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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago’s @blockclubchi.bsky.social Is Ready for ICE: The independent digital startup has been on the ground covering ICE’s surge and the attacks on journalists. Listen in with host @joshuahersh.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 18h

A Reporter Was on a Flotilla Bound for Gaza. Israel Detained Him—and Some Twenty Other Members of the Press. Read Aida Alami. www.cjr.org/news/reporte...

A flotilla reporter detained by Israel.

“One of the port authority people or naval people put their foot on my head and told me to sit on my knees: Don’t move.”

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 23h

Forget about the mergers and buyouts and executive leadership for a while. The local grunts keep breaking news. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Laurels and Darts: Local TV news does good.

Forget about the mergers and buyouts and executive leadership for a while. The local grunts keep breaking news.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 1d

Cuomo Deepfaked Himself. You Can Too. Public figures used to be off-limits in AI-generated video. A new Tow Center analysis shows how platforms are normalizing the practice. By C.J. Robinson. www.cjr.org/analysis/cuo...

Cuomo deepfaked himself. You can too.

Public figures used to be off-limits in AI-generated video. A new Tow Center analysis shows how platforms are normalizing the practice.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 1d

The Pentagon doubles down on muzzling reporters—and members of the press corps covering the Department of Defense say that guidelines, newly revised, remain unsignable. Read Ivan L Nagy.
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The Pentagon Doubles Down on Muzzling Reporters

Members of the press corps covering the Department of Defense say guidelines, newly revised, remain unsignable.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 2d

Anup Kaphle on How Gen-Z’s Online Discontent Toppled Nepal’s Government. Read Ivan L. Nagy. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

Anup Kaphle on how Gen Z's online discontent toppled Nepal's government.

The editor in chief of Rest of World was on vacation in his home country. Then a revolution unfolded.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 2d

Across the world, well-meaning laws intended to reduce online fraud and other scourges of the internet are being put to a very different use, by Nalova Akua. www.cjr.org/analysis/nig...

How anti-cybercrime laws are being weaponized to repress journalism.

Across the world, well-meaning laws intended to reduce online fraud and other scourges of the internet are being put to a very different use.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 3d

Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration. Read Lucy Schiller.
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Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 4d

How the press can rise to this moment, by Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Unbelievable stupidities.

How the press can rise to the moment.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 4d

International media outlets have been banned from Gaza, save for tightly controlled embeds. But the Israeli government has invited some content creators to come in and spread its message. Read Amos Barshad. www.cjr.org/feature/isra...

As the world awaits peace in Gaza, the Israeli government has been inviting content creators to come in and spread its message.

International media outlets have been banned from Gaza, save for tightly controlled embeds. Local reporters have been threatened and killed. But as the world awaits peace, the Israeli government has i...

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 4d

Bari Weiss has officially been announced as the editor in chief of CBS News. “She’s not a reporter; she’s never been in the field,” a 60 Minutes producer told Adam Piore for a recent profile of CBS. “Talk about controversies.”
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For the past year, journalists at CBS News have been up against extraordinary pressure. The network reached a tipping point.

“Who would have thought this is the piece that would get me fired?” Bill Owens, the former executive producer of 60 Minutes, said in the screening room. For the past year, CBS journalists have been up...

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 7d

CJR mourns the loss of James Boylan, our founding editor. Read his essay from the magazine’s 50th anniversary issue. www.cjr.org/reports/puli...

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 7d

On the “intelligence” that prompted Trump’s push into Portland. Plus: Bloomberg shows us how it’s done, and Nebraska claims some dubious drug stats. Read Laurels and Darts by @bgrueskin.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

OutFoxed: The

On the “intelligence” that prompted Trump’s push into Portland. Plus: Bloomberg shows us how it’s done, and Nebraska claims some dubious drug stats.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 9d

Since Reddit struck licensing deals with Google and OpenAI, its traffic—and its importance to legacy media outlets—has surged, by @klaudia.bsky.social of the @towcenter.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/red...

