Samuel Jens

Apr 15, 2024 | niemanlab.org | Joshua Benton |Richard J. Tofel |Jeff Jarvis |Samuel Jens

While it’s not true that all good things must come to an end — personally, I’m a fan of gravity — it’s true in digital media more often than you’d like. And it seems to be true with an interesting British program that’s tried to address the class gap in journalism. We first told you about PressPad back in 2018.

Apr 15, 2024 | niemanlab.org | Richard J. Tofel |Jeff Jarvis |Samuel Jens |Sophie Culpepper

Evan Smith, founding CEO of the Texas Tribune from 2009 to 2022, is a nonprofit pioneer, a brilliant editor and publisher, and a friend and fellow Yankees fan. These days, he is a senior adviser at Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective and a professor of practice at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. Last week we talked about one of our favorite subjects. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

Apr 10, 2024 | niemanlab.org | Samuel Jens |Jeff Jarvis |Sophie Culpepper |Joshua Benton

“Fake news” legislation that governments around the world have written in recent years to combat mis- and disinformation does little to protect journalistic freedom. Rather, it can create a greater risk of harm. That’s the main finding of a review I helped conduct of legislation either considered or passed over the past several years related to fake news and mis- and disinformation.

Apr 6, 2024 | scroll.in | Samuel Jens

“Fake news” legislation that governments around the world have written in recent years to combat mis- and disinformation does little to protect journalistic freedom. Rather, it can create a greater risk of harm. That’s the main finding of a review I helped conduct of legislation either considered or passed over the past several years related to fake news and mis- and disinformation.

Apr 5, 2024 | baytobaynews.com | Samuel Jens

We found there are few protections for fact-based news or journalistic independence in the legislation we examined.