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A US immigration judge grants bond to Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara, after he was arrested by police while covering a protest and turned over to ICE (Kate Brumback/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/journalist-

Bond granted for Spanish-language journalist arrested during protest and turned over to ICE
An immigration judge in Georgia has granted bond for a well-known Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering a protest last month. That means he will be free as the government seeks to deport him from the United States. Mario Guevara, who's from El Salvador, was arrested by local police on June 14 while covering a protest just outside Atlanta. He was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement several days later and was being held in a south Georgia immigration detention ce…

#Migration Ella Strübbe, @… „Die deutsche Bürokratie hat meine Träume platzen lassen“. Musa ist #Kurde und Journalist und kam 2014 aus der

„Die deutsche Bürokratie hat meine Träume platzen lassen“
Musa ist Journalist und kam 2014 aus der Türkei nach Deutschland. Heute fragt er sich, ob das ein Fehler war.

Comic-Sachbuch: Gezeichnete Reise durch die Jahrzehnte der Spiele
Der Journalist Jean Zeid hat zusammen mit der Zeichnerin Émilie Rouge ein vergnügliches wie lehrreiches Sach-Comic über die Welt der Spiele veröffentlicht.

Journalist Discovers Google Vulnerability That Allowed People to Disappear Specific Pages From Search https://www.404media.co/journalist-discovers-google-vulnerability-that-allowed-people-to-disappear-specific-pages-fro…

At least 54,418 people have been killedin Gaza during the war, according to the territory's health ministry

A local Palestinian journalist told the BBC that Israeli tanks opened fire near an aid centre.
A medic says he is treating people with bullet or shrapnel wounds

The Palestinian Red Crescent says 14 people have been injured near another aid distribution centre in the Netzarim Corridor, central Gaza

As a reminder: Israel doesn't allow independent…

Gaza latest: 31 dead after Israeli tanks open fire near aid centre in Rafah, Hamas health ministry says
The Red Cross hospital in Rafah says 150 Palestinians have been injured in Gaza’s southern city.

»Blogs werden immer mehr zu einer wichtigen Wegstation auf der Customer Journey« titelte der eco im August 2015 ein Interview mit Tim Cole, dem womöglich ersten Blogger des Internets. Anlass war, dass sein Blog cole.de damals 20 Jahre alt wurde.
https://www.eco.d…

The Utopia of “AI” is the Dystopia of never being touched by anything.
(Original title: Friction and not being touched)
https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/

Friction and not being touched
The journalist Karen Hao – who published an absolutely fantastic book about OpenAI called “Empire of AI” recently – coined (as far as I know) one of the best terms for describing modern “AI” systems: Everything Machines. “AI” systems are not framed as specific tools that solve specific problems in specific ways but just as […]

"In Empire of #AI, journalist Karen Hao writes about the rise of #OpenAI and the impacts of AI around the world. Below is an extract from the book on the effects on Chile's mineral reserves and water resources."

A profile of sports journalist Pablo Torre, who launched his podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out in 2023 under Meadowlark Media, focusing on "adversarial journalism" (Zak Keefer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6329507/2

Jordon Hudson, Kash Patel and MJ’s fax machine: Pablo Torre’s ‘terminal content brain’ battles the algorithm
Torre had to leave ESPN to carve out a spot in the media landscape that fits him, mixing the silly — even the salacious — with the smart.

Writing about the #NoAFD Journalist & Columnist Sebastian Leber conlcudes - and I want to put this up front, because I believe it's important - that those who vote for the AfD in Germany are not persuaded by moral arguments or by appeals to the free and constitutional democratic order. They don't care! What matters to them is the reasons for which they vote for the AfD in the first …

Prosecution Against Journalist For Allegedly Violating Wiretapping Law Endangers Right To Gather News https://thedissenter.org/us-prosecutors-right-to-gather-news/

Journalist Sues LA County, Ex-LA County Sheriff For Criminally Investigating Her https://thedissenter.org/journalist-sues-la-county-ex-la-county-sheriff-for-criminally-investigating-her/

