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UW Center for Journalism Ethics @uwethics.bsky.social · Aug 25

Join us 9/26 for our conference "Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing Word." Expert panelists, such as @sewell.bsky.social, @timkarr.bsky.social and @tamiafowlkes.bsky.social, taking on topics like "The New Age of Censorship." In person and online.

More info: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025-journal...

Head shots of Sewell Chan, Christa Westerberg and Timothy Karr, along with the text "The New Age of Censorship"

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Shirin Sinnar @ssinnar.bsky.social · Apr 18

Devastated to hear this news, as I have known Sewell Chan to be a person of impeccable ethics and journalistic integrity.

Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · Apr 18

Yesterday I was fired by Columbia University after eight months as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. This was the first time in a 25-year career that I've ever been subjected to discipline in a job — much less terminated from one.

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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · Apr 18

Yesterday I was fired by Columbia University after eight months as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. This was the first time in a 25-year career that I've ever been subjected to discipline in a job — much less terminated from one.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Apr 4

We resurrected it just a few weeks ago. Nominations welcome!

cc @sewell.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Introducing Laurels and Darts

CJR’s longtime column of criticism and praise is being revived—with a twist.

www.cjr.org

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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · Apr 1

And read @sewell.bsky.social’s news break here in @columjournreview.bsky.social: www.cjr.org/news/center-...

Center for Public Integrity Is Shutting Down

Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1989, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group.

www.cjr.org

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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · Apr 1

John Thornton was a principled and super-smart guy who clearly understood how journalism was a public good that couldn't be abandoned to the market. I so enjoyed talking to him about strategies for funding nonprofit journalism. @sewell.bsky.social's excellent tribute: www.cjr.org/news/john-th...

John Thornton, Cofounder of Texas Tribune and American Journalism Project, Dies at 59

A venture capitalist and nonprofit journalism pioneer, he made the case for a nationwide philanthropic movement to support local news.

www.cjr.org

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

Center for Public Integrity is shutting down: Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group. www.cjr.org/news/center-...

Center for Public Integrity is shutting down

Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group.

www.cjr.org

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Mar 14

A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.

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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · Feb 22

Happy 50th birthday to Investigative Reporters and Editors. I’m so proud to be a member.

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Investigative Reporters & Editors @ire.org · Feb 21

IRE is celebrating its 50th birthday — and you’re invited to the party! Check out these special events and join us ⬇️🎊 www.ire.org/ire-50th-news/

IRE is celebrating its 50th birthday and you’re invited to the party! - Investigative Reporters & Editors

Fifty years of IRE. This milestone is special. To celebrate this historic anniversary, check out the events coming up in 2025.

www.ire.org

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Jan 28

Practice Democracy

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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · Feb 5

Serious Q: Trump won in 2016 in part because Americans were fed up with never-ending wars. He did deal w/ Taliban to withdraw from Afghanistan. Do his voters truly support “long-term ownership” of Gaza? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Trump promises to turn Gaza into ‘the Riviera of the Middle East.’

The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, his first in-person meeting with another world leader since returning to power.

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · Feb 3

NEW: We uncovered more deleted tweets from Darren Beattie, the White House aide fired in 2018 for speaking at a conference alongside white nationalists who Trump just appointed to a top level State Department job.

In purged tweets, Beattie cheered on Jan 6th riot.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...

Trump appoints speechwriter fired for attending conference with White nationalists to top State Department role | CNN Politics

Darren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, has been elevated to a top job at the State Departm...

www.cnn.com

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

NPR and PBS Face a Moment of Truth: The system needs more stable funding, a greater emphasis on local content, and reduced reliance on private financing and syndicated programs. www.cjr.org/analysis/npr...

NPR and PBS Face a Moment of Truth

The system needs more stable funding, a greater emphasis on local content, and reduced reliance on private financing and syndicated programs.

www.cjr.org

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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · Feb 4

America, 1945-2025. There were good times and bad times, but it was quite a ride. You’ll be missed.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Feb 3

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

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Ann Marie Lipinski @amlwhere.bsky.social · Feb 3

How does a newspaper get to be 225 years old? Not by standing still. @speppered.bsky.social on how New Hampshire’s Keene Sentinel is changing its business model & engagement with the community. (Only 5 US news orgs have published that long under the same name) www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/why-...

Why a centuries-old local newspaper in New Hampshire launched a journalism fund

The Keene Sentinel weighed the pros and cons of becoming a nonprofit. It chose a hybrid option instead.

www.niemanlab.org

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Feb 3

FWIW, one reason I sometimes play the role of news media apologist on here is that my Bluesky feed is full of misunderstandings & misguided critiques of the news media. If this site were full of credulity & naive praise of shoddy news coverage, I'd be spending more energy debunking & criticizing it.

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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · Feb 4

NEW: Mere weeks after historic wildfires, the Los Angeles Times just offered buyouts to anyone who’s been at the company for longer than two years.

From the COO’s note to staff: “The economic landscape of the media industry continues to be extremely challenging.“

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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · Jan 20

Here's how to cover things that are illegal:

(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not

Truth sandwich, extra mustard

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jan 20

Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.

Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship

The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · Jan 21

@paulinebock.bsky.social please DM me, I didn’t get your full email.

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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · Jan 17

James Goodale represented NYT in the Pentagon Papers case. In CJR he asks whether today’s media owners have what it takes to stand up to Trump. www.cjr.org/political_pr...

Will the Press Fight Like Tigers Against Trump?

From criminal subpoenas to the Espionage Act, the next administration is likely to crack down on journalists. How we respond depends on the courage of media owners.

www.cjr.org

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Sewell Chan @sewell.bsky.social · Dec 9

NEW in CJR: The story of the downfall Ozy Media, whose unraveling embodied the (widespread) excesses of the digital media startup era. From Susie Banikarim and Joshua Hersh:

www.cjr.org/kicker/the-u...

The Unraveling of Ozy Media

The trial of Carlos Watson and the excesses of the digital media age.

www.cjr.org

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Dec 4

6 months ago, some Stanford students barricaded themselves in the university president's office. A student reporter followed them in. He was arrested and faces felony allegations.
The university wants him prosecuted.
I looked into why.

Via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/getting-the-...

Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters?

Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.

www.cjr.org

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Dec 5

Quit the LA Times today:

"Those moves can’t be defended...Given the existential stakes for our democracy that I believe Trump’s second term poses, and the evidence that Soon-Shiong is currying favor with the President-elect, they are repugnant and dangerous. harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just...

Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times

By Harry Litman

harrylitman.substack.com

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · Dec 5

Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...

The Times They Are A-Changin’

Staffers at the Los Angeles Times described to Status a demoralized publication depleted of its spirit in which employees are "confused," "offended," and "frustrated."

www.status.news

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