Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.

My usual reminder that “we’re gonna file a lawsuit” isn’t news. That’s a press release. “We filed a lawsuit and here’s the complaint” is news.

“Dr. McCoul is disappointed by the University’s unexplained decision to uphold her termination, but looks forward to pursuing her First Amendment, Due Process, and breach of contract claims in court very soon,” Reichek wrote in a statement. www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/t...

If Jesus had been born in Wisconsin... first-draft.com/2017/12/24/i...

When I advised the student newspaper at UWO, we once got sued for 5 minutes over something like this. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

Um… phrasing?

How long does it take Bari Weiss to destroy journalistic integrity? 60 Minutes. (Sorry if someone already came up with this).

A student reporter I advised once did an entire story out of “no comments” so i would imagine the head of “60 Minutes” would know that, too: advancetitan.com/news/2017/03...

The “North Star” she is navigating by turned out to be the Delta shuttle from LaGuardia…

One of the first things I would tell sources who declined to comment on a story was that the story was going to run either way, so it was important for them to speak up now if they had something to say.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

So, will CBS News killing a story for patently obvious political reasons the Sunday before Christmas still be a topic of discussion when media law & ethics class when we start up again in 3 weeks? Or will it have faded and been superseded by new and even worse horrors?

UT-Dallas fired the editor of the student paper, then fired the staff when they went on strike to object, then banned their independent newspaper from campus, and now are trying to discipline the former student editor for fact-checking a letter to the editor? Glad @thefireorg.bsky.social is on this.

Great job banging out an unplanned special issue for the UWO volleyball national championship on deadline during finals week. The Advance-Titan crew is full of gamers!!!!

Blog Post No. 1,000: A Bit of Heartfelt Gratitude to Sage dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/12/09/b...

Four Questions To Help Journalism Professors Rethink Finals dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/12/08/f...

Always read @parkermolloy.com — "The essay isn’t the point. Curth is the point. And the point after Curth will be someone else — another trans teacher, another trans healthcare provider, another trans person who made the mistake of existing in public while the machine was looking for a new target."

It’s beginning to look a lot like Cliche-mas in journalistic writing (A Throwback Post) dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/12/04/i...

Tell me how to help people with money I might not actually get: A look at the Anthropic AI lawsuit and its $1.5 billion settlement: dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/12/03/t...

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts: The Rolling Stones Indigo Girls Paul McCartney Cyndi Lauper The Rolling Stones

Your AP Style Cheat Sheet Poster Has Arrived dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/12/01/y...

✨ @jeffpearlman.bsky.social is WEARING AN EXPOS CAP and TALKING ABOUT THE BILLY RIPKEN 1989 FLEER "FUCK FACE" CARD. youtu.be/hcgMH4qMVYw?...

Our representative survey of 1000+ journalists reveals: • Which journalists are using AI, how often & for what tasks • How they perceive its impact on their work & journalism more broadly • Their newsrooms' approaches to AI integration & policies reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/ai-adoption-...

It’s time for some unpleasant honesty for journalism folks based on the Olivia Nuzzi/Ryan Lizza/RFK Jr. debacle dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/11/24/i...

They used to have seats that didn’t crush you and serve food that was actual food. Like once we got a lobster tail on a flight. Not kidding

This is a wonderful time to support journalists who do the work, don’t fuck sources, and actually have moral clarity.

The line is “How much sizzle do we get versus how much heat do we have to take?” And if you find yourself asking that question, it’s rarely about something good.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one that didn’t give money to a man describing RFK JR and felching. And that has made all the difference.

As a scummy weasel whose mother didn’t raise me right, I’d like to offer my support to the loud, rude piggies and terrible reporters out there (A Throwback Post) dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/11/20/a...

Today we bring back one of the most popular features of the blog: The Junk Drawer. Dig through the post to find out about court cases involving newspaper raids, why we need copy editors and the nicest possible insult I've received in years: dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/11/19/t...

Breaking (or Broken) News: The pros and cons of keeping track of what’s going on in small towns via social media during the decline of legacy media dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/11/17/b...

Bad Teddy

I'm terrified of AI, but for sports fans, this is pretty amazing. www.instagram.com/living.cardb...

I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.

As a former IU faculty member, this doesn't shock me. But it does make me so angry and so, so sad.

If you're looking for ways to discuss and debate ethics in the media, here are a couple ideas (one planned, the other accidental) for this week's Throwback Thursday post: dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/11/13/i...

If you're looking for a simple and engaging exercise for a media class today, here's a quick post on how you can have them take a peek at the media coverage of the end of the shutdown: dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/11/12/e...

“The Tool Doesn’t Know It’s Hurting You:” Learning user responsibilities in working with Artificial Intelligence dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/11/10/t...

The median home price in the U.S. is $435,000. At 6.5% interest: 30-Year Mortgage: - Monthly Payment: $2,750 - Total Loan Cost: $989,800 50-Year Mortgage: - Monthly Payment: $2,450 - Total Loan Cost: $1,471,300 $1,036,300 just in interest. This is the definition of broken.

#AI tools for fact-checking deepfakes video, audio, images and text.

An open letter to the @idsnews.bsky.social staff: Thank you for reminding us of what we used to be. dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/11/04/a...

Seven Simple Questions that Help Answer the Question: “Should I Go To Grad School?” (A throwback post) dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/30/s...

Screwing around with student media and bullying the kids is all fun and games until you lose several million dollars worth of alumni donations in about a week... dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/28/m...

It’s all fun and games until 2,900 pages of you participating in racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic chat get leaked (and a few suggestions on how to avoid this situation in the first place) dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/27/i...

The question of "why do people vote against their self-interest" is pretty self-explanatory when you look up the literacy rate in local schools. We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%. Thirty-two percent...

Winding up the week with a recap of some recent events involving the censorship of the Indiana Daily Student: dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/23/c...

Purdue Exponent printed a special issue supporting the IDS and distributed it on the Bloomington campus this afternoon! @nicollewallace.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @aliciamenendez.bsky.social

“You realize that your work with these people was real, and it did matter.” A Q and A With Fired Indiana Daily Student Media Adviser Jim Rodenbush (Part II) dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/17/y...

A Q and A of an extended interview with fired @idsnews.bsky.social media adviser Jim Rodenbush dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/17/t...

An Open Letter to The IU Media School: Please spare us your bullshit and leave the Indiana Daily Student alone dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/16/a...