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“Two European journalists were hacked using government spyware made by Israeli surveillance tech provider Paragon.”
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/researchers-confirm-two-journalists-were-hacked-with-paragon-spyware/

Researchers confirm two journalists were hacked with Paragon spyware | TechCrunch
The confirmation of two hacked victims further deepens an ongoing spyware scandal that, for now, appears largely focused on the Italian government.

The UK's Reach is hiring an overnight team in Australia for the first time to deliver "what UK news audiences want to see", following its expansion in the US (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-

Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/medical-journal-rejects-kennedys-call-for-retraction-vaccine-study-2025-08-11/

Whistleblower: Lockheed Martin Awarded Bonuses Based on Race (City Journal)
https://www.city-journal.org/article/lockheed-martin-civil-rights-law-bonuses-race-merit
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p121#a250612p121

Ich lese zum wiederholten Mal von Zeitungen und Medienhäusern, die Journalisten kündigen und zukünftig mit KI weitermachen wollen und werden. Der Beruf des Journalisten wird damit weniger und weniger attraktiv. Wenn wir nicht aufpassen, ist das Journalistenhandwerk in zwanzig oder dreißig Jahren also so gut wie ausgestorben und wird nur noch von ein paar Liebhabern im musealen Kontext gepflegt. #justthinkin

Who could have seen it coming that a whole country marches into supporting a genocide while claiming that genocide should happen “niemals wieder” (“never again”)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/13/german-media-outlets-israel-murder-journalists-gaza

Incredibly strong post about #genAI and journalism:
https://www.404media.co/the-medias-pivot-to-ai-is-not-real-and-not-going-t…

The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

Sources: four senior BBC journalists have lodged ageism complaints as they face layoffs under plans to merge the BBC's Home and Foreign newsdesks (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/06/bbc-news-journalists-age-discriminat…

BBC News Journalists Lodge Ageism Complaint As They Face Being Fired Under Newsdesk Merger
A group of seasoned BBC News journalists have claimed that they are being forced out of the corporation because of their age.

Interviews with over 70 people detail the 13-year search for Austin Tice, the American journalist who was kidnapped near Damascus in August 2012 (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/13/austin-tice-syria-assad-s…

Inside the 13-year search for Austin Tice, the journalist who disappeared
Austin Tice disappeared in Syria in 2012. To reconstruct the 13-year search for the journalist, The Post spoke with more than 70 people, uncovering new information about his imprisonment and the effort to free him.

Researchers find evidence that a second fanpage.it journalist, along with an anonymous European journalist, were targeted using Graphite spyware (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/12/…