In Wall Street-kringen gaat rond dat Trump een ‘chicken’ is. ‘Dat heet onderhandelen’, snauwt de president (wiens tere zieltje weer eens niet tegen kritiek opgewassen blijkt)
#TrumpChicken

'[D]efending free and ethical journalism is ... a duty of all those who yearn for a solid and participatory democracy. Wherever a journalist is silenced, the democratic soul of a country is weakened. Freedom of the press is an inalienable common good. Those who conscientiously exercise this vocation cannot see their voices silenced by petty interests or fear of the truth.'
Pope Leo made a 'pointed remark' apparently aimed at Trump's big grudge: reports - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/pope-leo-shot-trump-journalist/

Look at how Trump’s fascist government treats a journalist asking questions about israel’s Hannibal Directive and its illegal nuclear weapons.
Oh, sorry, I meant Biden’s.
Lesser of two evils and all that, I guess.
https://www.newsweek.com/s…

Video: Journalist Sam Husseini Forcibly Removed From Blinken's Last News Conference
Sam Husseini was grabbed by security members and escorted out of the room.

She’s Got Game: Sarah Spain ’02 Is a Star of Sports Journalism
#sports

She’s Got Game: Sarah Spain ’02 Is a Star of Sports Journalism - Cornellians | Cornell University
The ESPN veteran hosts the first daily podcast on women’s athletics—and just published her first book

Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet #PyConUS
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1021871/9387141f162151c7/

Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: 'I'm seeing what absolute power can do' (George Chidi/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/mario-guevara-journalist-ice-georgia-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p36#a250720p36

I wrote about frictionlessness and "AI". The essay is admittedly a bit of a weird ride trying to connect a few very distinct thoughts. I hope it's still worth reading.
https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/

Friction and not being touched
The journalist Karen Hao – who published an absolutely fantastic book about OpenAI called “Empire of AI” recently – coined (as far as I know) one of the best terms for describing modern “AI” systems: Everything Machines. “AI” systems are not framed as specific tools that solve specific problems in specific ways but just as […]

Bill Moyers,
the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world of ideas, died Thursday at age 91.
Moyers died in a New York City hospital, according to longtime friend Tom Johnson, the former CEO of CNN and an assistant to Moyers during Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration. He did not cite Moyers’ cause of death.

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world of ideas, died Thursday at age 91.

That fact that I love using the emdash in my texts has nothing to do with me being a generative AI, but everything with being a recovering journalist.

Zelensky slaps sanctions on Russian exiled journalist, ex-Ukrainian lawmakers: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/20/zelensky-slaps-sanctions-on-russian.html

So Bitvise, the developer of an SSH client that competes with PuTTY, the widely-used open-source SSH and Telnet client, somehow got hold of the domain putty.org and is using it to promote its own products.
Here's how Bitvise responded to a tech blogger/journalist who wrote about this situation.
https://blog.pupred.…

Die Regierung #Merz macht weiter mit ihren Angriffen auf Demokratie und Rechtsstaat.
Die CDU holt besonders gerne Döpfners Bild-Mitarbeiter in Ministerien. Auch Bundesgesundheitsministerin Nina Warken setzt auf Springer-Personal mit möglichst geringer Moral. Ihr Pressesprecher Hanno Kautz droht nun unverholen Journalist*innen mit einer Verfolgung auf Kopfgeldbasis.
Wie weit will diese Reg…

Pressesprecher droht Journalisten: "Wäre Riesenfreude, den- oder diejenige zu erwischen"
Bundesgesundheitsministerin Nina Warken (CDU) hat Journalisten zum Hintergrundgespräch eingeladen. Nach dem vermeintlichen Routinetermin ging es hoch her. Der Ministeriumssprecher verschickte eine Drohmail.

Police Raid Against Journalist Asa Winstanley Was Unlawful, UK Court Rules https://thedissenter.org/police-raid-against-journalist-asa-winstanley-was-unlawful-uk-court-rules/

Russia frees Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko, detained since March 2021, and Belarus frees Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei, detained since July 2023 (Lauren Wolfe/Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/06/russia-and-bel

Russia and Belarus release two journalists who had been detained for years - Committee to Protect Journalists
Paris, June 23, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko and Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei, who had been unjustly detained for years by Russia and Belarus, respectively.   Russia freed Yesypenko on June 20 after he served a five-year prison sentence on charges of possessing and transporting explosives, which he denied. Karnei, detained for nearly 2...

