A powerful piece by @iuliiamendel.bsky.social: "Pursuing a cease-fire is not weak. ... This is not a plea for surrender but for a strategy that acknowledges both our strength and our limitations." time.com/7210702/ukra...

A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant. I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester. Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/

If you don't live in LA and have been struggling to understand how much land the fires have encompassed, use this @calmatters.org tool to overlay the fires atop where you live, to get a sense of scale: calmatters.org/environment/... Great work by @jeremiak.com and John Osborn D'Agostino.

Our friends at Trusting News have extended the deadline for applying to their paid newsroom cohort focused on AI transparency. This initiative will dive into how sharing information about AI in stories can help build trust with our audiences. Apply by Jan 15: trustingnews.org/apply-newsro...

Are you following #Maynard200 alum Dorany Pineda's coverage of the #LA #wildfires? Dorany Pineda writes on water, climate and the environment in Latino communities across the U.S. for @apnews.com, and writes her stories in both English and #Español. Thread: 🧵 apnews.com/article/los-...

This TikTok account is of Mexican firefighters helping battle these Los Angeles fires. I haven’t seen much coverage. A few posts are to the President-elect who has insulted their county and people, yet they still lend a hand. www.tiktok.com/@angelaguzma...

That time @joshuabenton.com found a Jimmy Carter/Rupert Murdoch connection from 1980 and then made it extremely relevant to the current day (no, really!!) www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/that...

The LA Times photo desk, which is doing incredible work covering these brutal fires, has set up a Bluesky account that is among the newest ones we have verified. They are well worth following right now. @latimesphotos.bsky.social

In the nearly 40 years I've been a journalist, this is my bleakest assessment and outlook, but it also lays out what we need to do for 2025 to #HoldTheLine for our values and to enrich our democracies globally. Hope comes from action! www.rappler.com/plus-members...

Vulnerability questionnaires are being singled out for worsening racial disparities by systematically placing homeless white people at the front of the line, ahead of their Black peers. capitalbnews.org/homelessness...

Our NYE countdown froze with 3 seconds to go. Does this mean I have to repeat 2024?

1/ For young journalists today, passion alone isn’t enough—it comes at a steep cost. @niemanreports.org dove into the struggles of breaking into the industry: 🧵 niemanreports.org/reporting-on...

"Ableism isn’t just about disability. It’s connected to other forms of structural oppression and has always been," James Salanga says. "If newsrooms want to cover that seriously, they must begin analyzing ableism seriously — across journalism’s culture, history, and frames."

If you're curious about trends in @niemanlab.org predictions, here's a cool visualization by @fdaudens.bsky.social that breaks them down by category: huggingface.co/spaces/fdaud...

👀 There have been questions about this story since it published. For the sake of transparency and trust, CNN needs to issue an update ASAP. Even if it is, “we hear your concerns and we’re investigating.”

"Journalists can fall into a trap of parroting the language provided by officials, whether that’s law enforcement, the courts, politicians, academics, or subject-matter experts," writes @doristruong.bsky.social

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Today's batch of @niemanlab.org Predictions just dropped! Featuring: @aimeetwoee.bsky.social @danieltrielli.bsky.social @doristruong.bsky.social @ericnuzum.bsky.social @ethanlindsey.com @glichfield.bsky.social @joshuadarr.bsky.social (1/2) www.niemanlab.org/collection/p...

I’ve had bad luck with Honeycrisps for the past few years and thought maybe I was just doing something wrong, but it’s not just me! Honeycrisp apples have been getting Red Delicious-ified!

Small Business Saturday is a great day to visit your local bookstores.

Via @niemanreports.org, not predictions but “cautionary tales” for U.S. journalists from colleagues around the world. niemanreports.org/dear-america/

Worth a closer read from Institute for Independent Journalists theiij.com/layoffs-resu...