It is remarkable -- remarkably depressing -- how slow news media organizations are on taking up Mastodon, especially after Musk's attacks on reporters this week. Get with it, people!
https://mstdn.social/@ZhiZhu/109525881919494151
Zhi Zhu (@[email protected])

It would absolutely wonderful if news outlets hosted their own Mastodon instances. A few news orgs that have done that: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] And several others that have created official Mastodon accounts on general instances: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Not sure if this one is official: @[email protected] If anyone knows of any others, please let me know. #News #FollowFriday

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@jeffjarvis Legacy media being slow to adapt to a rapidly changing environment is kind of a "same story, different decade" thing. I remember working for a small local newspaper around 2003 and being shocked by how unprepared they were for the internet. In 2003! They felt they were a "news" company and not a "tech" company, so they didn't even try to understand the net. They outsourced their web presence and repeated the process with every other paradigm shift brought on by tech.