Früher stand das Silicon Valley für Innovation und Freiheit, heute zerstören Tech-Giganten die Demokratie. Die ehemalige EU-Abgeordnete Marietje Schaake kämpft gegen den zunehmenden Einfluss der Tech-Konzerne auf Politik. Sie warnt Medien davor, sich von Big Tech abhängig zu machen – und hofft auf einen Journalismus, der nicht länger auf die Narrative der Tech-Giganten hereinfällt.

Marietje Schaake: „Medien machen sich von mächtigen…
Marietje Schaake warnt im journalist-Interview Medien davor, sich von großen Tech Unternehmen abhängig zu machen.

https://taz.de/Correctiv-Journalist-ueber-Lokalmedien/!6094139/

"Politiker:innen bleiben, weil Journalist:innen dort sind.
Journalist:innen bleiben, weil die Politiker:innen dort sind.
Ein toxischer Kreislauf der gegenseitigen Bestätigung.
Dabei gäbe es eine Exit-Strategie:
Einfach nicht mehr referenzieren.
Nicht mehr einbetten.
Politiker:innen posten in der Regel auch auf anderen Plattformen.
Wir könnten #X allmählich die v…

https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/?utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web

Folded with Adam Bienkov | Substack
An independent progressive newsletter about UK politics written by the political journalist Adam Bienkov. Click to read Folded with Adam Bienkov, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

'Direct retaliation': Hispanic journalist detained by ICE speaks out (Lautaro Grinspan/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/07/direct-retaliation-hispanic-journalist-detained-by-ice-speaks-out/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250719/p60#a250719p60

Bill Moyers, former press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson and an influential broadcast journalist for 40 years, dies at age 91 from prostate cancer (Fred A. Bernstein/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2…

Bill Moyers, eminence of public affairs broadcasting, dies at 91
He was White House press secretary under Lyndon B. Johnson and Newsday publisher before becoming an acclaimed television journalist, mostly for PBS.

Bericht: Entlassungen bei "Oblivion Remastered"-Studio Virtuos
Beim Entwicklerstudio Virtuos sollen 300 Stellen gestrichen werden, berichtet ein Journalist. Betroffen ist demnach auch das Team hinter "Oblivion Remastered".

More than a decade after EuroMaidan, Ukrainians once again rally in Kyiv for their rights (PHOTOS): https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/26/more-than-a-decade-after.html

T verschil tussen 'de journalist' en 'de rest vsn de wereld':
Nee journalist, dat getik tok tussen twee idioten is niet bijzonder interessant. Eerder 'bijzonder ONinteressant'.

The beloved and respected Premier of #Alberta has been hiding from the public the results of a survey on the proposed Alberta pension plan. Through determined and relentless work, an Edmonton journalist has forced the release of the results. It's amazing that a government survey crafted to deliver data that would support their predetermined strategy actually showed that over 60% of Albertans are firmly against the plan. Watch the video and read the comments.
#CanPoli
https://youtu.be/4o0FNBYrPfM?si=53jb6MUkdvgqQaqJ

Reminder: Trump files bs lawsuits.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/18/trump-bob-woodward-lawsuit-dismissed/

lol at Ian Hislop hosting the Paul Foot awards:
(1/2)
"Boris Johnson, fellow journalist, wrote about Keir Starmer. He said Keir was the orange ball-chewing manacled gimp of Brussels. And we always tell young journalists: write about what you know!
Some of you will remember that a lot of Tory MPs were actually found with orange balls in manacles at various stages of the last government.

