I'm so honored that my friends at @objectivejournos.bsky.social named my story about journalism's retreat from DEI as one of their favorite pieces of media criticism this year. Every story on this list is worth your time: objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...

if you can't figure out what to gift the journalist in your life, we have some ideas for you 🎅 www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-...

I wrote about the New York Times’ coverage of Gaza for @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/sham...

anyways read this instead bsky.app/profile/hana...

Stumped on what to get the journalist in your life this year? Start here. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-...

ok these gifts will not save journalism. BUT they will caffeinate, entertain, feed, and snuggle journalists www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-...

if you can't figure out what to gift the journalist in your life, we have some ideas for you 🎅 www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-...

“We all had our doubts. If people tell you they had no doubts about this, they’re lying.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...

only took me 6 years and 2 weeks to mention my favorite Real Housewives franchise in a @niemanlab.org story www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/how-...

As the striking journalists return to the newsroom, both sides expect it’ll be a rocky reunion. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...

Recortes en pauta oficial, estigmatización de periodistas y control de la agenda informativa marcaron la relación del expresidente López Obrador con la prensa y debilitaron el periodismo de vigilancia del poder en #México 🇲🇽, dijo el historiador Andrew Paxman.

Data on race and ethnicity has put us on the cusp of breakthroughs in treating kidney failure, which disproportionately affects Black Americans. But the Trump administration has halted that data collection as part of its war on supposed "DEI." Important new story from @laylaayanna.bsky.social

Last week, Suncoast Searchlight's four reporters wrote a letter to their board. Their editor-in-chief had secretly been using ChatGPT and inserting hallucinated quotes into their drafts. The next day, one of those reporters was fired. My latest for @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...

Tech companies are backing away from creating diversity reports. Microsoft, which released its annual diversity and inclusion report in 2024, is choosing to not do one in 2025. www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...

Nieman Lab is great for many things, including the "How Not to be a Newsroom Leader" genre. Four reporters at a Florida nonprofit say their editor appeared to be using an AI chatbot that inserted fake quotes + nonexistent laws into their drafts. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...

A lovely tribute to a former colleague at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Carlos Mendez, who was hit by someone driving an SUV (they did stop and call 911) while out for a morning run several weeks ago. He tragically died a few days ago, leaving his wife & 3 kids www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-c...

Hey my news outlet @thebarbedwire.com is hiring a social media manager. Looking for someone smart who lives in Tx and loves covering our messed up state www.journalismjobs.com/job-listing/...

A newsletter by and for New Jersey South Asians serves the state’s sprawling Desi communities www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-ne...

“I know that I was hired to help us diversify our airwaves, help us diversify our audience. But I literally had a news director tell me — I made a pitch — and they literally asked me, ‘Why do white people care?’” www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...

Friends, I'm looking to speak with people who are upset about the Democrats' shutdown deal and who can speak about how increasing healthcare costs will impact them. If that's you, I can be reached via DM or at [email protected]. We can also protect people's identities as needed.

you're welcome! www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...

At least 20 people have died in ICE custody in 2025, making this year the deadliest in decades. With increases to ICE’s funding, workforce, and detention space, the system riddled with abuse and neglect will undoubtedly be more life-threatening in 2026. www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

It quickly became apparent that @hellgatenyc.com had figured out how to translate its signature voice — irreverent yet deeply knowledgeable — into video. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/hell...

New Jersey has the highest concentration of South Asians in the country. Central Desi delivers a mix of local news, politics, and culture reporting in the Garden State. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-ne... by @hanaatameez.bsky.social

Waiting for all the breathless coverage about the all the people of color shifting blue in this election, since the shift to Trump a year ago was treated like a colossal re-ordering of the electorate that signaled the end of wokeness and progressive politics.

Mamdani's victory wasn't only a repudiation of an old and exhausted political establishment in the city, it was also a triumph over the framing power of the political press, and none more so than the New York Times, whose coverage and editorials worked relentlessly to dampen his appeal.

NYT weird til the end….FWIW WaPo, WSJ, AP, and others just say “Mamdani wins” in their headlines

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Happening now!

How do I watch NFL Red Zone but for election night

Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...

NEW: I wrote about Ambreen Ali and her wonderful newsletter that aims to cover the breadth and depth of South Asian communities in New Jersey. Central Desi zindabad ✊ www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-ne...

A newsletter by and for New Jersey South Asians serves the state’s sprawling Desi communities www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-ne...

Former-writers-of-Teen-Vogue cooperative WHEN

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

It's a beautiful day to be incredibly depressed about the state of journalism!!

Also highly recommend this book.

In a post on TikTok, former CBS News producer Trey Sherman said CBS laid off all the people of color on his production team while white staff were reassigned. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-...

It’s the story that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

oh just straight up gutter racism!

News creator audiences typically pay attention to creators from their own countries. But when the survey asked respondents to name news-related individuals on social media and video platforms, right-wing American creators had an outsized influence. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...

“There is a set of populous countries, generally where traditional media are under pressure and social media use is high, where news creators are having a significant impact" @hanaatameez.bsky.social wrote up a fascinating @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...

My latest — I wrote about Cuomo’s vile racist speed run in the final days of the mayoral campaign, with gross comments on a right wing radio show, an AI video best suited for 4chan, and his weaponization of white and Jewish grievance to beat the would-be first Muslim Mayor of NYC:

"From a homepage — headlines, word choice, story placement — readers get a sense of a newsroom's editorial priorities and how they change over time. If homepages aren’t saved, records of those changes are lost." www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...

NEW: @andrewdeck.bsky.social and I found the @waybackmachine.bsky.social has been archiving news homepages less frequently for the past 5 months. The result: an 87% drop in homepage snapshots across 100 news outlets during a very newsy year. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...

The Wayback Machine’s snapshots of news homepages have dropped off in recent months. Our analysis shows that since May 16, the number of captures available for 100 top news sites declined by 87%. @hanaatameez.bsky.social and I report for @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...

For the past few months, the Wayback Machine has been showing many fewer snapshots of news publishers' homepages than it used to. Something happened on May 16, but what? @hanaatameez.bsky.social and @andrewdeck.bsky.social investigate www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...

meanwhile every day for like a month curtis sliwa has been out here saying stuff like “the only way I’m getting out of this race is if you physically push me onto the tracks and even then I might survive I’ve done it before”

As we go into No Kings weekend (and with the influx of new followers from x) seems like a good time to resurface this. It was written in 2020 then focused on George Floyd about the media's antagonistic relationship to protest

*sigh* www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...