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1 month ago | 
projectcensored.org | Shealeigh Voitl |Steve Macek |Robin Andersen |Kate Horgan
1.1K The Official Project Censored Show Unplugging the News: The Fight for Local Journalism and the State of the Free Press 00:00 / Download file | Play in new window | What happens when wealthy investors buy up local news outlets? Well, in addition to gradually shutting them down and restricting what they report, ironically creating news deserts, they can also memory hole online news archives. For the first part of the program, Mickey Huff is joined by investigative reporter Peter Byrne....
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
rjionline.org | Andy Lee Roth |Shealeigh Voitl
Lessons from “horse race” coverage can improve reporting on new developments in AI technologyNews reports often frame technological developments in artificial intelligence (AI) as “races” between competing companies or nations in which the speed of innovation determines the victor.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
laprogressive.com | Shealeigh Voitl
The Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership series began in 1981 following the 1980 presidential election, marking the beginning of the Reagan era.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
savageminds.substack.com | Shealeigh Voitl
In the article featured in the Winter 2023-2024 edition of Rethinking Schools, titled “The Takeover of Houston Public Schools,” Larry Miller reported on the Texas state legislature taking control of Houston’s Independent School District (ISD) through its Texas Education Agency. State officials chose to dissolve the elected school board, appointing Mike Miles, a person with no relevant experience or degrees in education, as the new superintendent.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
savageminds.substack.com | Shealeigh Voitl
When Condé Nast bought the online music publication Pitchfork in 2015, Condé’s Chief Digital Officer Fred Santarpia told the New York Times that the acquisition brought “a very passionate audience of Millennial males into our roster.”Three years before, in 2012, roughly 88 percent of respondents to Pitchfork’s People’s List, a record of reader-ranked albums from the last fifteen years, identified as male.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
dissidentvoice.org | Shealeigh Voitl
Who gets left behind when layoffs and mergers undermine inclusivityWhen Condé Nast bought the online music publication Pitchfork in 2015, Condé’s Chief Digital Officer Fred Santarpia told the New York Times that the acquisition brought “a very passionate audience of Millennial males into our roster.”Three years before, in 2012, roughly 88 percent of respondents to Pitchfork’s People’s List, a record of reader-ranked albums from the last fifteen years, identified as male.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
savageminds.substack.com | Shealeigh Voitl
Much has been said about how broken the music streaming structure is for artists. Music insiders have long criticized services for their lack of transparency and disregard for songwriters and performers. Just last week, Music Business Worldwide reported that Spotify plans to slash its already meager royalty rates for its lowest-streaming artists.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
counterpunch.org | Shealeigh Voitl
Just two days after the Hollywood writers’ strike began on May 2, 2023, Deadline Hollywood tweeted, “Saturday Night Live fans, want to know what you are missing? Kieran Culkin and Jennifer Coolidge were set to host the final two episodes of the season before the writers strike forced an end to season 48 of the venerable NBC show.” In other words, how is this strike affecting consumers? Why are the underpaid, exploited writers deliberately standing in the way of your favorite shows?
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
savageminds.substack.com | Shealeigh Voitl
Just two days after the Hollywood writers’ strike began on 2 May 2023, Deadline Hollywoodtweeted, “Saturday Night Live fans, want to know what you are missing? Kieran Culkin and Jennifer Coolidge were set to host the final two episodes of the season before the writers strike forced an end to season 48 of the venerable NBC show.” In other words, how is this strike affecting consumers? Why are the underpaid, exploited writers deliberately standing in the way of your favorite shows?
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
progressive.org | Shealeigh Voitl
Corporate news coverage of gun violence in the United States skews heavily toward mass shootings.
