Longtime newspaper editor and journalism instructor; now teaching at Eastern Ill.; formerly of Newsday and Omaha World-Herald; Northwestern, Cal-Berkeley alum
NY, California
Joined April 2015
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An interesting @NiemanLab story on OkayNWA, an automated 'news' site. Check it out.
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College journalism continues to show its value as local news struggles, according to this @AP story.
#LocalNews #HigherEducation
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This @NiemanLab story presents an interesting look at what could happen Google ever had any real competition. Check it out.
#LocalNews #Journalismus
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The idea of getting relevant news on social media is becoming more of a joke every day. Check out this Garbage Day post on what passes as news now on Facebook.
#LocalNews #socialmedia
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Safety for reporters always has been an issue, but more newsrooms are doing more training on risk assessment, according to this @CJR piece.
#LocalNews #riskmanagement
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The idea of a nonprofit news outlet in Worcester, Mass., is great, but the fact that it is sponsored by a chamber of commerce makes me worry that over the long term it is going to become just a PR outlet.
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In order to combat the danger of AI, newsrooms should limit chatbots, hire more copy editors, emphasize fact-checking and establish “truth beats,” argues an @poynter opinion piece.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Journalismus
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X has been caught running unlabeled ads in users’ Following feeds, according to @TechCrunch. It is imperative that this problem be fixed. Readers deserve to know what is content and what is an ad.
#socialmedia
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The $500 million toward local news is great news. I hope others follow with even more funds. Deserving local newsrooms really need the money.
#LocalNews
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The Gannett sports AI fiasco is an example of how AI-generated stories are not the way to go. While there may be a place for AI in the reporting process, it definitely doesn't work in writing interesting and newsworthy stories.
#localnews
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In order to ensure that local newspapers stay owned by locals, the industry needs to set up a fund to help owners in need and public policy must make it more worthwhile to own local newspapers, argues this @Poynter piece.
#LocalNews #journalism
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As local news outlets continue to lose staff, student journalists are playing an increasingly needed role reporting on communities, according to this @NiemanLab story.
#LocalNews #journalism
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The federal trials involving Trump should be broadcast live, argues this @politico opinion piece. I couldn't agree more. When government operates in the sunshine, trust flourishes.
#journalism #court
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The Marshall Project and The Markup are using generative artificial intelligence in the reporting processes, according to @Digiday. I hope they use a rigorous fact checking process on the material that AI generated.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Journalism
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For frequent social media users, engaging in likes, shares, posts and retweets becomes habitual, eclipsing the original motivations that initially drew them to the platform, according to this @NeuroscienceNew report.
#socialmedia #LocalNews #Journalism
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Most nonprofit and for-profit news organizations report an increase in philanthropic funding, according to a @NORCNews report. While this is great, the industry still needs more funding so that it can rebuild local news coverage.
#journalism #LocalNews
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This study published in @ConversationUS demonstrates that social media companies could modify users’ rewards for sharing content and still not hurt the amount of sharing done on their platforms.
#journalism #socialmedia
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As extreme heat affects much of the country, check out this great list of studies about high temperatures' effect on human health compiled by @NaseemMiller at @JournoResource. There are a lot of great story possibilities there.
#Journalismus #Heat
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All journalists needs to practice empathy when interviewing sources, especially vulnerable ones. This @Poynter article provides some great tips for how to treat sources with care.
#journalism #LocalNews
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While philanthropic sources are great, small local news outlets should consider other financing options like small business financing programs and public sector credit programs, according to this @Revson_Fdn report.
#LocalNews #journalism
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