Notices by Dan Kennedy (dankennedy_nu@journa.host)

Now that Threads is integrating itself more tightly with the Fediverse, Mastodon may be the first tech platform I toss over the side of the ship. You can follow me on Threads at @dankennedy_nu@threads.net.

New at Media Nation: Rachel Maddow's "Ultra" connects the dots from Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump. https://dankennedy.net/2024/08/12/rachel-maddows-ultra-connects-the-dots-from-joseph-mccarthy-to-donald-trump/

Want to make sure everyone has free access to this astonishing story in the @washingtonpost reporting that Trump may have received an illegal $10m cash payment from Egyptian President Sisi during the 2016 campaign. https://wapo.st/46AfgL6

New at Media Nation: @washingtonpost publisher Will Lewis is back in the news. And once again, it's for all the wrong reasons. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/31/will-lewis-is-back-in-the-news-and-once-again-its-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/

I'm not cynical enough to think this is deliberate. But it's amazing how often the NYT publishes something with a terrible both-sidesy headline, gets ripped for it (along with a bunch of angry hate-clicks) and then changes it to something more palatable. (Second item: "What Are We Doing Here?”) #journalism

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/biden-takes-aim-at-felon-trump-and-out-of-control-supreme-court

Trump isn't pro-gun enough for SCOTUS. Marinate in that for a bit.

New at Media Nation: Reuters exposes NewsBreak's Chinese ties and AI-based local news hallucinations. #journalism #LocalNews

https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/14/reuters-exposes-newsbreaks-chinese-ties-and-ai-based-local-news-hallucinations/

In case you cared, RFK Jr. still has the Super Bowl ad he apologized for pinned to the top of his Xitter profile.

Just incredible that we're dealing with Comey redux. "He didn't commit a crime, but let me take a moment here to shit all over him and try to destroy his re-election campaign." Prosecutors charge or they don't charge. It was grotesquely unethical for Hur to slime Biden on his way out the door.

I know, I know. Your tabs are filled with media-year-in-review roundups. But the one I wrote for Nieman Reports is wicked awesome, and I hope you'll take a look #journalism https://niemanreports.org/articles/journalism-year-in-review-2023/

Thoughts and prayers! https://abcnews.go.com/US/federal-judge-orders-documents-naming-jeffrey-epsteins-associates/story?id=105779882

"What Works in Community News," by Ellen Clegg and me, makes the Sunday Times’ print edition. Here's a free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/26/opinion/local-newspapers-democracy-journalism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BU0.cJDA.spR7HTMDC_Qs&smid=url-share

New at Media Nation: A Christian Science Monitor journalist, jailed in Modi's India, is released after 658 days. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2023/12/04/a-christian-science-monitor-journalist-jailed-in-india-is-released-after-658-days/

@admin But they also eliminated all local news from the weeklies, even from the ones that still have a spectral print presence. They replaced it with regional news from around the chain.

@admin I think the answer was zero. Of course Gannett closed and merged a number of weeklies in Eastern Mass. about a year and a half ago. https://dankennedy.net/2022/03/17/gannett-goes-a-massive-spree-of-closing-and-merging-weekly-newspapers/

New at Media Nation: Why concerns about the Portland Press Herald's funding are overblown. #LocalNews #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2023/10/02/why-concerns-about-the-portland-press-heralds-funding-are-overblown/

@Cincyblog @jeffjarvis @dangillmor I don't even care about size. It's the specific communities I need to engage with.

New at Media Nation: X/Twitter may be terrible, but it's still the go-to place for certain types of conversations. https://dankennedy.net/2023/10/07/x-twitter-may-be-terrible-but-its-still-the-go-to-place-for-certain-types-of-conversations/

@dangillmor Glad you’ve been able to make it work for you. I can’t dictate to my communities where they should be.

@melaniesill @dangillmor Local news outlets have generally embraced Facebook, only to be screwed over by Zuckerberg’s ever-shifting strategies. But organizations involved in the future of local news remain firmly planted on X/Twitter. Our @whatworks news feed is on Mastodon, but I crosspost to @whatworks_nu@twitter.com. Otherwise, no one would ever see it.