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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 7h

Seeing versions of “AI is here to stay” quite a bit. What do we mean by that? How do we know?

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 12h

does anyone else have a new bout of insomnia

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 7h

Seeing versions of “AI is here to stay” quite a bit. What do we mean by that? How do we know?

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 21h

Have you have been following the Defense Department's attempt to prevent reporters with credentials from publishing anything that hasn't been approved? Well, by sticking together they appear to have won that fight. But there's more coming. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b... [gift article]

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 1d

The intro to the 4th ed of the Elements of Journalism makes one of the best defenses I've seen of the necessary relationship between journalism and democracy.

Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 1d

"Another myth was that independence required journalists to be neutral." --Elements of Journalist, rev and updated 4th ed

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 1d

Striking design w beautiful photo spreads

Rich Lord @richelord.bsky.social · 2d

In the '90s, being a 20-something in Pittsburgh often involved homeownership. Now? More like mid-to-late 30s. @chwolfson.bsky.social analyzes the shift and its implications www.publicsource.org/homeowner-ch...

'A really steep lift': Pittsburghers in their 20s and 30s find homeownership less and less attainable

Student debt, rising costs, aging homes and corporate buyers are making it harder for young adults to buy a home in Pittsburgh.

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 2d

From Mark Cuban Interview in @axios.com Pittsburgh newsletter this morning. What notion of “the best professors” underlies this statement?

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 4d

Avoid “democracy” as a word. Wow! Fascinating and unsettling. As a journalist, I get it; as a scholar teacher of democracy, I’m concerned. So much work to do, w words and concepts!

Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 5d

"While we heard throughout the research that people value the role of local news, the word 'journalism' can evoke partisanship or elitism for some audiences, while 'media' sounds like entertainment to many people." www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/dont...

Don’t dwell on “democracy,” and other new findings about how to market local news

"Here’s the paradox: 93% of people believe reliable local news is necessary for democracy, yet many of these same people react negatively to explicit 'democracy' messaging."

www.niemanlab.org

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

If I Ran the Media™
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up

More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 2d

"The fiery intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois and the young columnist Walter Lippmann were among the first to grasp a core feature of modern mass politics: Information and a crisis of trust in the news had deformed American political life..."

Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 2d

Every word heartening, even the sad ones: “the way through will be to craft new modes of renewal adequate to the landscape of the world in which we find ourselves — forms analogous to the industrial union of the 20s, perhaps fueled by the generative civil society engine of the..nonprofit world” GIFT

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...

Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 2d

@speppered.bsky.social interviews @spotlightpa.org ed Christopher Baxter
www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/how-...

How can we reach beyond the local news choir? Spotlight PA’s founding editor has ideas

In the wake of the 2024 election, where “democracy” was not a top issue for most voters, local news messaging focused on democracy may not suffice to build the broad coalition essential to give local ...

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 2d

From Mark Cuban Interview in @axios.com Pittsburgh newsletter this morning. What notion of “the best professors” underlies this statement?

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 3d

Is there a good history of the headline and the disconnect?

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 5d

"While we heard throughout the research that people value the role of local news, the word 'journalism' can evoke partisanship or elitism for some audiences, while 'media' sounds like entertainment to many people." www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/dont...

Don’t dwell on “democracy,” and other new findings about how to market local news

"Here’s the paradox: 93% of people believe reliable local news is necessary for democracy, yet many of these same people react negatively to explicit 'democracy' messaging."

www.niemanlab.org

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 4d

Avoid “democracy” as a word. Wow! Fascinating and unsettling. As a journalist, I get it; as a scholar teacher of democracy, I’m concerned. So much work to do, w words and concepts!

Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 5d

"While we heard throughout the research that people value the role of local news, the word 'journalism' can evoke partisanship or elitism for some audiences, while 'media' sounds like entertainment to many people." www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/dont...

Don’t dwell on “democracy,” and other new findings about how to market local news

"Here’s the paradox: 93% of people believe reliable local news is necessary for democracy, yet many of these same people react negatively to explicit 'democracy' messaging."

www.niemanlab.org

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4d

Read this whole thread.

taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 4d

Chilling. Wonderful reporting

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4d

Read this whole thread.

taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 4d

I will say that WaPo team’s coverage of federal workers has been really strong.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 4d

Oh my!! Haven’t we all tried at times to export our grief, wishing someone else could carry it.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 5d

Linked to this yesterday, but I am re-upping today because this is the best piece of practical research I have seen lately. It deals with what's gone wrong in political coverage.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 6d

"If we want different results, we have to abandon standard practice."

YES.

Finally, someone put together what I and many other critics have been saying about political coverage — then took it further. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti...

Author Michael Hauser Tov is 28 years old.

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Gregory Laski @greglaski.bsky.social · 5d

Other ways : let’s correct the record, what is the truth? What does the bill say? what are people getting wrong?

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 6d

When faculty are silenced it's not just about what those individuals. The community is also degraded. A new project is documenting these injustices. academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/a-new-proj...

A New Project Exploring Attacks on Academic Freedom

Faculty on the Front Lines: AAUP Members Share Stories of Repression and Resistance

academicfreedomontheline.substack.com

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