Heute 19:15 Uhr im DLF: Feature
Das Attentat auf Hugo Bettauer im März 1925
Chronik eines Journalistenmordes
Von Christine Marth
ORF 2025
Vor hundert Jahren sorgt die Ermordung des österreichischen Journalisten und Schriftstellers Hugo Bettauer international für Schlagzeilen. Der erfolgreiche Autor war durch seine konfrontativ-sozialkritische Haltung in der Ersten Republik zum erklärten Feindbild nicht nur rechtsradikaler Kreise erklärt worden.
In seinem bek…

This is obviously bad from #whatsapp, but also, the way the journalist describes what the chatbot does, as if it had intentions, is pretty bad too.
"It was the beginning of a bizarre exchange of the kind more and more people are having with AI systems, in which chatbots try to negotiate their way out of trouble, deflect attention from their mistakes and contradict themselve…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#MusicMatters
- Knowing the Score
With the help of rugby coach Clive Woodward and conductor Edward Gardner, sports journalist Eleanor Oldroyd explores the connections between classical music and sport.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002djlp

In case you were wondering…
Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’ - The Verge https://apple.news/AcX9nnExJRN-25xPVtyTb8g

Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’ — The Verge
Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell: Overtime, and creator of the Fortt Knox streaming series on LinkedIn. I’m guest-hosting for a couple more episodes of Decoder this summer while Nilay is out on parental leave.

I dag har jeg fået at vide af en samarbejdspartner at vi har fået bevilling til at lave en podcastserie om retslingvistik! Det glæder jeg mig helt enormt til (ikke mindst fordi min partner er professionel journalist med mange års podcasterfaring, så hun tager sig af alt det jeg ikke kan 😅).
#forskningsformidling

Die Human Library in Hamburg https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/kulturjournal/die-human-library-in-hamburg,kulturjournal-104.html
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Saudi Arabia executes prominent Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, who was arrested in 2018 over Twitter posts alleging corruption within the Saudi royal family (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/06/saudi-arabia-e

Saudi Arabia executes journalist Turki al-Jasser on treason, terrorism charges  - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., June 14, 2025 — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced the Saturday execution of prominent Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, who had been detained for seven years on charges of treason, foreign collaboration, funding terrorism, and endangering national security and unity.  Saudi authorities arrested al-Jasser in 2018 and seized his devices, believing that he...

Journalismus 2025 👏
https://www.profil.at/oesterreich/elfriede-jelinek-tot-erklaert-tommaso-debenedetti-fake-news-tweet/403051107

Warum haben Sie Elfriede Jelinek für tot erklärt, Herr Debenedetti?
Am Dienstag hat der italienische Journalist und Hoaxer Tommaso Debenedetti die österreichische Literaturnobelpreisträgerin Elfriede Jelinek mithilfe eines Fake-Accounts für tot erklärt. Warum er das macht, und auf wen er es als Nächstes abgesehen hat.

A judge rules Don Lemon's lawsuit against Elon Musk and X can proceed to trial, after Musk canceled a $1.5M/year exclusive X content deal with Lemon in 2024 (Alex Welch/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/don-lemon-elon-musk-x-lawsuit-moving-to-tria…

Don Lemon's Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Can Go to Trial Following Pivotal Court Ruling
Former CNN journalist Don Lemon's lawsuit against Elon Musk and the Tesla CEO's social media platform X will be allowed to go to trial.

AI companies are largely fraudsters. Not at all shocking: it's where the hype train went after blockchains and web3.0
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/114561080558494818

Mario Guevara, an El Salvador-born journalist who covers immigration raids, may face deportation after his arrest while covering No Kings protests in Atlanta (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/media/mario-guevara-salvadoran-jo…

Salvadoran journalist arrested while streaming a ‘No Kings’ protest could face deportation
ICE has requested an immigration “detainer” for Mario Guevara, the first step towards potentially deporting the El Salvador-born reporter, his lawyer said.

@… Das Bild ist einfach eine Vorschau des verlinkten Bluesky-Posts. Dort zu sehen ist ein Witzbild mit einem Journalisten, der in den oberen beiden Panels Twitter besucht und gut gelaunt zwischen „Black people suck“, „gay people suck“, „trans people suck“ und „immigrants suck“ umher hüpft. In der unteren Bildhälfte besucht der Journalist mit verwundertem Gesichtsausdruck Blu…

Tydligt exempel på oansvarig och lat fråga från en journalist: “Är du förvånad?”

