Ned Berke
@nedberke.bsky.social
CSO @ BlueLena. Nerd about improving and sustaining local news.
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Now he just does it on live TV.
It's kind of weird how Trump getting impeached over trying to extort Ukraine disappeared from the discourse
March 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Now he just does it on live TV.
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"“If you ask people ‘are you interested in your place in the world? Do you want to understand the world?’ Everyone says yes. But if you ask ‘does status quo journalism help you do any of those things?’ They say no."
The BBC asked marginalized groups how it could do better. They didn’t hold back.
"They're going to the shop for sense-making, I think. And there's nothing on the shelf."
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"“If you ask people ‘are you interested in your place in the world? Do you want to understand the world?’ Everyone says yes. But if you ask ‘does status quo journalism help you do any of those things?’ They say no."
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"If the U.S. does not support a robust and healthy local ecosystem, there will be even fewer journalists to provide key information in the next community hit by disaster."
Fantastic article by @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social driving home the life-and-death necessity of local media.
Fantastic article by @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social driving home the life-and-death necessity of local media.
We Need A New Deal To Save Local Journalism | Defector
During the first week of the fires, I would go up to my building’s roof once a day. I’d look at the Los Angeles skyline at whatever shade of yellow-orange-brown muck the fires had delivered that day a...
defector.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"If the U.S. does not support a robust and healthy local ecosystem, there will be even fewer journalists to provide key information in the next community hit by disaster."
Fantastic article by @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social driving home the life-and-death necessity of local media.
Fantastic article by @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social driving home the life-and-death necessity of local media.
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Each email and call log is a different violent rioter who assaulted me in the tunnel. If you are defending these people who brutally assaulted the police, maybe you ARE NOT a supporter of the police and the rule of law to begin with. If you did you would want accountability.
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Each email and call log is a different violent rioter who assaulted me in the tunnel. If you are defending these people who brutally assaulted the police, maybe you ARE NOT a supporter of the police and the rule of law to begin with. If you did you would want accountability.
Slack is fine and whatever but I would abandon it in a second for an otherwise identical app that allowed me to put gifs in threaded convos.
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Slack is fine and whatever but I would abandon it in a second for an otherwise identical app that allowed me to put gifs in threaded convos.
My president-obsessed 6-year-old immediately 1updated his presidents book, the same book my wife updated when she was a kid. RIP Mr. President.
December 29, 2024 at 9:48 PM
My president-obsessed 6-year-old immediately 1updated his presidents book, the same book my wife updated when she was a kid. RIP Mr. President.
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A glimpse of how Facebook operates. 1. It sponsors research into news avoidance and lack of trust in news. 2. It throttles links to news articles, but frames drop in engagement as lack of interest…3. In times of crisis it shuts off citizen access to news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 18, 2024 at 10:37 AM
A glimpse of how Facebook operates. 1. It sponsors research into news avoidance and lack of trust in news. 2. It throttles links to news articles, but frames drop in engagement as lack of interest…3. In times of crisis it shuts off citizen access to news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is no one "right" model. There are a lot of bad paywalls out there, but there's also a lot of great journalism made possibly only because paywalls protect and insist on its value.
As someone who coruns an independent media organization with a paywall…I regret to inform you that they do work and if you want independent journalism to exist you are going to have to subscribe to some publications. Doesn’t have to be all of them! You can rotate, which I do!
December 18, 2024 at 12:43 PM
There is no one "right" model. There are a lot of bad paywalls out there, but there's also a lot of great journalism made possibly only because paywalls protect and insist on its value.
This proposed fund needs to extend beyond Trump's targets. Many of the 250 indie news publishers I work w/are bracing for the onslaught of lawsuits from local Trump wannabes. Trump is setting a playbook for others & these publishers need protection - far more than NYT or ABC @joshtpm.bsky.social
I have been reading Josh Marshall for 20 years. Rarely has he been righter. We need this badly. It's easy to understand why. There are people who could make it happen. It hasn't happened so far.
A Big Pile of Money and Lawyering to Defend Trump’s Legal Targets. bsky.app/profile/josh...
A Big Pile of Money and Lawyering to Defend Trump’s Legal Targets. bsky.app/profile/josh...
A Big Pile of Money and Lawyering to Defend Trump’s Legal Targets? some thought i had on this. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-big...
December 18, 2024 at 1:50 AM
This proposed fund needs to extend beyond Trump's targets. Many of the 250 indie news publishers I work w/are bracing for the onslaught of lawsuits from local Trump wannabes. Trump is setting a playbook for others & these publishers need protection - far more than NYT or ABC @joshtpm.bsky.social
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my glass coffin company “remains to be seen” is not doing as well as i thought it would.
December 3, 2024 at 1:02 AM
my glass coffin company “remains to be seen” is not doing as well as i thought it would.
Long live The Verge! Long live blogs!
I get a lot of emails from people asking if they can pay us to get rid of the chumboxes and bad ads on the site. It took some doing…. but now you can! And if you sign up for a yearly subscription to The Verge, we’ll send you our latest print magazine: CONTENT GOBLINS www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...
December 4, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Long live The Verge! Long live blogs!
Blue and black.
The wrapping gown (using the pattern from Burnley and Trowbridge) progresses. Sewing time is finished for today, and the outer layer has its shoulder and side seams. (There are shoulder seams because I am using this directional print, and I didn't want upside-down goddesses on the back.)
December 2, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Blue and black.
"The second Trump admin ... represents the most direct and sustained threat to the 1st Amendment & the freedom of the press any of us will ever experience."
“I don’t think there’s a trend towards actual conservatism in the Valley — there’s a trend towards monopoly and corruption, and that’s led a bunch of VCs directly to Trump.” www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...
The Verge Editor-In-Chief Nilay Patel breathes fire on Elon Musk and Donald Trump's Big Tech enablers
"All of these men are now hopelessly trapped in a problem their own platforms and algorithms created."
www.status.news
November 18, 2024 at 1:59 PM
"The second Trump admin ... represents the most direct and sustained threat to the 1st Amendment & the freedom of the press any of us will ever experience."
I've spent the last 2 weeks talking to indie local news publishers about what the election means for the business of journalism. One fear I heard: this tactic is going to be used a lot, including by local officials. NYT will be fine, but many orgs cannot survive a SLAPP suit.
November 15, 2024 at 11:33 PM
I've spent the last 2 weeks talking to indie local news publishers about what the election means for the business of journalism. One fear I heard: this tactic is going to be used a lot, including by local officials. NYT will be fine, but many orgs cannot survive a SLAPP suit.
It's not the most insidious or outrageous thing or anything, but what really gets me is... It's just bad writing.
November 13, 2024 at 11:57 PM
It's not the most insidious or outrageous thing or anything, but what really gets me is... It's just bad writing.
Starter packs are cool but BlueSky really won me over by politely asking if I wanted to use my default browser the first time I clicked a link.
November 13, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Starter packs are cool but BlueSky really won me over by politely asking if I wanted to use my default browser the first time I clicked a link.