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The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free ❧ Current Affairs
~14 min read · 329 saves · Aug 3rd · The political economy of bullshit.
Reporters are leaving newsrooms for newsletters, their own ‘mini media empire’
5 min read · Paywall possible · 124 saves · Jul 24th · As newsroom jobs grow more scarce, journalists are building their own platforms via email newsletter.
The 80 Best Single-Operator Newsletters on the Internet
20+ min read · 111 saves · Jul 22nd · These are entrepreneurial folks going at it alone, independent of larger media organizations
We’re Publishing Thousands of Police Discipline Records That New York Kept Secret for Decades
4 min read · 108 saves · Jul 26th · ProPublica obtained these police records from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. NYPD unions are suing to halt the city from making the…
A more expressive Medium
4 min read · 97 saves · Jul 28th · Alexis Lloyd · Beta test our new publishing tools
A growing group of journalists has cut back on Twitter, or abandoned it entirely
~15 min read · 97 saves · Jul 28th · Mark Lieberman · Journalists view Twitter as a valuable platform for finding and sharing information, but many say they wish they used it less.
It is possible to compete with the New York Times. Here’s how.
8 min read · 90 saves · Jul 31st · Meredith Kopit Levien, who was named the new CEO of the New York Times last week, has six million subscribers, almost $700 million in…
How the Media Could Get the Election Story Wrong
6 min read · Paywall possible · 88 saves · Aug 2nd · Ben Smith · We may not know the results for days, and maybe weeks. So it’s time to rethink “election night.”
After Quitting Deadspin in Protest, They’re Starting a New Site
4 min read · Paywall possible · 82 saves · Jul 28th · Marc Tracy · The journalists who took part in a staff rebellion last year are starting Defector Media, a company with a podcast and a website dedicated…
Hackers Broke Into Real News Sites to Plant Fake Stories
5 min read · Paywall possible · 80 saves · Jul 29th · Andy Greenberg · A disinfo operation broke into the content management systems of Eastern European media outlets in a campaign to spread misinformation about NATO.