Paul Farhi
Journalist at Freelance
I write about the news media, other topics. Formerly: WaPo. Latter-day stories in Atlantic, Athletic, Post, Vanity Fair, Daily Beast, CJR. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu | Eric Rynston-Lobel |Mark Caro |Paul Farhi |Hannah Carroll
Melanie Jongsma still smiles when you call her a ‘YouTuber.’ It’s not a title she would’ve imagined being associated with when she took over as publisher of The Lansing Journal in 2020. All she wanted at the time was to keep local news afloat in her hometown in the south suburbs of Chicago. But as recently as nine months ago, some of the videos she posted to The Lansing Journal’s YouTube channel received north of 90,000 views. “We used to consider 1,000 views really good,” Jongsma said.
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2 weeks ago |
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu | Mark Caro |Paul Farhi |Hannah Carroll
In April 2024 the Local News Initiative, in conjunction with the Knight Lab at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Communications and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA, published a report titled, “Impact of AI on Local News Models: AI Is Disrupting the Local News Industry.
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3 weeks ago |
poynter.org | Paul Farhi
This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. As Hurricane Helene ravaged the mountain communities of western North Carolina last fall, Blue Ridge Public Radio remained a beacon in the storm. With power knocked out throughout the region, the organization turned to portable generators to keep its two stations on the air.
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3 weeks ago |
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu | Paul Farhi |Mark Caro |Hannah Carroll |Autumn Brewington
As Hurricane Helene ravaged the mountain communities of western North Carolina last fall, Blue Ridge Public Radio remained a beacon in the storm. With power knocked out throughout the region, the organization turned to portable generators to keep its two stations on the air. For days during and after the deluge, BPR was the only source of lifesaving news: weather updates, road closures, potable water locations. BPR now confronts a different kind of calamity.
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3 weeks ago |
poynter.org | Paul Farhi
Farhi is the Washington Post's former media reporter. He left the paper at the end of 2023 after nearly 36 years as a staff writer, during which he also covered business, politics and general assignment features. He has also been a senior contributing editor to the American Journalism Review and now contributes to the Atlantic, the Athletic, the Daily Beast, and Columbia Journalism Review. He has been a frequent commentator on TV and radio about the media industry.
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Incredible operation by Mossad. Unstated: How many Iranians secretly cooperated with Israel to pull this off? How Mossad covertly prepared Israel’s attack from deep inside Iran https://t.co/LDZuZKRb1K
Thread. Cc: RFK, Jr., Fox News.
RFK Jr. went on national TV and spouted egregious, dangerous falsehoods about vaccines. As a parent and infectious diseases doctor, I couldn't stay silent. @FoxNews might not fact-check him, but I will. I've reviewed the trials. I've catalogued them. I have receipts. 🧵
“None of them have been safety tested.” In fact, *all* of them have. https://t.co/p4rpgfG6ho
RFK Jr is on Fox News going full anti-vax https://t.co/nqqhHfzsvJ