En expert vill inte erkänna att de är förvånade. Och de är sällan det heller. De är experter just för att de alltid går runt och tänker på massor av eventualiteter.

Och om journalisten frågade om en viktig händelse har de nu förflyttat läsarens fokus från händelsen till experten.

Det är också ett exempel på en stängd fråga (ja eller nej), vilket inte uppmuntrar till ett uns av reflektion.…

Occasionally, I am inclined to start an email with: "I am a freelance journalist, and I have some questions about this and that. I believe you know who I am, because my previous investigations and articles caused so much trouble for your organization/company."

Weltbekannte Kathedrale in Kiew bei Angriffen leicht beschädigt
Bei russischen Angriffen auf die ukrainische Hauptstadt Kiew ist die weltbekannte Sophienkathedrale offenbar in Mitleidenschaft gezogen worden. Die Kathedrale wurde während der Angriffe in der Nacht leicht beschädigt, wie ein AFP-Journalist in Kiew berichtete. Nach Angaben des ukrainischen Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj bröckelte ein Tei…
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Per Svensson var en briljant journalist och författare, en intellektuell i ordets bästa bemärkelse. Sorgligt att han inte längre finns bland oss. https://www.dn.se/kultur/journalisten-per-svensson-dod-blev-68-ar/

Journalisten Per Svensson död – blev 68 år
Journalisten, författaren och tidigare DN-medarbetaren Per Svensson har avlidit vid 68 års ålder. Han var en av Sveriges mest tongivande kulturskribenter

Los Angeles police officers arrested journalist
💥Anthony Orendorff
-- while he was documenting a federal immigration raid in Pacoima on June 19.
❌He spent four days behind bars without bail on charges of battery of an officer
before the case was dropped and he was released. 
“It’s bittersweet because I’m out, but there’s a lot of people still in,” Orendorff said.
“There’s a lot of people we still got to fight for.
But this is a win for us … this is…

LAPD Arrest of Journalist at ICE Raid Fuels Press Freedom Fears
Anthony Orendorff was jailed for four days without bail before charges were dropped.

An Australian court finds ABC unlawfully terminated journalist Antoinette Lattouf in December 2023 for her social media posts opposing Israel's campaign in Gaza (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun

ABC News suspends journalist after calling Trump and adviser 'world-class' haters (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/abc-news-suspends-journalist-stephen-miller-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250608/p80#a250608p80

First time I like what I see from an AI video.
*This video summary was created by AI from the original DW script. It was edited by a journalist before publication.
How hackers could take down Europe’s power supply
https://www.dw.com/en/how-hackers-could-ta

How hackers could take down Europe’s power supply – DW – 07/17/2025
Hackers can hijack solar energy installations and disrupt the grid. As threats grow, can attacks from China, Russia, or elsewhere be prevented?

Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet [LWN.net] https://lwn.net/Articles/1021871/

According to @…'s newsletter this morning, the Citizen's Advice Bureau is now requiring #Trans employees (? and clients?) to use toilets according to their gender assigned at birth, which, if true, is not a good look at all. Journalist is Steph Paton, who I sli…

Scots charity in trans rights row after announcing change to bathroom access
A Scottish charity may be discriminating against transgender staff after announcing a change to bathroom access following the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act, say legal experts.

Als vor gut zehn Jahren der Journalist und LGBTQ -Aktivst Eric Lembembe in seiner Wohnung in Jaunde ermordet wird, beginnt der in Kamerun geborene Berliner Regisseur Appolain Siewe sich mit der grassierenden Homophobie in Kamerun zu beschäftigen. Sein Dokumentarfilm CODE DER ANGST zeigt Siewes Versuch, die Ursachen des Hasses zu verstehen.

Doku über Homosexualität in Kamerun: Suchen gegen alle Widerstände
Wer sich engagiert, muss mit Repression rechnen: Der Dokumentarfilm „Code der Angst“ von Appolain Siewe geht der Homophobie in Kamerun nach.

After lengthy #legal delays via #MelonHusk attorneys, judge okays #DonLemon lawsuit over cancelled $1.5M streaming show deal to proceed to trial phase...

