This is good news in the struggle to solve the crisis in local news. ⁦Report for America⁩ ⁦The GroundTruth Project⁩ politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

The Israel-Gaza war is the most dangerous conflict for journalists ever documented by CPJ.

As the global journalistic community and its allies gather in Perugia for journalism festival #ijf24 , it is an opportunity to show up for our colleagues.

Join us in a moment of silence and…

Incredibly powerful and important piece by colleague Branko Brkic Words of warning and sobering reality that must hit home at this eleventh hour dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

Car careens off O.B. pier after police chase mvtimes.com/2024/04/12/car… via MV Times

pay attention. Kirk Bohls is no norma rae. austin is the 10th largest city in the country. it desperately needs a functional, adequately resourced source of local news. the health of our community + democracy hangs in the balance the balance #txlege

Israel moves to shut down Al Jazeera after new law allows for ‘security threat’ bans on international media | CNN cnn.com/2024/04/01/mid…

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse focused attention on the vitality of bridges as thousands more are in poor shape across the U.S.

Learn more from @report4america corps member kavish harjai, a data reporter for The Associated Press who contributed to this story.
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3/ At the time, taste was thought to be a function of the shape and size of food particles, not Ikeda’s preposterous chemical hypothesis. No one had questioned the mechanics of taste since Democritus’s 14th century idea: sweet things had large and round particles, sour was…

2/ Ikeda noticed a similar umami taste between his wife’s dashi, tomatoes, cooked meats, and cheeses. And in the labs at the Imperial University of Tokyo, Ikeda reduced these foods to their component parts, revealing a common thread - high concentrations of Glutamic Acid…

1/ Umami - how Kikunae Ikeda discovered the fifth taste

It’s 1908 and Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda is confused.

He cannot understand why his wife's Dashi tastes so delicious, or as the Japanese would say, so umami. The seaweed broth had a distinct flavor – almost savory,…

Very proud to be part of this, and to support the amazing, courageous team at UP: Top Western media managers and experts join Ukrainska Pravda's advisory board The GroundTruth Project pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/… via Ukrainska Pravda in English

MV Times announces 'O Tempo' - The Martha's Vineyard Times mvtimes.com/2024/02/28/tim…

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Very honored to have this chance to be of service to my local newspaper: MV Times welcomes new leadership mvtimes.com/2023/12/27/mv-… via MV Times

Feds probe child labor issues in New Bedford seafood plants newbedfordlight.org/feds-and-state… via New Bedford Light

Check out my latest article: The killing of journalists in the Israel-Hamas conflict undermines a free press. linkedin.com/pulse/killing-… via LinkedIn

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This latest report on the crisis in local news is devastating. The GroundTruth Project our Report for America program is part of the good fight to find a solution to this crisis, but we have a long way to go and will need your support to get there. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state…

My friend getting some much-deserved recognition for his work. National Broadband Ireland leader David McCourt honoured in New York siliconrepublic.com/business/david… The GroundTruth Project David McCourt

💥Opposition Leader Lapid: 'The PM should stop shirking responsibility. If he prefers we set aside the question of who is to blame, he can not go CNN and compare himself to FDR. Roosevelt didn't hand suitcases of cash to Gen Yamamoto & didn't sustain the Japanese for 13 years…