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California deserves journalism rooted in truth — not big money influence.
Former L.A. Times editors @marielgarza.bsky.social & @paulthornton.bsky.social launch Golden State — an independent home for fact-based news, analysis & commentary. Read more @ golden-state.org
#MediaIntegrity
Former L.A. Times editors @marielgarza.bsky.social & @paulthornton.bsky.social launch Golden State — an independent home for fact-based news, analysis & commentary. Read more @ golden-state.org
#MediaIntegrity
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
California deserves journalism rooted in truth — not big money influence.
Former L.A. Times editors @marielgarza.bsky.social & @paulthornton.bsky.social launch Golden State — an independent home for fact-based news, analysis & commentary. Read more @ golden-state.org
#MediaIntegrity
Former L.A. Times editors @marielgarza.bsky.social & @paulthornton.bsky.social launch Golden State — an independent home for fact-based news, analysis & commentary. Read more @ golden-state.org
#MediaIntegrity
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For those wondering what I spent my post-LA Times year doing, the answer is this 👇
Please check it out!
Please check it out!
California deserves journalism rooted in truth — not big money influence.
Former L.A. Times editors @marielgarza.bsky.social & @paulthornton.bsky.social launch Golden State — an independent home for fact-based news, analysis & commentary. Read more @ golden-state.org
#MediaIntegrity
Former L.A. Times editors @marielgarza.bsky.social & @paulthornton.bsky.social launch Golden State — an independent home for fact-based news, analysis & commentary. Read more @ golden-state.org
#MediaIntegrity
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For those wondering what I spent my post-LA Times year doing, the answer is this 👇
Please check it out!
Please check it out!
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We're podcasting! Check out co-founder @marielgarza.bsky.social's chat with L.A. mayoral candidate Austin Beutner. They talk wildfires, housing, affordability, the Olympics and, yes, Donald Trump.
He supported L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. Now he wants her job
Austin Beutner, a former L.A. Unified superintendent, says City Hall has come up woefully short on wildfires, homelessness, housing and affordability.
goldenstatereport.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We're podcasting! Check out co-founder @marielgarza.bsky.social's chat with L.A. mayoral candidate Austin Beutner. They talk wildfires, housing, affordability, the Olympics and, yes, Donald Trump.
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Join us 9/26 for our conference "Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing Word." Expert panelists, such as @sewell.bsky.social, @timkarr.bsky.social and @tamiafowlkes.bsky.social, taking on topics like "The New Age of Censorship." In person and online.
More info: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025-journal...
More info: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025-journal...
August 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Join us 9/26 for our conference "Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing Word." Expert panelists, such as @sewell.bsky.social, @timkarr.bsky.social and @tamiafowlkes.bsky.social, taking on topics like "The New Age of Censorship." In person and online.
More info: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025-journal...
More info: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025-journal...
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Devastated to hear this news, as I have known Sewell Chan to be a person of impeccable ethics and journalistic integrity.
Yesterday I was fired by Columbia University after eight months as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. This was the first time in a 25-year career that I've ever been subjected to discipline in a job — much less terminated from one.
April 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Devastated to hear this news, as I have known Sewell Chan to be a person of impeccable ethics and journalistic integrity.
Yesterday I was fired by Columbia University after eight months as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. This was the first time in a 25-year career that I've ever been subjected to discipline in a job — much less terminated from one.
April 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Yesterday I was fired by Columbia University after eight months as executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. This was the first time in a 25-year career that I've ever been subjected to discipline in a job — much less terminated from one.
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We resurrected it just a few weeks ago. Nominations welcome!
cc @sewell.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
cc @sewell.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Introducing Laurels and Darts
CJR’s longtime column of criticism and praise is being revived—with a twist.
www.cjr.org
April 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We resurrected it just a few weeks ago. Nominations welcome!
cc @sewell.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
cc @sewell.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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And read @sewell.bsky.social’s news break here in @columjournreview.bsky.social: www.cjr.org/news/center-...
Center for Public Integrity Is Shutting Down
Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1989, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group.
www.cjr.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And read @sewell.bsky.social’s news break here in @columjournreview.bsky.social: www.cjr.org/news/center-...
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John Thornton was a principled and super-smart guy who clearly understood how journalism was a public good that couldn't be abandoned to the market. I so enjoyed talking to him about strategies for funding nonprofit journalism. @sewell.bsky.social's excellent tribute: www.cjr.org/news/john-th...
John Thornton, Cofounder of Texas Tribune and American Journalism Project, Dies at 59
A venture capitalist and nonprofit journalism pioneer, he made the case for a nationwide philanthropic movement to support local news.
www.cjr.org
April 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
John Thornton was a principled and super-smart guy who clearly understood how journalism was a public good that couldn't be abandoned to the market. I so enjoyed talking to him about strategies for funding nonprofit journalism. @sewell.bsky.social's excellent tribute: www.cjr.org/news/john-th...
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Center for Public Integrity is shutting down: Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group. www.cjr.org/news/center-...
Center for Public Integrity is shutting down
Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group.
www.cjr.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Center for Public Integrity is shutting down: Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group. www.cjr.org/news/center-...
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A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.
March 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.
Happy 50th birthday to Investigative Reporters and Editors. I’m so proud to be a member.
bsky.app/profile/ire-...
bsky.app/profile/ire-...
IRE is celebrating its 50th birthday — and you’re invited to the party! Check out these special events and join us ⬇️🎊 www.ire.org/ire-50th-news/
IRE is celebrating its 50th birthday and you’re invited to the party! - Investigative Reporters & Editors
Fifty years of IRE. This milestone is special. To celebrate this historic anniversary, check out the events coming up in 2025.
www.ire.org
February 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy 50th birthday to Investigative Reporters and Editors. I’m so proud to be a member.
bsky.app/profile/ire-...
bsky.app/profile/ire-...
