami to fail in NY; really, really and they'll tell you 10 ways it could maybe possibly happen

3. The orange one is way, way more ill than we've been told – some of those 'predictions for 2026' include his stepping down or dying.

4. Related to (3), no one likes Vance

#uspol

"The Bristol Cable has launched a mobile app that bundles their journalism with the fediverse in a single app. It’s built in partnership with the Newsmast Foundation and available to members from £1/month."

https://connectedplaces.online/fediverse-report-144/

Great stuff @newsmast! How do we get kiwi news outlets on board with this?

#fediverse #NewsMedia #journalism #NewsMast

Nine months later, is still the "Gulf of Mexico" to news outlets

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine-months-later-that-body-of-water-down-south-is-still-the-gulf-of-mexico-to-news-outlets/

#HackerNews #GulfOfMexico #NewsMedia #Journalism #CurrentEvents #Analysis

A free and independent press — once a given in the United States — is now under threat from authoritarian tactics, institutional weakness and a growing public disregard for truth, putting democracy at serious risk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/09/world/global-lessons-form-a-press-in-peril/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #newsmedia #journalism #freespeech #democracy #donaldtrump #humanrights

Political journalists need to stop playing into this game, by quoting these verbal smokescreens as if they're serious serious public statements. My advice would be to publish only the first use.

The second time they're used (or maybe the third), add to a Key Messages website maintained by a consortium of newsrooms. Give each one a unique KM number, and a URI that links directly to an example.

(2/?)

#NewsMedia #PoliticalReporting #TalkingPoints #KeyMessages

#TIl about the #PublicSpaces Incubator, which ...

"... brings together ABC (Australia), ARD (Germany), CBC/Radio-Canada (Canada), RTBF (Belgium), SRG SSR (Switzerland), ZDF (Germany), and New_ Public (United States) to re-conceptualize how to use PSM [Public Service Media] platforms for public connection and conversation."

https://newpublic.org/psi

This might be of particular interest to @cubicgarden, given your recent role at the BBC.

#NewsMedia #PublicMedia