“At Courthouse News, payroll is by far our biggest cost. It amounts to a few 100,000 $$ every 2 weeks.
The tech giant share of that wealth — meaning most of it — goes to reporters & editors. Compare that great sum with what Google paid us for advertising last month: $344”

Coffee! You already sell coffee!

Once again, the tools and methods of the left are turned against it.

To preserve our Democracy, this needs to change. The closings of so many newsrooms and layoff of thousands of journalists erodes our democratic requirement of an informed population and the oversight and accountability of the people’s government.

In the state of CA we pulled together a coalition of 20+ journalism orgs, media unions, and First Amendment advocacy groups to get #SB98 passed into law to prevent journalists from being arrested or detained while covering instances of civil unrest. 🧵1/3

abc7news.com/cal-poly-humbo…

Reminder: This event is tomorrow. A free training from IRE and NICAR, just for @NewsGuild members. Register here! twitter.com/newsguild/stat…

'How Far Trump Would Go.' Eric Cortellessa scores two interviews with Donald Trump for TIME, asking him to explain what he'd do in a second term. Read here: time.com/6972021/donald…

A synopsis:

The stuff toward the bottom of this about the philanthropy supporting the journalism is interesting.

I guess I’ll ask a dumb question, because what else is this website good for: Who is a university “for”?

Texas GOP and UT-Austin leaders shift from championing free speech to policing protesters’ intentions

via Sneha Dey
texastribune.org/2024/04/29/ut-…

Has collective bargaining always been a feature of student encampments, or is this a new thing from the campus unionization era?

Public policy to support local news = the best ROI in news philanthropy. Rebuild Local News, a five-person 502c3 with a budget of just over $1 million has helped generate $90 million for #localnews in NY state with more to come in CT.

Hegel was a rad dude. Drank wine, philosophized about freedom, hated celestial formations for some reason, had a Napoleon fixation that his coworkers found a little weird. Helped his republican students evade the Prussian secret police. Toasted Bastille Day every July 14th.

A group of us Annenberg Media student journalists spotted #USC ’s Carol Folt coming out of the meeting with encampment organizers this afternoon. The amazing Zain Khan quickly interviewed her on the spot. The main takeaway: police will NOT be mobilized 2nite— continued below

Some striking images from today taken by Jay Janner and Aaron Martinez for Austin Statesman