…on that note, AP is now suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech. apnews.com/article/ap-l...

The first few weeks of Donald Trump’s new administration have been a ride, and I had to re-write my newsletter many times. But here we go, here's how some actions by the new administration are impacting journalism in the U.S. and worldwide.

nikolmudrova.substack.com/p/trumps-med...

Elon Musk calling for the U.S. government to stop funding Voice of America and Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (@RFERL) and claiming no one listens to it anymore is wrong. 🧵

english.radio.cz/musk-calls-c...

Fun fact: I used to write newsletters. And recently, I realized I miss it, so here I am, yapping about journalism on Substack.
Starting off strong with nothing else than the TikTok ban: nikolmudrova.substack.com/p/tiktok-dil...

Audience editors offer advice for “dispiriting” times in social and search: www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/audi...

hot take ad #tiktokban: “TikTok is a global app and, while the For You feed is highly localized, TikTok’s global user base played a major role in the early success of the app in America. RedNote doesn’t offer that same global popularity.”

www.usermag.co/p/the-rednot...?

X supposedly wants to make its platform a home to the future of news and journalism and hired former WSJ editor and bureau chief John Stoll to lead its news group and partnership team.

Well.. kinda worried about what X's vision for the future of journalism gonna be. techcrunch.com/2025/01/07/x...

journalism industry these past two years:

at least 3,875 journalism job cuts made in UK and US in 2024. that compares to:
- at least 8,000 cuts in 2023
- at least 1,391 cuts in 2022

pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/j...

hey too many social platforms out there, which one is your fave? bluesky? ig? threads? linkedin? tiktok (or any alternative since this might get banned)? still using x? help this gurl out 👀

Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and media what they think is coming in the next 12 months.

Now you can follow this year's Nieman Lab Predictors to keep up with their insights in 2025:
bsky.app/starter-pack...

on photography sort-of-hiatus due to impossibility to freelance on my current visa + slight burn out but it’s so cool to see my grad school era image in print 👀

2025 Social Media Predictions Survey results:

➡️ Instagram is the platform that people plan to prioritize next year
➡️ LinkedIn coming in second with 20.4 percent!
➡️ Tiktok third with 18.3 percent

liahaberman.substack.com/p/icymi-2025...?

“The rise in shares highlights that regardless of user behavior changing, share-worthy content from brands still sees meaningful engagement.”

www.milkkarten.net/p/does-your-...

Elon Musk, Pete Hegseth, Matt Gaetz, and RFK Jr. all face sexual misconduct allegations.

“This tells us that a prime target in the Trump culture war is going to be people who stand up against sexual abuse and sexual violence,” said Juliet Williams, a professor of gender studies at UCLA.

Dream of many audience editors:

“What if legacy news organizations gave their social teams the resources to use social media sites that barely drive traffic to do something other than drive traffic?”

www.milkkarten.net/p/legacy-med...

Go follow my great colleagues at @usatoday.com through this starter pack: go.bsky.app/4BJAH1q

Here's our analysis of election votes where we highlighted the red shift and changes in voter turnout from 2020 to 2024 for @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

hi again 👋🏻

Are we getting also Blueskydeck instead of Tweetdeck?