I'm a journalist and academic specializing in the future of local news. My next book, co-authored with Ellen Clegg, will be called "What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate." It will be published by Beacon Press in early 2024. Follow our updates at our website and podcast as well as my blog, Media Nation, both in the links below. Email me at dan-dot-kennedy-at-northeastern-dot-edu. #journalism #LocalNews #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #boston
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Last Notes npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: 50 years after Nixon's resignation, some eerie parallels with Trump and the Egypt story. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/08/09/50-years-after-nixons-resignation-some-eerie-parallels-with-trump-and-the-egypt-story/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy I'll be talking about the future of local news this Monday the Fitchburg Historical Society, sponsored by Fitchburg State University. It's free and open to the public, so please register. #journalism #localnews https://dankennedy.net/2024/08/09/ill-be-talking-about-the-future-of-local-news-this-monday-in-fitchburg/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Wyoming reporter resigns from newspaper purportedly founded by Buffalo Bill after confronted with evidence that he used AI to pipe quotes. #journalism #localnews https://dankennedy.net/2024/08/08/wyoming-reporter-resigns-after-confronted-with-evidence-that-he-used-ai-to-pipe-quotes/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Local news round-up: Cuts at the Tampa Bay Times, innovation on the coast of Maine and a new editor at The New Bedford Light. New at Media Nation. #journalism #localnews https://dankennedy.net/2024/08/08/local-news-round-up-cuts-in-tampa-innovation-in-maine-and-a-new-editor-in-new-bedford/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Want to make sure everyone has free access to this astonishing story in the @npub1lyq…c6u4 reporting that Trump may have received an illegal $10m cash payment from Egyptian President Sisi during the 2016 campaign. https://wapo.st/46AfgL6 npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Your morning reads: The Evan Gershkovich talks, Will Lewis' folly and changes at CBS. New at Media Nation. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/08/02/your-morning-reads-the-evan-gershkovich-talks-will-lewis-folly-and-changes-at-cbs/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Mike Shapiro, a pioneer in hyperlocal for-profit news, unveils a new model. Ellen Clegg and I interviewed Mike for our book, "What Works in Community News," and interviewed him on our podcast. #journalism #localnews https://dankennedy.net/2024/08/01/mike-shapiro-a-pioneer-in-hyperlocal-for-profit-news-unveils-a-new-model/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: @npub1lyq…c6u4 publisher Will Lewis is back in the news. And once again, it's for all the wrong reasons. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/31/will-lewis-is-back-in-the-news-and-once-again-its-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Still looking for a new theme for my blog, Media Nation (dankennedy-dot-net). Would love to see some great-looking but simple and clean WordPress sites with the traditional two-column layout. npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Gin Dumcius of CommonWealth Beacon reports on a ludicrous custom: Mass. legislators offering amendments to bills and then quickly withdrawing them, apparently for the sole purpose of drawing attention to a pet cause. #mapoli https://commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/why-are-so-many-amendments-being-withdrawn-on-beacon-hill/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Please become a paid supporter of Media Nation. For $5 a month, you'll receive a weekly newsletter with extra goodies beyond what free readers can access. I've unlocked the most recent so that you can have a look. https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/29/please-become-a-paid-supporter-of-media-nation-heres-what-youll-get/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy People keep saying that running mates don't affect elections, but there are some exceptions. One study found that Palin cost McCain 2.1 million votes in 2008. But shhh ... don't tell Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/19/sarah-palin-cost-john-mccain-2-million-votes-in-2008/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: A New England Muzzle Award goes to the local access outlet in Waltham, Mass., for trying to silence citizen journalists by abusing copyright law. https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/29/a-muzzle-to-walthams-local-access-outlet-for-trying-to-silence-citizen-journalists/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy I was worried that we might lose JD Vance, who is truly the gift that keeps on giving. I feel better now. The scum who created him are not going to walk away (free link). https://wapo.st/3A9goZE npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy From here to eternity: How Rupert Murdoch plans to maintain Fox News as a toxic right-wing force. New at Media Nation, including a free link to the NY Times investigation. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/26/from-here-to-eternity-how-murdoch-plans-to-maintain-fox-as-a-right-wing-force/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy President Biden emphasizes democracy as he begins his long goodbye. Peter Baker responds with a weirdly sour "news analysis." New at Media Nation: https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/25/president-biden-emphasizes-democracy-as-he-begins-his-long-goodbye/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy On at least two occasions, Jack Connors was part of efforts to buy The Boston Globe. The businessman-philanthropist died Tuesday at 82. #journalism New at Media Nation: https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/24/on-at-least-two-occasions-jack-connors-was-part-of-efforts-to-buy-the-boston-globe/ https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/841/869/940/415/398/original/d9633ce847e66464.png npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Newsletters move to the fore as tech platforms spurn community journalism. #journalism #localnews https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/23/newsletters-move-to-the-fore-as-tech-platforms-spurn-community-journalism/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Respect and gratitude for President Biden and best wishes to Vice President Harris. Defeating authoritarianism is the challenge of our time. npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: A few more data points as we await President Biden's final decision. You'll especially want to see the clip from "60 Minutes" in September 2022. The change is shocking. https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/20/a-few-more-data-points-as-we-wait-for-bidens-final-decision/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy In this week's newsletter for Media Nation supporters: a look back at conventions past, and a song by the great Linda Ronstadt, who celebrated her 78th birthday this week. Plus photography and a round-up of the week's posts. Please consider joining for $5 a month. https://patreon.com/dankennedy npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy An assassination attempt that could have been prevented. Click through for free links to the New York Times visual investigation and accompanying story. https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/18/an-assassination-attempt-that-could-have-been-prevented/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Northeastern's Mike Beaudet talks with Editor & Publisher about his project to reinvent local TV news. #journalism #localnews https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/16/northeasterns-mike-beaudet-talks-with-ep-about-reinventing-tv-news/ https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/797/106/212/813/521/original/a82762c7e1626213.png npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Boston 25 News is shrinking. You won't be surprised to learn that private equity is to blame. #Boston https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/15/boston-25-is-shrinking-you-wont-be-surprised-to-learn-that-private-equity-is-to-blame/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy @npub1u8z…nvt7 Something of an argument for choosing among the "official" themes. I use Twenty Sixteen for my other site, and it's not bad. https://whatworks.news npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy I'm thinking of changing the WordPress theme on my blog. I've been using Lovecraft for years, but I'd like to try something that looks more newsy and less artsy. Have you seen one that you like? https://wordpress.org/themes/lovecraft/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy I'm using up my free NYT links pretty quickly, but I want to share this horrifying look at the state of the race. The likelihood of Biden's recovering and winning is nil — and that's assuming he doesn't have any more senior moments. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/12/opinion/biden-trump-electoral-map-outlook.html?unlocked_article_code=1.600.Ft4h.CMAUJ79_fRrL&smid=url-share npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Biden helped himself a little. So what happens next? https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/12/biden-helped-himself-a-little-so-what-happens-next/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy ‘Mr. Aljamal, the one referred to as “Chubby Cheeks,” was writing regular dispatches for The Palestine Chronicle, a U.S.-based online publication, about the war’s terrible human toll on Gazans, as he was holding three kidnapped Israelis at gunpoint in his family’s apartment.’ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/world/middleeast/israel-hostage-gaza-koslov-hamas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k0._J3f.UlLeRUB6Rogk&smid=url-share npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Just posted this week's newsletter, an exclusive benefit for Media Nation supporters. I've got a commentary about media excess and the Biden crisis, a round-up of the week's posts, some great jazz from the civil rights era, and a photo of the week. To sign up, please visit https://patreon.com/dankennedy npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy CNN's dicey reinvention plans: Layoffs, AI and another attempt at paid digital. New at Media Nation. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/11/cnns-dicey-reinvention-plans-layoffs-ai-and-another-attempt-at-paid-digital/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Not a game-changer: A few thoughts on Friday night's interview. https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/06/not-a-game-changer/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy The authoritarian right is on the march in the U.S. and across the world. Demanding that newspaper editorialists call on them not to run or to pull out is profoundly unserious — it's like a return to the pre-Trump status quo. They have to be called out, exposed and defeated. npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Mass. Gov. Maura Healey has told associates that Biden's candidacy is "irretrievable," according to the New York Times and the Boston Globe. