Notices by Dan Kennedy (dankennedy_nu@journa.host), page 2

Got an email from a respected researcher who's heard that Gannett has been quietly closing more weekly print papers in Eastern Mass. Has anyone heard anything? Any insiders have a memo? Discretion assured - dkennedy56 at gmail dot com. #LocalNews #journalism

Thomas Friedman has really been indispensable in thinking clearly about Israel’s best options. “Targeted use of force with limited, achievable goals may serve Israel’s long-term security and prosperity more than an open-ended war to eradicate Hamas.” (Free link) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/opinion/israel-hamas-ceasefire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.60w.PLub.laYe7kYF-7Ur&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

It’s unconscionable to keep using the SAT. New data show in stunning detail that it does little more than measure family wealth. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/23/upshot/sat-inequality.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Ever thought of starting a one-person news site in your community? Be sure to listen to our @whatworks podcast with Nicci Kadilak of The Burlington Buzz. BTW that's Burlington, Mass. And thanks to Jeremy Siegel of @gbhnews for the photo! #LocalNews #journalism https://whatworks.news/2023/08/10/whats-the-buzz-in-burlington-mass-nicci-kadilak-on-what-its-like-to-be-a-one-person-news-source/

Trump next, may we hope?

"FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Jailed In New York; Judge Says Crypto Mogul Tampered With Witnesses”

https://hosted.ap.org/thetimes-tribune/article/5d85e43225c4da2b1abdf65b153bb760/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-jailed-new-york-judge-says#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20(AP)%20—%20FTX,to%20influence%20witnesses%20against%20him.

New at Media Nation: Nobel Peace Prize winner weighs in on a shocking raid against a Kansas newspaper: "It's happening to you now." #journalism #FirstAmendment https://dankennedy.net/2023/08/12/nobel-winner-weighs-in-on-a-shocking-police-raid-against-a-newspaper-its-happening-to-you-now/

@admin I am surprised by Twitter's resilience despite Musk's repeated attempts to destroy it. I'm still there because I need to be. My hierarchy is Mastodon first, then Twitter. Bluesky and Threads come in after that.

My best-case scenario is that Threads, once it’s actually good to go, becomes the sort of mass platform that Twitter used to be, and that I'll be able to follow people there from Mastodon. But that may be asking too much.

@admin None of this is worth paying much attention to until Threads has desktop access and lists.

@jeff @BostonAbrams @melaniesill This is not correct. https://dankennedy.net/2022/12/23/a-long-island-weekly-had-the-goods-on-santos-several-weeks-before-election-day/

@jeff @BostonAbrams @melaniesill If the point is that local news is dying, then the local weekly’s article contradicts it rather than reinforces it. Did you know, for instance, that there was good local coverage of the Flint water crisis? But no one paid attention until the national media swooped in. https://grist.org/article/the-goldman-prize-missed-the-black-heroes-of-flint-just-like-the-media-did/

@jeff @melaniesill @EdSanders @BostonAbrams I’ve spent most of my academic career reporting on and writing about the local news crisis. I just don’t think this is a good example.

Not what I’d have expected from NPR, but it’s 100% true. Good for them.