“Taking a side can cost you. Money, brand deals, sponsorships..But there is no neutral position between the oppressor and the oppressed. When one side has the bombs and bottomless financial and military support from America, refusing to take a side doesnt leave you in the middle”
Macklemore says Ed Sheeran and his team decided to remove him from tour due to his comments in support of Palestine, after Kraft Group rallied stadium owners and gave Ed an ultimatum:
“[Ed] told me that the words ‘Free Palestine’ and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, ‘I don't take sides.’”
The Charlotte Observer won first place in the General Excellence category tonight at the NC Press Association awards.
McClatchy laid off 8 of its staff today,
The death of local newspapers is a disaster that will really play out in the decades come to come, especially with declining media literacy. The thing here is that a lot of jabrones lump everyone in "The Media" together.
"The Media" can technically consist of multi-million dollar ESPN takesman, a crime reporter from the Grand Forks Herald and an NFL podcaster. But the person covering crime or local politics for say the Lexington Herald-Leader isn't some CNN anchor making millions or some high-profile political columnist. It's almost always a regular Joe or Jane who lives in the community they cover and makes just enough to pay the bills. Sure, some online and independent sites will fill in some gaps. But if you are a young person and you see this, why on earth would you enter the local news profession given the annual drumbeat of layoffs and AI eventually covering some of this stuff? Smart young people will rightfully flee to anything safer, which is everything else. A disaster.
Personal news: Very honored to win my first professional award from the Society of Professional Journalists @spj_tweets for me and my coworkers’ work on a story about a local family shelter. 3rd place for General Reporting Package in the Top of the Rockies, 4-state competition
It’s late April in Colorado on I70. Passed a truck carrying dirt bikes, a truck with mountain bikes, passed people fishing, people rafting, paragliders. I have a snowboard on my roof rack. In awe
Colorado 1A Volleyball Playoffs🚨Plateau Valley High School and Eads HS are headed to a third set, 1-1. Home Cowboys took the first set, Eads stuck around and swiped the second. Great crowd for both teams
Colorado 1A Volleyball Playoffs🚨Plateau Valley High School and Eads HS are headed to a third set, 1-1. Home Cowboys took the first set, Eads stuck around and swiped the second. Great crowd for both teams
Here in beautiful Collbran, CO, for Plateau Valley High School’s first game in its new brand stadium. Really sweet venue. The new school building is being constructed directly behind me