Columbia Journalism Review

Monitoring the press, tracking the evolving media business & encouraging excellence in journalism since 1961.

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"Can we pay you to create a newsroom?" @oliviamesser tells @megreenwell why the success or failure of a startup is less obvious than you'd think. https://t.co/qp8MiKCZH2

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How a Network of Pink-Slime News Sites and Conservative Activists Went After Campus DEI, by Miranda Green. https://t.co/ZebDwvgIhs

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The battered Sports Illustrated has seen a rising ticket reseller profit off its storied name, writes Amos Barshad. https://t.co/jJEhwEjU3R

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Mike Rogoway of The Oregonian discusses AI data centers, their impact, and what comes next, with @RiddhiKSetty. https://t.co/2NYX69NO5H

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Community news organizations, enmeshed in an information ecosystem on social media and messaging apps, can verify, clarify, and connect. Read Irene Romulo and Nina Weingrill. https://t.co/95RYYZdnA1

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@OliviaMesser, The Barbed Wire's editor in chief, describes the unforeseen impact of the 2024 Democratic election loss on progressive funding for independent journalism. Listen in to her conversation with Kicker host @megreenwell. https://t.co/qp8MiKCZH2

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The press’s responsible handling of Trump’s incoherent speech about US election integrity contrasted starkly with Friday’s farcical WHCA dinner. https://t.co/dyHmVJzvM2

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What really happened at The Barbed Wire? @oliviamesser, the editor in chief, was admirably candid about what worked at the startup and what didn't. Listen to her conversation with Kicker host @megreenwell. https://t.co/qp8MiKCZH2

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Steady coverage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement by outlets in Colorado and Connecticut. Plus: Axel Springer’s Peter Thiel party. Read this week's Laurels and Darts by @banikarim.
https://t.co/LnlmQ1W9q8

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CBS’s Céline Gounder on how the rapid spread of the “diarrhea parasite” is a symptom of Trump’s government cuts—which have stymied access to crucial public health information. Read the interview with @ivanlnagy. https://t.co/V0Q2PYL8h4

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Clearing up confusion about how and why to disclose AI use in writing, with Anika Collier Navaroli. https://t.co/WXUixBIvEi

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The Barbed Wire's goal, EIC @OliviaMesser wrote at the time, was to reach the millions of Texans who weren’t reading their local or statewide news newspaper, and to create a new hybrid for-profit/nonprofit revenue model for journalism. What went wrong? https://t.co/qp8MiKCZH2

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My latest piece for CJR is the weirdest reporting journey I have been on, and includes multiple companies, dead websites, severe delays in payment to several contractors and a former Days Inn in Alabama. Read here:

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We wanted to find out why Pleroma Media stopped paying its journalists. But as @RiddhiKSetty learned, the real question is: What, exactly is Pleroma Media? https://t.co/vZDXz4YJoG

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I Tried Investigating a Mysterious Media Company. A Police Report Was Filed Against Me. Who was in charge—Pleroma, the International Business Times, or something else? Read @RiddhiKSetty's strange tale. https://t.co/vZDXz4YJoG

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When Antonio Sánchez lost his job—and Oregon lost its only Spanish news station—he started his own daily YouTube broadcast. The show now reaches tens of thousands, writes Grace Benninghoff. https://t.co/q05IiFPkUm

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By repeatedly blasting the press as traitors, Trump is trying to solidify his splintering MAGA base, writes Jem Bartholomew. https://t.co/ehc1g8bp3M

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The White House correspondents’ dinner is about to get weird(er). Plus, getting conned all over Texas. Read this week's Laurels and Darts by @banikarim. https://t.co/q5jxg9Z19C

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Speaking with newsroom leaders and policy experts to think through AI guidelines for journalists—and how to make them work for your organization, with @emgollie. https://t.co/oKROlCUOnj

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had a wide-ranging chat with ivy meeropol about her excellent documentary "ask e. jean." she told me reports that the justice dept is investigating e. jean carroll led to a surge of increased interest in the film.