"If anyone with a smartphone can publish, they should also be able to verify" How to protect democracies from falsehoods? By empowering everyone with open-source investigation skills, argue @eliothiggins.bsky.social & @drnataliemartin.bsky.social reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-pro...

🚀 Episode 52 of @lnmpod.com with Dan Harris is out! The former ABC News anchor & author/host of 10% Happier talks with host Tim Regan-Porter about mindfulness; the toll of war reporting; navigating leadership, entrepreneurship and big transitions; & masculinity, friendships & emotional openness.

🚀 Episode 51 of @lnmpod.com with Samantha Ragland is out. @ampress.bsky.social's VP of Journalism Programs talks with @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about fostering well-being in newsrooms, balancing people sustainability w/ business demands & creating a culture of care that fuels great journalism.

Here's every @niemanlab.org Prediction we've published so far (more coming next week!): Heather Chaplin • Saba Long • Kawandeep Virdee • Scott Lamb • Andrea Faye Hart • Carrie Brown • Hillary Frey • Retha Hill • S. Mitra Kalita • Chitranshu Tewari • Jonathan Hunt • Benjamin Toff • AX Mina (1/x)

🥳 Last week, episode 50 of @lnmpod.com dropped (only ~10% of podcasts make it that far). Thanks to all of the great guests! Interesting Spotify Wrapped data. Great growth. Listener affinity w/ ArmchairExpPod, The Daily & Off Menu. Episode archives: localnewsmatterspodcast.com/podcast/

🎉 Episode 50 🥳 of @lnmpod.com is out. Randy Picht and Andrew Finlayson talk with host @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about @rjionline.bsky.social's landmark study on burnout in journalism. 🚨 Burnout is a crisis 🧠 Solutions, not just problems 🔄 Rethinking newsroom culture 📰 Passion under pressure

We’re thrilled to announce $1.4M in Product & AI Studio grants to help local #nonprofitnews outlets use AI to boost revenue and uncover impactful civic stories. Learn more about the newsrooms and their innovative #AI initiatives:

📢 On #GivingTuesday/#GivingNewsDay, please consider supporting local news. It's never been more crucial. In Colorado, COLab, CFOIC and all the #newsconeeds newsrooms are great choices. www.coloradogives.org/organization... www.coloradogives.org/organization... www.coloradogives.org/community/Co...

Here's a starter pack for following Mississippi journalists. Y'all let me know if I'm missing anyone! go.bsky.app/KWfYHCE

NBC: Mississippi Free Press "Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter,” Pittman said. “Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.” search.app?link=https%3...

Here's a statement from our Acting Director @mitalilive.bsky.social about our alumnus Fisayo Soyombo, who was arrested in Nigeria earlier this week ✍️ Details about the case x.com/AmnestyNiger... 🔗A link to Fisayo's project at the Institute reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/silent-war-h...

Musk admitted X throttles links, and Threads is only a little better. But social media's quiet war on links has been going on for years. I wrote about how big tech has been draining the open web's lifeblood and giving us "news influencers" instead of the news. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.

Eager to grow as a leader & help shape journalism’s future? Join us for a live Q&A webinar on Tues., Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. PT. We'll tell you about the JSK Journalism Fellowships at Stanford & answer your questions. Register and join us! bit.ly/jsk-dec03

Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

Prefer a remote Fellowship? We have those too! Work on a project that will build a resource, tool or platform for journalists - while keeping your day job! Come ask questions: bit.ly/rjifellowshipQA

Both have value. But this Thanksgiving I'm thankful for the primary sources! Let's sing the praises of journalism's often-unsung heroes – those who work holiday shifts and produce packages about airport gridlock and wake up before dawn for live shots and catch the typos in the home page headlines 🙌

🚀 Episode 49 of @lnmpod.com with Laura Frank is out. The Executive Director of the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) talks with host @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about sustaining local journalism through collaboration and innovation to address critical challenges.

New to Bluesky? We've got you covered! ⭐ Follow Block Club's team on here to stay in the know about all things Chicago. We'll keep adding to the list as more members of our team join. go.bsky.app/BpnBAMv

Have a passion project you want to build to help journalists? Applications open Dec 2! Our residential fellowship provides up to $100,000 in funding a $5k monthly living stipend and the collaboration and support of campus resources! bit.ly/rjifellowships

Got into the Starter Pack business This one is for people with podcasts or newsletters about journalism, as well as the @niemanlab.org folks and a few others who cover journalism intensely go.bsky.app/PtX6vbW

🚀 Episode 48 of @lnmpod.com with Jennifer Larino is out. The ED & Co-Founder of Lede New Orleans talks with host @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about how her organization is reshaping local journalism by training young BIPOC storytellers to address community information needs.

