Hmmmm 🤔

https://www.piratewires.com/p/elizabeth-gilbert-cancellation

#elizabethgilbert #freespeech #publishing #edtakesnote

// Ressa said she resigned last year from the advisory board of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ), because of deep concerns about how it compiles an annual Digital News Report.

Its findings include rating Rappler–the outlet Ressa co-founded, and whose work was cited in her Nobel prize nomination–the least trusted media outlet on a list of those surveyed in the Philippines. //

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/14/nobel-laureate-says-research-by-oxford-institute-can-be-used-against-reporters

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Damning of quite a bit of journalism these days, I think.

// In truth, what Smith does these days is less journalism than journapreneurialism, a hybrid activity that involves reporting on power while aspiring to wield it. //

In light of the Buzzfeed news, a review of Semafor editor-in-chief's book Traffic as well as his current venture. He was also an editor at Buzzfeed.

https://newrepublic.com/article/171669/ben-smith-traffic-digital-media-clicks

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Read this important thread and story by @niranjanajit about the tussle that happens between scientists & government delegates before the political summary of the #IPCC report is published.

The thread: https://twitter.com/NiranjanAjit/status/1639539891166928899

The story is here: https://heatmap.news/politics/ipcc-report-negotiations-un

#climatecrisis #climatechange #edtakesnote

It's rigged. I guess this is where we're headed with most platforms now... 🙄

Great story on "Enshittification": https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

#tiktok #algorithm #edtakesnote

Seriously, what does "#forest" even mean in #Malaysia? This is really good and so eye-opening & makes an important case for the formation of an independent monitor to scrutinise forest data provided by the government. Hats off to Yao Hua & Siew Lyn from Macaranga for wading through all the jumbled disconnected muck to make detailed sense of this! Very useful for journalists.

Part 1: https://www.macaranga.org/navigating-the-multiverse-of-forest-data-peninsular-malaysia/

Part 2: https://www.macaranga.org/projects-that-replaced-natural-forests-peninsular-malaysia/

#journalism #environment #TootSEA #edtakesnote

How will #generativeAI affect journalism? Wired has made a statement on how they will be using #ChatGPT: they won't use it to write or edit stories, but may use it to generate headlines, social media posts, and story ideas.

https://www.wired.com/story/how-wired-will-use-generative-ai-tools/

(Thanks to splicemedia.com for the tip. Sign up for their Slugs newsletter!)

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The #ForbiddenStories project is a global effort that aims to complete and publish and disseminate widely the stories of journalists all over the world who are silenced.

"By protecting and continuing the work of reporters who can no longer investigate, we can send a powerful signal to enemies of a free press: even if you succeed in stopping a single messenger, you will not stop the message." 👏

https://forbiddenstories.org

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