Don Lemon's Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Can Go to Trial Following Pivotal Court Ruling
Former CNN journalist Don Lemon's lawsuit against Elon Musk and the Tesla CEO's social media platform X will be allowed to go to trial.

Got suspended for 24 hours from #Bluesky for telling a transphobic (and potentially a nonce) "journalist" to end his life :neocat_thonk:

Angriffe von Siedlern auf Journalist:Innen im Westjordanland: Es ist doch völlig egal, ob das Juden, Muslime, Christen etc sind, es sind gewalttätige Leute, brutal und voller Haß - und deshalb müssen sie strafrechtlich verfolgt und zu harten Strafen verurteilt werden.
Keine Regierung darf Gewaltverbrecher mit Samthandschuhen anfassen, nur weil es Juden sind. Juden sind wie alle anderen auch, nicht privilegiert.
Stoppt den Hass radikaler, religiös verhetzter Israelis!

WNL: aanwezigheid VVD-congres voor ledenwerving, niet als pers - #RTLnieuws
https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5513902/wnl-aan…

Der Chief Grifter wieder und alle MAGA Leute so yes Daddy please screw me over😍
https://www.golem.de/news/made-in-usa-crash-bei-bestellung-des-trump-smartphones-2506-197191.html

Made in USA: Crash bei Bestellung des Trump-Smartphones - Golem.de
Ein Journalist hat das goldene Trump-Smartphone bestellt und dabei zahlreiche Probleme erlebt. Ein Experte zweifelt am Label Made in USA.

Happy Birthday, dear friend! And a long life for Your Holiness!
Franz Alt (86), Journalist und Buchautor
#DalaiLama
https://www.son…

Dem Dalai Lama zum 90.: »Ich schlage vor: Mehr zuhören, mehr nachdenken, mehr meditieren« - Sonnenseite - Ökologische Kommunikation mit Franz Alt
Der Dalai Lama sendet nur Kalendersprüche? Von wegen, sagt sein langjähriger Freund Franz Alt. Wer will, dass die Erde noch eine Zukunft hat, muss endlich

Q&A with comedian Andrew Schulz about becoming America's "foremost political journalist", interviewing Donald Trump and others, "podcast bros", and more (David Marchese/New York Times)
https://www.

Andrew Schulz, ‘Podcast Bro,’ Might Be America’s Foremost Political Journalist
The comedian and host has a huge audience and many thoughts on what podcasters like him are responsible for now.

Syrian General Questioned in Case of Missing American (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/politics/syria-austin-tice-journalist.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250615/p40#a250615p40

@…
45-year mystery behind eerie photo from The Shining is believed to be solved
Man from infamous picture in the classic horror film identified by a retired academic and journalist

45-year mystery behind eerie photo from The Shining is believed to be solved | CBC Radio
The Shining is hailed as a spine-tingling horror classic, gripping audiences with its chilling psychological twists. It’s also mired with countless conspiracy theories. Now, one of those theories has finally been cracked: the mystery of where the infamous final photo, which ends the film on a haunting cliffhanger, came from.

Local media: a Turkish court arrested independent journalist Fatih Altayli over his comments on social media allegedly threatening President Tayyip Erdogan (Tuvan Gumrukcu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Der Demo Ticker Berlin @demo-ticker-berlin.bsky.social weiß genau ob der (körperlichen) Bedrohung von Journalist*innen bei Protesten und deshalb ist diese Markierung als »Zionist*innen« im Kontext der Pro-Palästina-Demos wirklich bedenklich. Fehlt eigentlich nur noch das Hamas-Dreieck …

An interview with Mario Guevara, who faces deportation to El Salvador and says ICE detained him as direct retaliation for his coverage of the agency's raids (Lautaro Grinspan/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/07/direct-re

Analysis of Propaganda in Tweets From Politically Biased Sources
Vivek Sharma, Mohammad Mahdi Shokri, Sarah Ita Levitan, Elena Filatova, Shweta Jain
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08169