Journalists are tired. The public is tuning out. So how should we respond to the demands of the neverending news cycle without both alienating our communities and burning ourselves out? Some ideas here. 💛 trustingnews.org/trust-tips-s...

Here's a helpful list of journalists on BlueSky who've been featured on Your First Byline go.bsky.app/UudLXJK

👋 Hello to all our new followers! A week ago we had about 6k followers after more than a year on @bsky.app. Today we passed 30k! 🎉 See our #starterpack of Guardian Australia journalists here 👇or search Bluesky for 'starter pack Australia' to find lots of other local #starterpacks!

Starter pack for the team at THE CITY (see LNM episode with @nicdawes.bsky.social: localnewsmatterspodcast.com/the-fight-fo...) Via @katiehonan.bsky.social go.bsky.app/TM5gvnU

Washington Post starter pack

Hi, everyone! Thanks to so many of you for reading The Atlantic over here on Bluesky. We have an Atlantic starter pack here: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y

EJN out with an interesting piece on news influencers, including how the journalism industry can work to promote truth-telling among them. They aren't going away, folks. No matter how much 'Big J' journalists might not like them.

Since 2005, U.S. newspapers have lost over 266K jobs—a 73% drop. Newsroom roles declined by 60%, falling below 100K for the first time in two decades—the "single largest drop" among all industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Learn more: t.co/FvQejAd9Kp #Media #Journalism #Newspapers

This is important. www.wired.com/story/press-...

Media reporter starter pack: go.bsky.app/CtEh6ov

The Nieman Lab team is now on Bluesky! Follow our writers and editors here: go.bsky.app/8G55aVd

At Knight, we’ve been closely watching the shift in how Americans get information. The latest Pew-Knight Initiative report reveals that almost 1 in 5 adults regularly get news from news influencers on social media. Swipe for key 🗝️ findings and read more here: kf.org/3CrnwlB @pewresearch.org

Thank you, @jeparsley.bsky.social for this excellent Society of Professional Journalists starter pack bsky.app/starter-pack...

What I love about this Officially Verified Bluesky Press Lists is it includes a real mix of people at major legacy media outlets, independent organizations, and freelancers. We can promote a diverse media when billionaires don't control what you see. Let's keep it growing! go.bsky.app/U9juDW4

🚀 Episode 47 of @lnmpod.com with @katrowlands.bsky.social is out. Katherine Ann Rowlands, owner and publisher of Bay City News, talks with host @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about BCN’s unique hybrid model and evolution. (Link in comments) #localnewsmatters #businessofnews #journalism #democracy

New by me —> If you liked what Project 2025 wanted to do to the news industry, you’re in luck — Trump just named the guy behind a lot of its ideas to run the FCC. www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/trum...

Learn more about Colorado Press Association's new membership health insurance benefit that can help keep you, your family and your business cost-effectively covered and healthy. Thursday at 11 a.m. MST. Register here: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/285...

💡Pro tip: Jump start your feed on Bluesky. Please follow and share this Education News Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/UccLjhX

Just added @aosfatos.org and @agencia-lupa.bsky.social to the list... Have others we should add? Leave a comment!

Hey look, there’s a @nytimes.com starter pack! go.bsky.app/3p3ARGN

Looking for journalists of color to follow on Bluesky? Here you go 👉👉👉 go.bsky.app/BmnETn7

Starter pack for journalists, news organizations and others in Colorado journalism. Who are we missing?

Don't miss this opportunity! Your future self will thank you for taking the time to apply for a John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford. In these uncertain times, we have built a support network that lasts. For application tips, a great FAQ & more, please go to jsk.stanford.edu/become-a-fel...

Most important recommendation for media rehab/reclaiming the reality and trust rooms in @brianstelter.bsky.social’s Reliable Sources newsletter today: “start small, with local news” go.bsky.app/JxrRdNn

If you know someone who should be on here, and has moved to bsky let me know. I tried to search all the folks I know in this category but many are still not on Blue Sky -- so as you & others move to the bright side, send me your suggestions so I can add you to the list! go.bsky.app/G2obm9i

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this. Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

If you're new to @bsky.app, here's a starter pack with awesome journalists to follow, John S. Knight Journalism Fellows/Alumni at Stanford @jskstanford.bsky.social. Shoutout to @dansinker.com for putting it together! go.bsky.app/7oV5Try