The Trump regime and its oligarch enablers are trashing our nation’s capital, from the Kennedy Center to The Washington Post

Vital public and private institutions in the District of Columbia are being hollowed out by vain men obsessed with amassing and flaunting wealth instead of sustainable stewardship.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2026/02/the-trump-regime-and-its-oligarch-enablers-are-trashing-our-nations-capital-from-the-kennedy-center-to-the-washington-post.html

#AccountableLeaders #Architecture #FutureofJournalism

The rise of the slopagandist: When “independent journalists” aren’t really journalists

Nick Shirley and others like him are reminiscent of yellow journalism of the 19th century, updated and turbocharged by social media algorithms, wrties Mia Sato for The Verge.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2026/01/the-rise-of-the-slopagandist-when-independent-journalists-arent-really-journalists/

#FutureofJournalism #MisinformationandDisinformation

Watch the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see

Thanks to Global TV in Canada, you can now watch the segment that a CBS media executive recently decided to yank. It's proliferating across social platforms, including Reddit.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2025/12/watch-the-60-minutes-inside-cecot-segment-bari-weiss-doesnt-want-you-to-see/

#Censorship #FutureofJournalism #Television

GCU Lahore celebrates World Television Day

#BaaghiTV #WorldTelevisionDay #GCUYoungJournalists #MediaEducation #FutureOfJournalism #GCULahore

https://en.baaghitv.com/gcu-lahore-celebrates-world-television-day/

The free press in the PNW takes another hit: Cascade PBS shutters its newsroom, putting sixteen staff out of work

Among those who have been let go are editor Megan Burbank, city hall reporter Josh Cohen, and state politics reporter Laurel Demkovich. Meanwhile, CEO Rob Dunlop's executive compensation, at over half a million a year, is not being reduced.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/09/the-free-press-in-the-pnw-takes-another-hit-cascade-pbs-shutters-its-newsroom-putting-sixteen-staff-out-of-work.html

#FutureofJournalism #NewsroomJobLosses

Jimmy Kimmel Live to return tomorrow night, Disney says, as Bob Iger and top executives try to stave off more brand damage

The company is unsuspending Kimmel's show, though Sinclair and Nexstar have not committed to airing it. Disney did not disclose details of the understanding it has reached with the late night host, but it has been under immense pressure to bring him back.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-live-to-return-tomorrow-night-disney-says-as-bob-iger-and-top-executives-try-to-stave-off-more-brand-damage.html

#censorship #FirstFreedoms #FutureofJournalism #MediaConsolidation

America’s corporate media executives keep capitulating to Trump instead of defending the freedom of the press like they should be

Giant media companies are focused on pleasing Donald Trump and those who serve him rather than taking a stand for the First Amendment and free expression. The country can't afford this kind of cowardice.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/09/americas-corporate-media-executives-keep-capitulating-to-trump-instead-of-defending-the-freedom-of-the-press-like-they-should-be.html

#censorship #FutureofJournalism #MediaOwnership

Watch Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers respond to Jimmy Kimmel’s unconstitutional FCC-demanded suspension

Watch five clips from other late night talk shows expressing solidarity with Jimmy Kimmel and condemning government-ordered censorship.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2025/09/watch-jon-stewart-stephen-colbert-jimmy-fallon-and-seth-meyers-respond-to-jimmy-kimmels-unconstitutional-fcc-demanded-suspension/

#Censorship #FirstFreedoms #FutureofJournalism

Disney/ABC, Nexstar, and Sinclair just pulled late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel off the air after threat from Trump’s FCC chair

Weeks after Paramount canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel's show has been iced... and not because Kimmel said or did anything wrong, but because he was making jokes Donald Trump's regime doesn't like.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/09/disney-abc-nexstar-and-sinclair-just-pulled-late-night-talk-show-host-jimmy-kimmel-off-the-air-after-threat-from-trumps-fcc-chair.html

#censorship #FirstFreedoms #FutureofJournalism #MediaOwnership

So happy to finally attend the Future of Journalism Conference #FoJ2025 at Cardiff University — my first time onsite! 🎉

Great to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones, and explore a bit of this charming Welsh town!

#FutureOfJournalism #CardiffUniversity #JournalismResearch #AcademicCommunity