Analysis of Propaganda in Tweets From Politically Biased Sources
News outlets are well known to have political associations, and many national outlets cultivate political biases to cater to different audiences. Journalists working for these news outlets have a big impact on the stories they cover. In this work, we present a methodology to analyze the role of journalists, affiliated with popular news outlets, in propagating their bias using some form of propaganda-like language. We introduce JMBX(Journalist Media Bias on X), a systematically collected and ann…

Ich habe diese Doku eben zum dritten Mal gesehen. Jedes Mal habe ich etwas Neues gelernt. Lasst euch nicht von dem T-Wort im Titel abschrecken.
Hauptsächlich geht es um die Sponsoren und Einflüsterer des Trampels. Das ZDF hat das journalistische Schwergewicht Claus Kleber losgeschickt, und er hat Interviews mit Leuten bekommen, die sonst nicht oft mit Journalist:innen reden. Manche von ihnen entlarven sich selbst als extreme Menschenfeinde.
Laut Wikipedia ist »Paypal-Mafia« eine…

Trump's envoy Kellogg to visit Ukraine on July 14: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/11/trumps-envoy-kellogg-to-visit.html

The contract between Italy's intelligence services and the offensive cyber company Paragon has been canceled
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/securi

Journalist Mario Guevara's lawyer says ICE has not allowed Guevara's family to post bond, leaving Guevara in custody despite a federal judge's order (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-outraged-a

CPJ outraged at ICE refusal of judge’s order to release journalist Mario Guevara - Committee to Protect Journalists
Atlanta, July 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities not to comply with a federal immigration judge order that granted bail to Atlanta-based Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara, who was originally arrested on First Amendment-related charges. Those charges were dropped on June 25. CPJ calls for Guevara’s immediate...

Reporter Is Detained by ICE After Reporting on Immigration Protest (Amanda Holpuch/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/us/journalist-arrested-ice-georgia-mario-guevara.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250618/p146#a250618p146

Star-studded nuptials between Amazon founder, billionaire Jeff Bezos, and Lauren Sšnchez, a former TV journalist.
The days-long shindig,
expected to begin from 24 June,
will be the biggest wedding held in Venice California since George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin in 2014.
While Venice residents mostly embraced the Clooneys’ fairytale big day,
the Bezos wedding has been met with much more antipathy.
As soon as Venice’s millionaire mayor, Luigi Brugnaro…

Der Demo Ticker Berlin @demo-ticker-berlin.bsky.social weiß genau ob der (körperlichen) Bedrohung von Journalist*innen bei Protesten und deshalb ist diese Markierung als »Zionist*innen« im Kontext der Pro-Palästina-Demos wirklich bedenklich. Fehlt eigentlich nur noch das Hamas-Dreieck …

Appeals court revives Salvadoran journalists’ lawsuit against NSO Group https://therecord.media/appeals-court-revives-salvadoran-journalist-lawsuit-nso-group-spyware

“Using this tragedy to push your own political agenda is disgraceful, people are dead,” Democratic activist Nina Turner replied on X.
“Even for MikeLee, this is beyond disgusting,” political scientist Norman Ornstein wrote on X. “Disinformation, beneath contempt.”
“What the hell is Mike Lee doing? Has he completely lost it?” conservative journalist Brad Polumbo also wrote on X.
“It’s Father’s Day, and you’re spending your time tweeting lies about a tragedy to run cover for …

MAGA Sen. Mocked for Absurdly Calling Dem Assassin ‘Marxist’
Senator Mike Lee joined Elon Musk in portraying the suspect in attacks on Minnesota lawmakers as a leftist.

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/…

An interview with Mexican reporter Jorge Ramos, who returns with a new independent daily news program on social media six months after leaving TelevisaUnivision (Andrea Flores/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2025-0

Jorge Ramos on his new digital show, 'Así Veo las Cosas': 'I have a few pending battles left'
Six months after leaving TelevisaUnivision, the renowned Mexican journalist turns to social media programming with 'Así Veo las Cosas

“What Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s family is going through is just unimaginable,”
says Baltimore-based journalist Baynard Woods,
“but it is also what we’ve all allowed to happen over generations of letting the drug war and our deference to police departments erode the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution,
which should protect us all from illegal search and seizure,
such as these seizures that ICE is committing all around the country right now.”

