Check out this video tour of the Knight Foundation Election Hub for resources to help your newsroom better serve your communities with the information they need to make important decisions at the ballot box this year. #LocalNews youtu.be/l9qwKhKE_To?si…

Introducing API's Live Journalism Events Workbook! It brings together the knowledge of more than 20 experts and local news organizations who excel in the live events space. 👇 betternews.org/workbook-live-…

As a longtime member of the National Association of Black Journalists, I’ve gotten lots of requests for my thoughts on Trump’s visit Wednesday to our conference. Here’s my five takeaways from what happened: loom.ly/8_muzqQ

My position as a Race & Equality Reporter is being cut among 100 other positions across CNN amid restructuring and broader cuts by parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. I was also informed that my team was disbanded. My last day will be this Friday, August 9. 1/6

We're getting ready to head to Austin for #AAJA24 later this week! Noy Thrupkaew, director of partnerships for Type Investigations and Aparna🧵@aparnamuk💢Mastadon [email protected], president of Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) will be joining our freelance meetup, you can RSVP here: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketin… #TheIIJ

Congrats to these two incredible authors Curtis from Detroit 🏳️‍🌈✏️🐼 and Edward Wong for inspiring more journalists to tell their stories. Full house at our journalist—>to—>author panel at #AAJA24 this morning. Buy their books!

Standing ovation at Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 as we honor the iconic Connie Chung ❤️

Couldn’t have been more excited to see Tara Pixley in action knowing their visual storytelling, environmental coverage—and now, raising the vital concept of news outlets’ “duty of care” for freelancers at #NLGJA24’s Pulitzer Center sesh 🙌🏽 +1 Tara’s s/o to Jeje R M’s International Women's Media Foundation work!

In the battle to fight a growing existential climate threat, we need everything we can get to cut carbon emissions: “maybe we should strap on climate-colored goggles before diving headfirst into artificial intelligence.” ⁦Sammy Roth⁩ Los Angeles Times latimes.com/environment/ne…

Ken Griffin at tonight’s Columbia Journalism School Knight-Bagehot Fellowships fundraiser, annual dinner: “Taxes are the cost of a civilized society.” He referenced ProPublica’s coverage of his own status as a tax payer: propublica.org/article/ken-gr… #KBagehot

Several great insights about #AI shared by Sree Sreenivasan (Bsky ·Threads: @sreenet) w/#ComNet24 attendees: 1. No tech can live up to such hype. 2. Most careers will be upended in unexpected ways. 3. Be vigilant about the dangers of #Al. 4. Pay close attention and learn new skills, try new apps.

The joy of seeing Sree Sreenivasan (Bsky ·Threads: @sreenet) present over decades (!) and learning something new *every* time...perfect way to go forth from KC, this vibrant and purposeful #ComNet24, turning inspiration into impact!

If you’re in CA or NV and you need another reason to vote this year, here it is. There’s a measure on your ballot to protect incarcerated people from SLAVERY — vote yes. Maybe we can stop assaults on incarcerated women that result directly from their inability to refuse to work.

So Cobb County just mailed absentee ballots out today, a judge said they have until the 8th by 5 to get them in long as they’re post marked by the 5th; but Cobb County GOP appealed & the GA Supreme Court just ruled they have to be in tomorrow by 7pm. This is voter suppression

Violent rhetoric is a permission structure. Period.

🦅 Pennsylvania - Final Thoughts It's been a long election cycle with ups and downs, but my gut feelings + data are about the same as they were in August. I think VP Harris is favored to win PA by 2 pts, give or take 1 while Senator Casey wins by 4-5. Let's break down why. ⬇️

Whoa. This is the line to vote at the University of Pennsylvania before polls even open. Young people are fired up & turning out. Gen Z is going to save us.

BREAKING: The @WashingtonPost says Chuck Schumer "intends to pass" the PRESS Act as soon as next week. Now is the time to contact your senator and urge them to support it. Let them and Chuck Schumer know how important this is! washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

This piece was published as part of a national collaboration led by The Upshot The Baltimore Banner. NYT has the overview: nytimes.com/2024/12/20/ups…

The targeting of reporters in LA is inexcusable. The public interest in press coverage of protests couldn’t be more self-evident. We helped lead this letter to remind federal officers of journalists’ constitutional right to report on civil unrest. media.freedom.press/media/document…