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#Myanmar, #Syria, #Russia, #Nicaragua media working in exile. JX Fund launching a program to support sustainable development.

Deadline for applications is July 20, link below.

jx-fund.org/newsroom/new...
Call for Applications: Newsroom Pivot Program
A venture support and seed funding opportunity for exiled independent media from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Russia and Syria. Is your newsroom stuck in survival mode: chasin...
jx-fund.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Catalyzing Private Capital – A New Horizon for Journalism Funding.

Interested in media and public information finance this should be an interesting talk.

Date: 10 July Time: 15:00–16:00

Sign up here: lnkd.in/er8zPnNk
July 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Thoughtful, optimistic look at emerging benefits of AI... by removing the "social judgement" individuals feel when interacting with human peers, they are more likely to interact with AI to more fully understand the importance and import of news and information. shorensteincenter.org/commentary/i...
The Intimacy Dividend: How AI Might Transform News Media Consumption | Shorenstein Center
Recently, a friend told me something that got me thinking. He’s been using AI for therapy, something he’d never done with a human. Why? He felt more comfortable sharing thoughts and feelings with a ch...
shorensteincenter.org
May 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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❝In the short-term, media organizations need to sell something. However, in the long-term, they'll have to free up cash through painful contingency plans.❞

@rsettles.bsky.social, independent researcher and investor, during a session titled "Where is the money?" at #ijf25
April 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Read it and weep...truly this is how an economy dies!

Did an LLM help write Trump’s trade plan? open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Did an LLM help write Trump’s trade plan?
Probably yes
open.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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❝AirDrop was a pivotal technology during the Hong Kong protests in 2019. The triad of media, technology, and money must be central to how we plan for the future❞

@rsettles.bsky.social, Academic and Consultant
February 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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📣We will be at @rightscon.org!
ARIJ will be hosting a workshop titled

"From Hong Kong to #Gaza: Digital Resilience Techniques"
featuring a lineup of fantastic speakers
@rsettles.bsky.social, Nadim Nashif, @joeysiu.bsky.social & Rawan Damen

📆 25 February | ⏰12:30 - 13:30 (GMT +4)

#RightsCon2025
February 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
ast and Southeast Asian languages and the need for locally specific LLM's...interesting to see the list expand ... Ilmu 0.1 (Malaysia), TaiwanLLM (Taiwan), Sakura (Japan) and ITanong (Philippines)... and of course the long list in mainland China. Here RoW on the Philippine effort.
The Philippines is creating a ChatGPT rival that speaks Filipino and Taglish
ITanong will be a local version of ChatGPT, its developers say, built with considerably fewer resources.
restofworld.org
January 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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December 27, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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Why archives matter!
Great piece by Ann Cooper on Russian Independent Media Archive. niemanreports.org/unerased/ (And a nod to the magnificent Wayback machine @archive.org )
Unerased - Nieman Reports
Vladimir Putin’s government is trying to scrub critical journalism from the internet. The Russian Independent Media Archive is standing in its way.
niemanreports.org
December 13, 2024 at 7:10 PM
#ARIJ24 Day 2
December 7, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Crushing stories from journalists working in Gaza #ARIJ24
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Setting up for #ARIJ24 ...over 700 in person registered and Over a thousand registered online.
December 6, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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Great read. Such an important initiative
October 12, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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PSA: Please encourage your #journalism, #independentmedia, #investigativejournalism partners and allies around the world to join here…

(And funders, philanthropies etc.)
November 13, 2024 at 12:08 PM