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Journalists are under attack.
There's a bill in the U.S. Senate to strengthen shield laws. If you think that's a good thing, please contact your senators.
You Can Help Protect Journalists https://open.substack.com/pub/mediaand

You Can Help Protect Journalists
A bill to protect journalists has passed the House with strong bi-partisan support. Please let your Senators know you care about journalism, and the PRESS Act.

Pegasus: Putin-kritische Journalisten in der EU mit Spyware angegriffen
Jahrelang sind ins Exil gegangene Journalisten und Aktivisten aus Russland und Belarus mit Spyware angegriffen worden. Ihre iPhones hätten sie schützen können.

Ukrainian military journalist dies in Sloviansk: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/30/ukrainian-military-journalist.html

Abuse of women in journalism is a huge issue that needs tackling but I don't think it should be a police issue https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/women-journalists-abuse-letter-police/

News industry urges police to 'break cycle of abuse' against women in journalism
100 journalists sign letter asking police to "do everything you can to break the cycle of abuse that risks sidelining women from journalism".

Tech journalism is often characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research, and publishers are reluctant to invest in it without a clear ROI (Timothy B. Lee/Asterisk)
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/06/debugging-tech-journalism

Debugging Tech Journalism—Asterisk
A huge proportion of tech journalism is characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research. Can we fix it?

About bloody time: Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals/

Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals
Use of "Lenna" image in computer image processing research stretches back to the 1970s.

Media And Democracy Project: Mapping Your Local Journalist SuperHeroes
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/03/29/media-and-democracy-project-local-journalist-map/

Media And Democracy Project
Local journalists are the real heroes of Democracy. They report local news so readers know about the issues that matter. Real news.

Evan Gershkovich is a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained in Russia on March 29, 2023, while doing his job as a journalist.
He is the American-born son of Soviet-era emigres to the U.S.
Evan learned Russian from his parents and built a career as a journalist focused on the region.
He joined the Journal in January 2022 and before that reported from Moscow for Agence France Press and the Moscow Times.
Evan is a gifted journalist who has reported extensivel…

About bloody time: Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals/

Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals
Use of "Lenna" image in computer image processing research stretches back to the 1970s.

Evan Gershkovich is a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained in Russia on March 29, 2023, while doing his job as a journalist.
He is the American-born son of Soviet-era emigres to the U.S.
Evan learned Russian from his parents and built a career as a journalist focused on the region.
He joined the Journal in January 2022 and before that reported from Moscow for Agence France Press and the Moscow Times.
Evan is a gifted journalist who has reported extensivel…