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Practice Democracy
January 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Practice Democracy
Serious Q: Trump won in 2016 in part because Americans were fed up with never-ending wars. He did deal w/ Taliban to withdraw from Afghanistan. Do his voters truly support “long-term ownership” of Gaza? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Trump promises to turn Gaza into ‘the Riviera of the Middle East.’
The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, his first in-person meeting with another world leader since returning to power.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Serious Q: Trump won in 2016 in part because Americans were fed up with never-ending wars. He did deal w/ Taliban to withdraw from Afghanistan. Do his voters truly support “long-term ownership” of Gaza? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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NEW: We uncovered more deleted tweets from Darren Beattie, the White House aide fired in 2018 for speaking at a conference alongside white nationalists who Trump just appointed to a top level State Department job.
In purged tweets, Beattie cheered on Jan 6th riot.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...
In purged tweets, Beattie cheered on Jan 6th riot.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...
Trump appoints speechwriter fired for attending conference with White nationalists to top State Department role | CNN Politics
Darren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, has been elevated to a top job at the State Departm...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
NEW: We uncovered more deleted tweets from Darren Beattie, the White House aide fired in 2018 for speaking at a conference alongside white nationalists who Trump just appointed to a top level State Department job.
In purged tweets, Beattie cheered on Jan 6th riot.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...
In purged tweets, Beattie cheered on Jan 6th riot.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...
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NPR and PBS Face a Moment of Truth: The system needs more stable funding, a greater emphasis on local content, and reduced reliance on private financing and syndicated programs. www.cjr.org/analysis/npr...
NPR and PBS Face a Moment of Truth
The system needs more stable funding, a greater emphasis on local content, and reduced reliance on private financing and syndicated programs.
www.cjr.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NPR and PBS Face a Moment of Truth: The system needs more stable funding, a greater emphasis on local content, and reduced reliance on private financing and syndicated programs. www.cjr.org/analysis/npr...
America, 1945-2025. There were good times and bad times, but it was quite a ride. You’ll be missed.
February 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
America, 1945-2025. There were good times and bad times, but it was quite a ride. You’ll be missed.
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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.
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How does a newspaper get to be 225 years old? Not by standing still. @speppered.bsky.social on how New Hampshire’s Keene Sentinel is changing its business model & engagement with the community. (Only 5 US news orgs have published that long under the same name) www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/why-...
Why a centuries-old local newspaper in New Hampshire launched a journalism fund
The Keene Sentinel weighed the pros and cons of becoming a nonprofit. It chose a hybrid option instead.
www.niemanlab.org
February 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
How does a newspaper get to be 225 years old? Not by standing still. @speppered.bsky.social on how New Hampshire’s Keene Sentinel is changing its business model & engagement with the community. (Only 5 US news orgs have published that long under the same name) www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/why-...
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FWIW, one reason I sometimes play the role of news media apologist on here is that my Bluesky feed is full of misunderstandings & misguided critiques of the news media. If this site were full of credulity & naive praise of shoddy news coverage, I'd be spending more energy debunking & criticizing it.
February 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
FWIW, one reason I sometimes play the role of news media apologist on here is that my Bluesky feed is full of misunderstandings & misguided critiques of the news media. If this site were full of credulity & naive praise of shoddy news coverage, I'd be spending more energy debunking & criticizing it.
NEW: Mere weeks after historic wildfires, the Los Angeles Times just offered buyouts to anyone who’s been at the company for longer than two years.
From the COO’s note to staff: “The economic landscape of the media industry continues to be extremely challenging.“
From the COO’s note to staff: “The economic landscape of the media industry continues to be extremely challenging.“
February 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
NEW: Mere weeks after historic wildfires, the Los Angeles Times just offered buyouts to anyone who’s been at the company for longer than two years.
From the COO’s note to staff: “The economic landscape of the media industry continues to be extremely challenging.“
From the COO’s note to staff: “The economic landscape of the media industry continues to be extremely challenging.“
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Here's how to cover things that are illegal:
(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not
Truth sandwich, extra mustard
(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not
Truth sandwich, extra mustard
Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Here's how to cover things that are illegal:
(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not
Truth sandwich, extra mustard
(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not
Truth sandwich, extra mustard
@paulinebock.bsky.social please DM me, I didn’t get your full email.
January 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@paulinebock.bsky.social please DM me, I didn’t get your full email.
James Goodale represented NYT in the Pentagon Papers case. In CJR he asks whether today’s media owners have what it takes to stand up to Trump. www.cjr.org/political_pr...
Will the Press Fight Like Tigers Against Trump?
From criminal subpoenas to the Espionage Act, the next administration is likely to crack down on journalists. How we respond depends on the courage of media owners.
www.cjr.org
January 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
James Goodale represented NYT in the Pentagon Papers case. In CJR he asks whether today’s media owners have what it takes to stand up to Trump. www.cjr.org/political_pr...
NEW in CJR: The story of the downfall Ozy Media, whose unraveling embodied the (widespread) excesses of the digital media startup era. From Susie Banikarim and Joshua Hersh:
www.cjr.org/kicker/the-u...
www.cjr.org/kicker/the-u...
The Unraveling of Ozy Media
The trial of Carlos Watson and the excesses of the digital media age.
www.cjr.org
December 9, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW in CJR: The story of the downfall Ozy Media, whose unraveling embodied the (widespread) excesses of the digital media startup era. From Susie Banikarim and Joshua Hersh:
www.cjr.org/kicker/the-u...
www.cjr.org/kicker/the-u...