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How Bill Siroty, who died Sunday at 75, helped usher in the age of political blogging – Media Nation
8+ hour, 22+ min ago (1687+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 Bill Siroty, a New Hampshire political activist who died Sunday at 75, was one of the original political bloggers. I profiled him for The Boston Phoenix in November…...
Three for Friday: Trump and the Times, Mass. public records and journalism cuts at UMass Dartmouth
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (264+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 I’m heading out for a family wedding in a little while, but the media news keeps coming. Here are three stories you should be aware of. 📰 Trump…...
Editorials aren’t the only way for local news outlets to engage with their communities
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (412+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 Ken Paulson, the former editor-in-chief of USA Today, has written a lament for the decline of newspaper editorials. Now the director of the Free Speech Center at…...
On the new ‘Beat the Press,’ we take on Trump’s subpoenas of New York Times journalists
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (206+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 On the latest edition of “Beat the Press with Emily Rooney,” we take a look at the Trump regime’s decision to subpoena New York Times journalists in…...
Talking about local news with ‘The Codcast,’ CommonWealth Beacon’s video podcast
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (200+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 I had an opportunity to take part recently in “The Codcast,” a video podcast that’s part of CommonWealth Beacon. The other panelists were Sophie Culpepper, who covers…...
In 2024, Trump killed a federal shield law. Now he’s exploiting that to harass The New York Times.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (336+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 In the waning days of the last Congress in December 2024, a Republican senator killed efforts to pass a federal shield law that would have protected journalists from…...
Why Media Nation is dumping ads
2+ week, 4+ day ago (196+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 Earlier today I received a little over $100 for displaying ads on Media Nation. I’d been waiting to reach that threshold because you don’t get paid until you…...
A Muzzle Award to Plymouth County’s sheriff for keeping detainee health records secret on behalf of ICE
2+ week, 5+ day ago (457+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 The Massachusetts public records law is already unacceptably weak. Now comes a new wrinkle: the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office is refusing to release health-care records regarding the…...
Why the Prairieland case is more about disproportionate justice than it is the First Amendment
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (395+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 Draconian sentences handed down against protesters at an ICE facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are being characterized as an abridgment of their First Amendment rights. The…...
A perfect summation of the challenge to journalism in the Age of Trump
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (176+ words) By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005 Fintan O’Toole’s review in The New York Times of Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s book “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump” includes a perfect…...