Reddit is winning the AI game.

Since the site struck licensing deals with Google and OpenAI, its traffic—and its importance to legacy media outlets—has surged.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 9d

Scenes from Immigration Court in New York’s Federal Plaza: @tilleckert.com spent two weeks reporting from the twelfth-floor hallways, where ICE agents have had charged encounters with immigrants and reporters. Interview with @riddhisetty.bsky.social www.cjr.org/getting-the-...

Scenes from immigration court in New York’s Federal Plaza.

Till Eckert spent two weeks reporting from the twelfth-floor hallways, where ICE agents have had charged encounters with immigrants and reporters.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 9d

The Pentagon Press Gears Up for a Fight “None of us are signing this pledge,” said one reporter. Read Ivan L Nagy. www.cjr.org/news/pentago...

The Pentagon Press Gears Up for a Fight

“None of us are signing this pledge,” said one reporter.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 9d

Elizabeth Wagmeister on the Diddy Trial, and Hard News on the Entertainment Beat: The CNN correspondent prepares for one final day covering the celebrity trial of the year. Read the interview with @liamjscott.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

Elizabeth Wagmeister on the Diddy trial and hard news on the entertainment beat.

The CNN correspondent prepares for one final day covering the celebrity trial of the year.

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Jon Allsop @jonallsop.bsky.social · 10d

It’s true! I’m leaving @columjournreview.bsky.social after eight incredible years, seven of them atop the newsletter. It’s been an unbelievable ride, and I am so grateful for the trust they’ve placed in me. Going forward, I’m gonna continue contributing to The New Yorker, among other things I’m sure

Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 12d

🗞️ @jonallsop.bsky.social bids farewell to seven years of writing the @columjournreview.bsky.social morning newsletter. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

The line.

Some final reflections on seven years of writing CJR’s newsletter.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 10d

A New Gaza Rage Machine—with Polish Origins, by Ivan Nagy. www.cjr.org/analysis/gaz...

A new Gaza rage machine—with Polish origins.

A site called Visegrád 24 rode the waves of military conflicts and social media angst to become a household name on X. Its new project, Middle East 24, is aiming to do the same.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks for everything, @jonallsop.bsky.social. Read his send-off newsletter: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Goodbye

Plus ten of the best (if I do say so myself).

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 11d

"If CJR stands for anything, it’s that the media reevaluating how it covers society can be a sign of strength." @jonallsop.bsky.social takes stock in his penultimate newsletter. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

The line.

Some final reflections on seven years of writing CJR’s newsletter.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15d

A byline on a big scoop last weekend looked both familiar and strange — and it tells us a lot about what Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis have done to the Washington Post this year.

(And OK, maybe I did compare the new editorial board to “congealed Cream of Wheat.”)

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Laurels and Darts: The Washington Post's writer flight.

On WaPo’s self-inflicted talent exodus. Plus: In Hawai‘i, it pays to get probed; YOLO journalism at the University of Georgia; and Trump’s bigly error-ridden lawsuit.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 12d

On Trial for Journalism in Kentucky: Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges. By @liamjscott.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/news/madelin...

On Trial for Journalism in Kentucky

Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 15d

In Laurels and Darts, WaPo’s self-inflicted talent exodus. Plus: In Hawai‘i, it pays to get probed; YOLO journalism at the University of Georgia; and Trump’s bigly error-ridden lawsuit. Read @bgrueskin.bsky.social www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

Laurels and Darts: The Washington Post's writer flight.

On WaPo’s self-inflicted talent exodus. Plus: In Hawai‘i, it pays to get probed; YOLO journalism at the University of Georgia; and Trump’s bigly error-ridden lawsuit.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 15d

🔴 HAPPENING NOW: Join us for a conversation exploring new ideas to defend press freedom in Gaza, co-sponsored by @freedom.press, @columjournreview.bsky.social, and @columbiajournalism.bsky.social’s Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism.

Watch live:

Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza

YouTube video by Columbia Journalism School

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