What the government can do to you without due process
The Trump administration is pushing immigrants into a legal black hole created by America’s failed drug war.

An Australian journalist who had reported on the Columbia University protests while studying there recounts his interrogation and deportation by CPB at LAX (Alistair Kitchen/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/ho

How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
Alistair Kitchen on being detained at Los Angeles International Airport and sent back to Australia because of his reporting on the protests at Columbia University criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Lithuania-based PR agency Wellstone PR launches Synapse, an AI tool that automatically drafts expert comment email responses to journalist queries (Rob Waugh/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/pr-agency-sells-ai-too…

PR agency sells AI tool which sends out automated expert comment to journalists
A PR agency is selling an AI tool which automatically answers pitches from journalists on services such as ResponseSource, HARO and Qwoted.

A US appeals court revives a lawsuit against NSO Group by Salvadoran journalists allegedly targeted with Pegasus spyware after a district court's 2024 dismissal (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
https://therecord.media/appeals-court-rev…

Appeals court revives Salvadoran journalists’ lawsuit against NSO Group
The appellate court on Tuesday sent the case back to the lower court for further consideration, saying it had “abused its discretion” and improperly applied the law when deciding Salvadoran journalists had no right to sue in U.S. courts.

Syrian intelligence files show that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn84z5e8jjzo

Austin Tice: Secret files show missing US journalist was imprisoned by Syria
The BBC has uncovered top secret files that confirm Austin Tice was imprisoned by Syria's Assad regime.

Spyware maker cuts ties with Italy after government refused audit into hack of journalist’s phone https://therecord.media/paragon-spyware-maker-cuts-ties-italy-government

The case of an independent publisher banned from county buildings in Jeff Davis County, Texas, raises questions about who gets to call themselves a journalist (Carlos Nogueras Ramos/The Texas Tribune)
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/11/we

In West Texas, an independent publisher’s arrest sparks First Amendment questions
Publisher David Flash has been documenting the happenings in Jeff Davis County since 2020. Last year, he was banned from county buildings over allegations of harassment.

Behind the Blog: Activism and Evangelism https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-activism-and-evangelism/

Reporters Without Borders: there have been at least 31 attacks on journalists while covering the Los Angeles protests, including 27 attacks by law enforcement (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-…

CNN correspondent and crew detained and escorted from Los Angeles protest zone
Police detained a CNN crew reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles. CNN correspondent Jason Carroll said an officer escorted them away from the protest late Monday and warned them to not return. On Sunday, an Australian journalist was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet and a British photographer was similarly injured on Saturday. National Press Club President Mike Balsamo urged officials to stop targeting, detaining, or obstructing journalists, and to guarantee journalists…

A judge rules Don Lemon's lawsuit against Elon Musk and X can proceed to trial, after Musk canceled a $1.5M/year exclusive X content deal with Lemon in 2024 (Alex Welch/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/don-lemon-elon-musk-x-lawsuit-moving-to-trial-ruling/…

Don Lemon's Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Can Go to Trial Following Pivotal Court Ruling
Former CNN journalist Don Lemon's lawsuit against Elon Musk and the Tesla CEO's social media platform X will be allowed to go to trial.

A BBC journalist describes being detained and held at gunpoint with five other journalists and a cameraman by the Israel Defense Forces in Syria on May 9 (Feras Kilani/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4grldkeyv5o

Held at gunpoint: BBC team detained by Israeli forces in southern Syria
BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani and his colleagues were held at gunpoint, bound and strip-searched while filming in the Golan Heights.

Oliver Darcy expands his Status newsletter by launching a podcast and videocast called Power Lines, and says Status is approaching 85,000 paid and non-paid subs (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/oliver…

Oliver Darcy Expands 'Status' Newsletter With 'Power Lines' Podcast
Media journalist Oliver Darcy aims to expand his newsletter, 'Status,' with a new audio and video podcast called 'Power Lines

Q&A with Tamara Bralo, the head of journalist safety at Radio Free Asia, on Trump's cuts, the future of at-risk visa holders, jailed staffers abroad, and more (Liam Scott/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/tamara