Matt Pearce

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Journalist · President of @MediaGuildWest · May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

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Rebuild Local News Voices Support for Oregon’s Payroll Subsidy, Consortium Grant Program

1 week ago | rebuildlocalnews.org | Matt Pearce

Dear Chair Jama and fellow Committee Members,My name is Matt Pearce, and I’m a senior policy advisor to Rebuild Local News. We support Senate Bill 686. Rebuild Local News is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition developing and advancing effective public policies designed to strengthen community news and information.
Can’t journalism have an "abundance agenda"?

3 weeks ago | mattdpearce.substack.com | Matt Pearce

In the grand scheme of things, I am a producerist. I like people who make stuff and do stuff. The world can’t survive a day without them. “Abundance,” the new book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, is about how American life would be better if we made and invented more stuff. They’re especially interested in physical things (notably stuff mostly built by other men): More housing, more nuclear power plants, more high-speed trains.
How to make journalists disappear

1 month ago | mattdpearce.substack.com | Matt Pearce

I don’t know Jelani Cobb in his role as an educator but afford him with an unusual (for me) amount of personal respect. I met him as a journalist in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014, after an unarmed Michael Brown was shot by a white police officer, and on those streets both we watched something break in America.
KPMG global tech report: Energy insights

1 month ago | kpmg.com | Matt Pearce |Minh Dao |James Arnott |Guy Holland

Key findings | Download report | Contact usThe energy industry is at a pivotal moment of transformation, balancing the shift to renewables with the critical need for energy security. As global companies navigate this evolution, the question arises: How can energy firms use cutting-edge technology to overcome complex challenges and gain a competitive edge?
People stopped using AI during L.A.'s wildfires

Jan 17, 2025 | mattdpearce.substack.com | Matt Pearce

People turned away from AI when lives and homes were on the line during L.A.’s wildfires, according to an AI usage survey I sent this week. One of my readers who normally uses generative AI for content creation and synthetic search summaries, Respondent #21, had to evacuate his home during L.A.’s wildfires. He stopped using AI as the crisis unfolded:There was no reason to use it. I was getting info from more reliable sources, like watch duty.
California journalism's fiery wake-up call | Opinion

Jan 15, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Matt Pearce

LOS ANGELES — I don’t raise this subject idly: Once we defeat these wildfires, California lawmakers have a unique opportunity to study whatwent wrong with the chaotic information environment in Los Angeles when people’s lives and homes were on the line. On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom quietly proposed setting aside $30 million in state funds to support local journalism jobs in California. That’s a nice gesture.
Did you use AI during the L.A. wildfires?

Jan 15, 2025 | mattdpearce.substack.com | Matt Pearce

Readers, I have a favor to ask: I want you to tell me whether you used AI for anything (or not) during the Los Angeles wildfires. I set up a Google Forms survey at that link, and you can respond anonymously if you like. I’m especially curious to hear from anybody whose AI habits changed during this disaster: if you normally use AI a lot but started using it less, or if you don’t normally use AI but started using it more.
California journalism's fiery wake-up call

Jan 12, 2025 | mattdpearce.substack.com | Matt Pearce

I don’t raise this subject idly: Once we defeat these wildfires, California lawmakers have a unique opportunity to study what went wrong with the chaotic information environment in Los Angeles when people’s lives and homes were on the line. On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom quietly proposed setting aside $30 million in state funds to support local journalism jobs in California. That’s a nice gesture.
The sunlight through the ash

Jan 9, 2025 | mattdpearce.substack.com | Matt Pearce

On days like these, the readers make their eternal return to the writers: Mike Davis, Octavia Butler, Joan Didion and their liturgies of Los Angeles at the end of the world. “The city burning is Los Angeles's deepest image of itself,” as Didion said of the Santa Anas. “The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” The ash has gotten thicker this morning, faintly falling on the face of my iPhone like cancerous snowflakes. I briefly forgot my N-95 when I stepped outside.
Fires and the facts

Jan 8, 2025 | mattdpearce.substack.com | Matt Pearce

The air outside smells of exhaustion, and the sky over the palm trees is the color of dirty water from a janitor’s bucket. The Los Angeles fire winds are drafting in through the edges of my ancient apartment windows. I have a headache already. I don’t know if it’s the ash or just from knowing there’s trouble.