New! @lionpubs.bsky.social released a "blueprint" for local news. Our reporter Hashim Quraishi digs in with an analysis of the report.

#LocalNews #FutureOfNews

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"...and equally bracing & important work for The Word, featuring Stacy Kess’s interview with four professors on the challenges & opportunities of teaching journalism in this moment."

Flattered! Read it at the-word.news/2025/1201/te....

Let me tell you, as an editor, why I think old-fashioned coverage like this and of the NewsGuild webinar the other day are so important. It's just basic "here's what's happening" informative coverage (with our own accessibility twist, of course).

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Read more here: https://the-word.news/2025/1119/ire/

IRE offers webinars, trainings, and more to give journalists the tools needed to continue telling the truth in these turbulent times.

New! Reporter @bethmccowen.bsky.social attended the AI Town Hall to bring you more on the @newsguild.org "News Not Slop" week of action.

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Earlier this year, @kairyssdal.bsky.social called out a lie on @marketplace.org. Should more journalists follow his lead?
Writer @michaelakinyele.bsky.social breaks down when a lie is a lie and when reporters need to say so, today in The Word.

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Hey, that's us! And we've had some great articles lately. Are you reading The Word?

Earlier this year, @kairyssdal.bsky.social called out a lie on @marketplace.org. Should more journalists follow his lead?
Writer @michaelakinyele.bsky.social breaks down when a lie is a lie and when reporters need to say so, today in The Word.

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Did you miss @stacykess.bsky.social speaking with @nickimayonews.bsky.social, @nicolefcarr.bsky.social, Jason Strother, and Meghan Irons about teaching journalism at this moment? Read it in The Word today!

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What's it like teaching journalism at this moment? @stacykess.bsky.social talks to four journalism professors.

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My undergraduate thesis attempted to do what this fantastic tool now has created beautifully — understanding how and when media, across the ideological spectrum, covers trans communities. It's so important, especially now, as reporters and editors to examine how we're reporting on trans folks.

New! @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to the people behind the new data vis tool, the Trans News Initiative, by the @transjournalists.org.

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Let me tell you my favorite thing about this article. It is such a data vis news story. I mean, yes, it's a trans news story. But, when you read the article, you see data vis journalism people get excited that @bethmccowen.bsky.social is asking about the tool itself. I love this. Nerd on, friends.

New! @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to the people behind the new data vis tool, the Trans News Initiative, by the @transjournalists.org.

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Journalists, are you paying attention?

What do the movie "The Princess Bride" and the word "accessibility" have in common?

Journalists keep using that word. We do think it means what they think it means.

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I wrote a thing. Sometimes I do that.

Sunday: a day to discuss the meaning of the word "accessibility," with some help from Inigo Montoya from "The Princess Bride."

By our very own chief of editorial, @stacykess.bsky.social.

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New! @ire.org's free web series for members prepares journalists for everything from digital security to how to cover civil unrest.

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If you checked out the two articles posted yesterday, you may have noticed something new in the middle of the article: a box labeled "Your Turn." This is a way for you to ask questions about what you just read, heard, or watched — a way to get your word in The Word.

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How do you make your text plain? Not by following a grade-level formula or reading score, argues writer Kehinde Adepetun. Out with Fletch-Kincaid; in with context and relevance.

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Today, we look at three independent news sites — @thenarwhal.ca, @thebeacon.bsky.social, and the @sahanjournal.bsky.social — working accessibility and inclusion into the daily news process.

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