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There are good uses for AI at a newspaper, Amanda Katz, a former Opinions editor at The Washington Post, argues. But what’s puzzling is why everyone keeps trying to make AI do the tasks that “we humans most want to keep for ourselves.”
Last week, The New York Times reported that the Post intends to dramatically... See more
instagram.comAs the @nytimes assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, I’ve received reader feedback regarding our reporting on Zohran Mamdani’s 2009 application to Columbia University. To provide context on how the reporting came together, I wanted to share some information:
Patrick Healyx.comThe New York Times just tried to spin the Durham Annex… and Matt Taibbi lit them up.
Charlie Savage claims it debunks Trump and proves Russian fabrication. Let’s break down what’s actually in the report—and how Savage is rewriting history. 🧵
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Flopping Acesx.comThe current unbundling phase is unsustainable and the long-term media business could look more like the past newspaper model than expected
Adam Keesling • Explaining a16z's Investment in Substack
Nora Ephron, “The Best Journalism Teacher I Ever Had,” Northwest Scholastic Press, June 18, 2013, www.nwscholasticpress.org/2013/06/18/the-best-journalism-teacher-i-ever-had/#sthash.ZFtUBv50.dpbs; also written about by Ephron in her essay “Getting to the Point,” in Those Who Can … Teach! Celebrating Teachers Who Make a Difference, by Lorraine
... See moreGreg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
longtime Clinton foe Jeff Gerth. He’s the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Opinion | Jeff Bezos: The Hard Truth: Americans Don’t Trust the News Media - The Washington Post
Jeff Bezoswashingtonpost.com
At the core of this is a debate on whether The New York Times, The Washington Post and others are failing the American people by pushing more content behind the paywall.
Jarrod Dicker • Don’t Blame Media’s Business Model
Pretty damning essay from a Googler, departing after 18 years
“I don't know anyone at Google who could explain what Google's vision is. Morale is at an all-time low”
“The clock is ticking. The deterioration of Google's culture will become... See more