1/3 Case study: how can we have less toxic, non-extractive #SocialMedia, that works the way internet pioneers originally envisioned?

Well, look no further than my old haunt @thebristolcable.bsky.social, and my new #Fediverse friends the @newsmastfoundation.org!

🎉 Take a look at what's on for the first ever #MediaLiberationDay today: mediarevolution.org

Follow @media-revolution.bsky.social

"While we can’t exactly call today a happy #WorldNewsDay today, there is hope. Together, people are organising and mobilising toward a better media future, with real answers to some of the biggest questions our news landscape tackles today. Will you join them?"

Look up @mediarevolution.channel.org!

What movie did you see way too young?

Post a pic of you that’s not actually you

⚠️ “Do I really want to let the spokesman for Exxon annotate my journalism?”

The Washington Post is experimenting with a controversial new feature in their climate journalism.

#Journalism #Climate #Bezos

In #LocalNews organisations across the UK there's plenty of conflicting opinion, understanding and uptake of #AI. I was with the @impressorg.bsky.social team in London yesterday, to discuss where we are and how journalists across the industry want to progress ethically with AI tools (if at all) 👇

This week is the UK's 2nd Indie News Week! Independent news providers will be holding events in all four nations. 🇬🇧

Check for events local to you, and online, here: www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/indie-news-e...

Top opener to today’s @tbij.bsky.social newsletter 🤌

And now for some good news:

☀️ The UK's sunny spring 2025 has generated a record amount of renewable solar energy, 42% higher than the same period last year.

Read more @carbonbrief.org: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...

Only just discovered Jennifer Forward's Leveson Project. Phenomenal.

www.jenniferforwardhayter.co.uk/leveson-proj...

💥 I'm now a freelancer! In April I left @thebristolcable.bsky.social & began a whirlwind month:
🇮🇹 Perugia for #IJF25, last event repping the Cable
💤 Time off visiting family
💬 Hosting more panels on fascinating topics for Altered State
🇩🇰 Copenhagen to meet with new colleagues @journalismarena.eu!

One cool thing about me is that if you Google my name, the first photo that comes up is this stupid meme I made of myself a couple of years ago.

Another cool thing about me is that yesterday I Googled myself. #ThisIsFine

My Mum just called #GretaVanFleet “Gretchen Fleece”, and tbh it’s an equally decent name

I love hosting. You learn from others' expertise, ask your wild questions, and share the answers with a room of like-minded nerds.

🧵👇 My takeaways from last week's Green Shift Fest panel -@emmageen.bsky.social, @peterlefort.bsky.social & Tim Robb on what we can do locally to address #ClimateCrisis