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/04/metro/healey-reportedly-questions-bidens-ability-win-after-debate-debacle/?p1=Article_Inline_Related_Box npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy The return of a great Fourth of July tradition: Presenting the annual New England Muzzle Awards. #FirstAmendment https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/03/the-return-of-a-fourth-of-july-tradition-the-annual-new-england-muzzle-awards/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: We need term limits for SCOTUS as well as some constraints on its powers. https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/02/we-need-terms-limits-for-scotus-as-well-as-some-constraints-on-its-powers/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: A Vermont state trooper, a middle finger — and, voilà, a New England Muzzle Award. #FirstAmendment https://dankennedy.net/2024/07/01/a-vermont-state-trooper-a-middle-finger-and-voila-a-new-england-muzzle-award/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Peter Bhatia has had a tumultuous year atop the Houston Landing, firing top editors and raising questions about his leadership. On the latest "What Works" podcast, Bhatia answers all the questions — and outlines his vision on where the Landing goes from here. #journalism #localnews https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-83-peter-bhatia/id1589105422?i=1000660468182 npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Kudos to The Philly Inquirer for a brilliant piece of performance art — but it doesn't answer our fears that Biden can't beat the authoritarian menace that Trump embodies. https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/30/kudos-to-the-philly-inquirer-for-a-brilliant-piece-of-performance-art/ https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/706/792/838/569/467/original/f0ec193be81c94da.png npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: The three national newspapers say that Biden should pull out or at least consider it. https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/29/the-three-national-newspapers-say-that-biden-should-pull-out-or-at-least-consider-it/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy @npub102e…kkcc Wow, are you going to be surprised when Sewell Chan shows up! 😀 Sorry about that. npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy How a state commission could help ease the local news crisis in Massachusetts. My commentary for CommonWealth Beacon. #journalism #localnews #mapoli https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/how-a-state-commission-could-help-ease-the-local-news-crisis/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Well, this was fun: Ellen Clegg and I talked about "What Works in Community News" with @npub15pz…jnuc, host of "The Addition," a U.K.-based podcast about media, politics and tech. Listen here or subscribe on your favorite app. #journalism #localnews https://theaddition.net npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Dems in disarray — and this time it's warranted as calls mount for Biden to drop out. https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/28/dems-in-disarray-and-this-time-its-warranted-as-calls-mount-for-biden-to-drop-out/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy I was among 10 academics, publishers and advocates who testified on Beacon Hill on Wednesday in favor of a Mass. local news commission. #journalism #localnews #mapoli State House News Service story: https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/06/26/massachusetts-local-news-beacon-hill-reporters-editors Boston Globe story: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/26/business/local-news-crisis-massachusetts-commission/ https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/688/852/918/565/086/original/c61b1a3edf26ee08.jpeg npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Announcing a major effort by our colleagues at Northeastern to help local newsrooms with polling during the 2024 campaign. #journalism #localnews https://whatworks.news/2024/06/26/northeastern-to-help-local-newsrooms-with-polling-during-the-2024-campaign/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy People are always trying to leave Politico. Still, it's shocking to see @npub1q9f…mucj, one of the great voices in media criticism, moving on. I hope he lands in a good place where his voice will continue to be heard. https://www.semafor.com/article/06/25/2024/top-reporters-leave-politico npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy On the Editor & Publisher vodcast, Margaret Sullivan talks with host Mike Blinder about the turmoil at The Washington Post, where she's a former media columnist, and the disappearance of the public editor. Sullivan now writes a column for The Guardian and a newsletter at Substack, and holds a top job at the Columbia Journalism School. #journalism https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/margaret-sullivan-on-controversies-at-the-post-and-prioritizing-her-focus-on-medias-critical,250533 npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Medill, after prodding, begins updating and correcting its map of news deserts. #journalism #localnews https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/25/medill-after-prodding-begins-updating-and-correcting-its-map-of-news-deserts/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy