Delighted to see my article on growing geums in this week’s Amateur Gardening magazine.

I’ve been talking to the National Collection holder and getting some top tips and advice on the best varieties.
#gardening #gardens #FeatureWriter #plants #flowers #journalism

Perugia highlight: sustaining public interest news in a dicey media market https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/perugia-spotlight-sustaining-public-interest-news-in-a-dicey-media-market/s2/a1236349/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #journalism

Lesotho gives in, approves Starlink licence https://groundup.org.za/article/lesotho-gives-in-approves-starlink-licence/

Спроби монетизувати роботу сайту від Української Правди виглядає так

Caolan Robertson — 55 second Channel Trailer
Response To Russian Threats

https://youtu.be/A466RtUky50?si=_Jwd4fENnZZ1jRTX

if you're a #news outlet (repeatedly) posting the same story in a new post, rather than boosting the original (which I can hide from my feed), I'm much less likely to follow you, and so less likely to read your stories

#Trump to Ask #Congress to Claw Back Funding From #NPR & #PBS

Trump admin officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.

#law #FourthEstate #journalism
#FreePress #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/media/trump-npr-pbs-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=8112DC56-BEE1-4578-9A14-5D0E197FFD38

#MontyPython “Well, I didn’t #vote for you.” – Peasant Woman to King Arthur. But... Every Day we read this - 'This is the crisis moment': Political scientist says Trump crossed a crucial red line (April 14) - No he crossed it on Jan 20 and every day thereafter #media #journalism #corruption #power #blackmail #access #democracy #government #maga #politics #freedom #censorship #deportation #immigration #education #climate #healthcare #measles #economy #finance #insidertrading #wallstreet #markets

I think its time #Ofcom started regulating local #news sites so they do not randomly insert articles from other areas and keep the error to get "engagement" (maybe fine them the ad revenue from the misplaced article?) - no one has been shot dead in #Ipswich, this happened up North and all this does is increase #fear of #crime

(I'm not suggesting reducing genuine local crime reporting, this is a vital part of #journalism - and all the other articles are from the expected areas)

*sigh*

If you care about archives, esp ones that have high quality digitized vintage newspapers, please write the CA Legislature to get the 2026 budget reinstated so this vital resource can stay open.

https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/members/subcommittee-1

https://abgt.assembly.ca.gov/sub-committees/subcommittee-no-3-education-finance

We love independent and worker-owned media. Last week, the team at @aftermath.site invited their friends at @404mediaco, Defector and Hell Gate to discuss indie journalism in an episode of their podcast. They chatted about starting publications, how you measure success when you're not traffic-obsessed, who does the business stuff, and how indies can work together.

Read some of the highlights here, listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to their sites, which specialize in video games, technology, sports and New York, but — in the best possible ways — don't always stay in their lanes.

https://flip.it/kwP4D7

Excellent #journalism by @walkerbragman.bsky.social of the Accountability Journalism Institute @accountabilityji.bsky.social #Measles #Anti-Vax #DangerousRightWingNutJobs Kennedy’s (Former) Anti-Vax Group Running Interference On Measles www.importantcontext.news/p/kennedys-f...

Kennedy’s (Former) Anti-Vax Gr...

I just found out that Congressman Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer opposes impeaching the fascist who is currently planning to sell U.S. Citizens to Salvadoran slave labor camps.

Journalists often need to speak to experts for their stories. Money traditionally doesn't change hands — the expert, whether they're a political scientist or a dermatologist, builds their media profile, while the journo gets the quotes they need. But according to the Press Gazette, there are now some agencies that charge brand PRs to make those connections, and the "experts" they are quoting may be AI, rather than real people. "Laura Purkess, consumer features editor and consumer champion for The Sun, says she receives what appears to be AI-written copy in large batches from one particular PR following Responsesource requests. The PR has no surname or agency name and frequently posts three or more ready-written comments on virtually any subject within less than an hour of the request being posted."

https://flip.it/q9eWHO

I made a more attractive intro window for Operation Anti-King

https://lemm.ee/post/61322476