I'm just one supporter away from hitting a goal I'd set for myself when I added a paid option to my free blog, Media Nation (dankennedy-dot-net), several years ago. Media Nation remains a free source of news and commentary. To become a paid supporter for $5 a month, and to receive an exclusive weekly newsletter, please click here: https://patreon.com/dankennedy npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Dan Kennedy of McSweeney's checks in on Dan Kennedy the get-rich-quick guy and, well, me. https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/24/dan-kennedy-of-mcsweeneys-checks-in-on-the-rest-of-us/ https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/673/515/423/612/661/original/4db3096f1522151b.png npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: A hearing to revive a Mass. news commission will be held this Wednesday. #mapoli #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/24/a-hearing-to-revive-a-mass-news-commission-will-be-held-this-wednesday/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Looking forward to taking part in this Meet the Media event next Tuesday morning in #Boston. Two great panels — a reporters' roundtable and a session on the business of news (that's where I come in). #journalism Details and registration below. https://massterlist.com/media-2024/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy A friend signed up for a $5 monthly subscription to my weekly newsletter, so I signed up for $5 monthly donation to her local news project. I really think we've hit upon a viable business model! npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy With Robert Winnett out, you've got to wonder how much longer Will Lewis will be able to hang on as publisher of The Washington Post. #journalism https://wapo.st/45BNv3X npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy My new supporters-only newsletter looks at why critics are complaining about Jeff Bezos' stewardship of The Washington Post and John Henry's of the Red Sox. I argue they deserve a little more time, but it's running out — especially for Bezos. To become a supporter of Media Nation for $5 a month, just click here: https://patreon.com/dankennedy Media Nation is a free source of news and commentary online at dankennedy-dot-net npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New in the New England Muzzle Awards: Plymouth official threatens reporter for recording a public, live-streamed meeting. #FirstAmendment https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/20/plymouth-official-threatens-reporter-for-recording-a-public-live-streamed-meeting/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy My totally unsupported theory on why SCOTUS is taking such a long time with the Trump immunity case: Roberts, of whom I am not a fan, is nevertheless trying to prevail upon the far-right wing not to do something deeply stupid and damaging. npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Drip, drip, drip: Three new data points in the ongoing implosion of Washington Post publisher Will Lewis. New at Media Nation. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/20/drip-drip-drip-3/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy @npub1y42…krgf “Hallucination” is an excellent, evocative description of AI’s bullshit problem. It doesn’t minimize it in any way. And you are indeed hiding behind anonymity. npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Why a direct government subsidy for local news in Cambridge is a bad idea. #journalism #cambridgema #localnews https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/19/why-a-direct-government-subsidy-for-local-news-in-cambridge-is-a-bad-idea/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy I'm not cynical enough to think this is deliberate. But it's amazing how often the NYT publishes something with a terrible both-sidesy headline, gets ripped for it (along with a bunch of angry hate-clicks) and then changes it to something more palatable. (Second item: "What Are We Doing Here?”) #journalism https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/biden-takes-aim-at-felon-trump-and-out-of-control-supreme-court npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Will Lewis sounds a charmer and a suck-up who sold himself to Patty Stonefiser and Jeff Bezos as tech bro kind of media guy who speaks the language of innovation and disruption. Shame on them for not seeing through it and for failing to do their due diligence. #journalism npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy At CommonWealth Beacon, Gin Dumcius and Jennifer Smith write that a state trooper's embarrassing and offensive texts in the Karen Read trial have to be seen in the context of a State Police force that has lurched from one scandal to another. #mapoli https://commonwealthbeacon.org/criminal-justice/political-notebook-never-ending-state-police-problems-transit-beer-summit-ranking-bostons-choices/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: The Washington Post looks to local as a way of reviving its sagging fortunes. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/13/the-washington-post-looks-to-local-as-a-way-of-reviving-its-sagging-fortunes/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Appeals court rules that school officials in Middleborough, Mass., had a right to ban anti-trans T-shirts. #FirstAmendment https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/12/appeals-court-rules-that-school-officials-had-a-right-to-ban-anti-trans-t-shirts/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Incredibly good news from Gaza. https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-frees-4-hostages-after-8-months-captivity-in-daring-daytime-raid-in-central-gaza/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at What Works: Suggestions welcome for our new spreadsheet tracking public access and local news in Massachusetts. Please share widely! #journalism #boston #mapoli https://whatworks.news/2024/06/07/suggestions-welcome-for-our-new-spreadsheet-tracking-public-access-and-local-news/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Will Lewis keeps digging and demands a bigger shovel. Jeff Bezos may see this as a public relations problem rather than a genuine ethical quandary. Well, it's a PR disaster that isn't going away as long as Lewis is in charge. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/07/lewis-keeps-digging-and-demands-a-bigger-shovel/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy @npub1gul…ercn So did I! We can't all be expected to be experts on this stuff, so if she really has been discredited, I expect good editors to act accordingly. npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy According to people whose judgment and expertise I trust, Alina Chan is a conspiracy theorist whose work was discredited a long time ago. If that's the case, what is it doing in the NYT opinion section? #journalism https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/03/opinion/covid-lab-leak.html npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Jeff Bezos is reinventing The Washington Post — again. And this time he's on his own. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/06/03/jeff-bezos-is-re-inventing-the-washington-post-again-and-this-time-hes-on-his-own/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy It's too soon to say whether The Washington Post's declining fortunes were Sally Buzbee's fault, but it certainly made it easier for Will Lewis to replace her with his own people. The Baron era is starting to look like a lost golden age. #journalism https://www.thewrap.com/washington-post-executive-editor-exits/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Will Josh Kraft run for mayor of Boston? CommonWealth Beacon asked him in December. Plus, [email protected] ’s "Talking Politics" off the air, check out CWB's weekly podcast, "The Codcast”; and CWB is hiring a new editor. (Note: I'm an unpaid adviser to CWB.) #journalism #boston https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/29/will-josh-kraft-run-for-mayor-commonwealth-beacon-asked-him-in-december/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Dan Lothian is the steady hand that @npub1vs7…a6g3 needs right now. #journalism #boston https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/28/dan-lothian-is-the-steady-hand-that-gbh-news-needs-right-now npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy On the latest @npub1jzy…9ks0 podcast, @boston_clegg and I talk with Joshua Macht and Ronnie Ramos about their big plans for MassLive. #journalism #LocalNews https://whatworks.news/2024/05/23/joshua-macht-and-ronnie-ramos-tell-us-about-their-big-plans-for-masslive/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy As intelligence services investigate whether the Iranian helicopter crash was the result of sabotage, and who had a motive, this is worth pondering. "His [the president's] death may pave the way for Mr. Khamenei’s son Mojtaba to assume the role of supreme leader." https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/19/world/iran-president-crash/here-are-the-latest-developments?smid=url-share npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Important turtle-related news. https://thebedfordcitizen.org/2024/05/murphy-the-turtle-enjoys-his-14th-birthday-in-his-bedford-library-home/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy @npub10ar…lxp4 If you just plug in the URL dankennedy-dot-net into your RSS reader, the feed should be picked up automatically. npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy We all know that social media is falling apart. Please sign up for free email delivery of new posts to my blog, Media Nation. Just go to the website, scroll down the right-hand side and hit "Subscribe." For you old-school types, RSS works too. #journalism #LocalNews #boston #politics https://dankennedy.net npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Good Lord. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/politics/black-women-senate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/112/451/372/312/020/000/original/d5785b2c6f2bf548.jpeg npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Great to catch up with old friend Adam Reilly on @npub1vs7…a6g3's "Greater Boston" to talk about "What Works in Community News," the book I wrote with Ellen Clegg. You can watch our conversation at the link. #journalism #LocalNews https://youtu.be/wW_j2MeE_tk?si=NgkUCE2c_b-Utob4 npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Publishers sound alarm over Google's AI search plans. But let's dial it back a bit. (Why the photo? I experimented with some AI searches about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaxxism.) #journalism #ai https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/15/publishers-sound-alarm-over-googles-ai-search-plans-but-lets-dial-it-back-a-bit/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: How Fortress Investment Group, a private equity firm that destroyed newspapers, helped Trump in Chicago. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/14/how-a-private-equity-firm-that-destroyed-newspapers-helped-trump-in-chicago/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Well, this is unusual. The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride will roll through #Boston this Sunday, May 19. "Classic and vintage style motorcycles, dressing dapper and riding to raise funds and awareness for men’s mental health and prostate cancer research." Donate: https://www.gentlemansride.com npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Huntington News editors tell @npub1hee…t884 how they covered the recent encampment at Northeastern. #journalism #LocalNews https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/13/huntington-news-editors-tell-nieman-lab-how-they-covered-the-encampment/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy @npub1zq0…5jtr Read the story. That came from the Crimson, not from Harvard. I think they were just gobsmacked because that student journo was hardly even at the encampment, so how were they even ID’d? npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Harvard has rescinded the suspension of a student who had been reporting for the Crimson on the pro-Palestinian encampment, raising questions about how that particular student was identified in the first place. According to the Crimson, the student had not taken part in the protest and had only “infrequently” reported on the encampment. #journalism https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/5/11/harvard-crimson-reporter-involuntary-leave-protest/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy On the latest @npub1jzy…9ks0 podcast, Anne Eisenmenger tells Ellen Clegg and me how she built a group of free, for-profit weekly newspapers in SE Mass. #journalism #LocalNews https://whatworks.news/2024/05/10/how-anne-eisenmenger-built-a-group-of-free-for-profit-weekly-newspapers/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: Gannett's latest outrage; plus, AI news comes to Boston, and charges are dropped against student journalists at Dartmouth. #journalism #LocalNews https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/10/gannetts-latest-outrage-plus-ai-comes-to-boston-and-student-journos-cleared/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy In Haaretz, my Northeastern journalism colleague Laurel Leff raises questions about an open letter signed by journalism and communication studies professors calling on the NY Times to investigate its reporting on Hamas' use of sexual assault as a weapon. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/09/in-haaretz-laurel-leff-raises-questions-about-an-open-letter-signed-by-journalism-profs/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Look out, Oregon: Ken Doctor is planning a new media outlet to challenge Gannett. New at What Works. #journalism #LocalNews https://whatworks.news/2024/05/08/look-out-oregon-ken-doctor-is-planning-a-new-media-outlet-to-challenge-gannett/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Look out, Oregon: Ken Doctor is planning a new media outlet to challenge Gannett. New at Media Nation. #journalism #LocalNews https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/08/look-out-oregon-ken-doctor-is-planning-a-new-media-outlet-to-challenge-gannett/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Last call! If you're in the Boston area, Ellen Clegg and I will be talking about our book, "What Works in Community News," today (May 6) at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library's West Roxbury branch. We'll be signing copies, too. Free and open to the public. #journalism #LocalNews #boston https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/66216df83849bf4100b3b28f npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: A lawsuit filed by Ethan Zuckerman aims to let Facebook users turn off the News Feed. https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/02/a-lawsuit-aims-to-let-facebook-users-turn-off-the-news-feed/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy 📚Ellen Clegg and I will be speaking at an event for our book, "What Works in Community News," this Monday, May 6, from 6 to 7:45 p.m. at the West Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library, 1961 Centre St. We'll be sponsored by the Friends of the West Roxbury Branch Library, and books will be for sale. Free and open to the public. https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/66216df83849bf4100b3b28f npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy New at Media Nation: The Dallas Morning News hires a public editor. More news outlets should follow. #journalism https://dankennedy.net/2024/05/01/the-dallas-morning-news-hires-a-public-editor-more-news-outlets-should-follow/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy "What Works in Community News" co-author Ellen Clegg speaks with the Nebraska Examiner about the importance of local journalism. The former owners of a newspaper jump back in to save the oldest continuously published weekly in Nebraska. #journalism #LocalNews https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/04/30/small-town-publishers-return-to-stave-off-demise-of-oldest-weekly-paper-in-nebraska/ npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy @npub1dqv…8x4s I really liked Usenet. npub1ceq5v608ve0ghuym0k9m8glxsfljegd046cuatgg0xpz5raudfdsqwwxf3 Dan Kennedy Some media-related updates: Antisemitic hate speech at Northeastern appears to have come from a counter-protester. Plus, questions about press access at the protest site. https://dankennedy.net/2024/04/27/antisemitic-hate-speech-at-nu-appears-to-have-come-from-a-counter-protester/