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Applenotthecomputer<p>I decided to become a subscriber to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://press.coop/@MotherJones" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MotherJones</span></a></span> magazine because I may be about to lose <a href="https://applenotthecomputer.online/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> and I don't want to lose every form of <a href="https://applenotthecomputer.online/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href="https://applenotthecomputer.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> in the <a href="https://applenotthecomputer.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> . Most <a href="https://applenotthecomputer.online/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> here now is just <a href="https://applenotthecomputer.online/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://applenotthecomputer.online/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> . It is so hard to find out the truth about things without independent <a href="https://applenotthecomputer.online/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a></p>
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DrWeb

1,000 US counties without full-time local journalist: Report – KSN.com

by: Miriam Waldvogel, Posted: Jul 10, 2025 / 07:01 PM CDT, Updated: Jul 14, 2025 / 07:24 AM CDT

Fewer local journalists translates to fewer watchful eyes on school boards, local sports, businesses, town and city government, and other important local institutions, the report said.

(The Hill) — The number of local journalists per capita in the United States has declined by about 75 percent on average since 2002, according to a report by the nonprofit Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack, an aggregator of journalism bylines.

That includes more than 1,000 counties — about 1 in 3 — that do not have the equivalent of a full-time journalist, according to the report, which attempts to quantify the scale of America’s local news shortage.

Fewer local journalists translates to fewer watchful eyes on school boards, local sports, businesses, town and city government, and other important local institutions, the report said, calling the issue “more severe and widespread than previously thought.”

“The loss of local news relates to so many other problems plaguing the US: Polarization, radicalization, loneliness, lack of trust in everyone and everything,” Brian Stelter, CNN’s media reporter, wrote on social media.

Previous reports have attempted to chronicle the loss of local newspapers as longtime owners sell and more and more outlets are bought up by regional or national chains. The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack, however, may be the first of its kind to attempt to count reporters, not outlets.

The report did so by using byline data from Muck Rack, which it collects from articles published online. Researchers created a process to identify profiles that represented local journalists, and then adjusted for the volume of articles published, freelance work and other factors.

The assessment found a sweeping loss of local journalists in counties across the country.

Editor’s Note: https://thehill.com/homenews/5395140-1000-us-counties-without-full-time-local-journalist-report/ See also…

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: 1,000 US counties without full-time local journalist: Report

#2025 #America #Books #Counties #History #Journalism #Journalists #KSNCom #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #LocalNews #NewsReporting #Politics #Reading #Science #Technology #TheHill #UnitedStates #Writing

NotImpressed

#palestine
#IsraelTerroristState #journalists
@palestine @lebanon
Nasser al Lahham, "Palestinian journalist and chief of Al Mayadeen's Palestine bureau is being denied proper care and is being held in life-threatening conditions in Ofer Prison"
"The occupation is attempting to fabricate new charges against our colleague Nasser al-Lahham," Shawan Jabarin, Director of Al-Haq, told Al Mayadeen
He's one of hundreds of Palestinian journalists killed or arbitrarily detained
english.almayadeen.net/news/po

Al Mayadeen's bureau chief in occupied Palestine, Nasser al-Lahham (Designed by: Zeinab al-Hajj/ Al Mayadeen English)
Al Mayadeen English · Al Mayadeen's Nasser al-Lahham held in life-threatening conditionsBy Al Mayadeen English
earthling

Journalist Hossam al-Adlouni was killed along with his wife and three children in a strike on a tent sheltering displaced families in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis, while Fadi Khalifa was killed in a separate strike as he visited his home in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned the killings as part of a systematic campaign to silence the press.

@palestine
#Gaza
#journalists

JamesWNeal

No, I don't think it's the job of #journalists to scream "the sky is falling." I do, however think it's their job to say "several pieces of something fell out of the sky today, leaving large black holes and several people knocked unconscious by them said they believe the sky is falling."

You don't have to wave your arms and scream your conclusions at us, but you do need to make certain to tell us enough that we can see WTF is going on and decide for ourselves whether to duck and cover.

Levka

#journalists #journalism #Texas

"Reporter handcuffed as he covers budget meeting in tiny Texas town

'In West Texas, an independent publisher’s arrest sparks First Amendment questions' was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

David Flash paced around the room, lined with rows of wooden chairs inside this Far West Texas county courthouse, and took photos.

The independent publisher of the Big Bend Times regularly attends these meetings, documenting and recording live footage for the website and social media, where he has amassed 285,000 followers on Facebook.

His presence in the room — and county at large — has vexed officials.

At the June 27 meeting, the conflict escalated when sheriff deputy Adriana Ruiloba grabbed, handcuffed and forcibly removed Flash from the room after he tried to take her photo.

'Stop,' Ruiloba tells him.

'I’m not resisting,' he responds.

'Stop,' she can be heard saying again in video footage reviewed by The Texas Tribune. 'Put your hands behind your back.'

In this news desert, Flash has appointed himself the region’s journalist. But to the highest-ranking elected officials of Jeff Davis, he is a nuisance with a camera.

County Judge Curtis Evans, the county’s chief executive, previously banned Flash from being within 300 feet of county officials, employees, and buildings in 2024 over claims of harassment and terroristic threats. Flash, who vehemently denies the accusations, said the county wants to deter him from drawing attention to them. A judge later lifted the ban, allowing Flash to return to work, including the recent budget meeting.

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Max Resnik, director of growth at Documenter Network City Bureau, a civic journalism program that has trained more than 4,000 residents across the country to document similar public meetings, said it does not matter whether Flash is a professional journalist. Every resident has the right to record, document and publish public meetings, he said.

'By preventing reporting from happening or discouraging reporting in those public meetings, it sends a chilling effect to other residents and reporters,' Resnik said.

He also pointed to the state’s open meeting handbook, which government officials and members of the public must comply with. Any person, the handbook says, 'may record all or any part of an open meeting of a governmental body by means of a recorder, video camera, or other means of aural or visual reproduction.'

(. . .)

Early last week, he was headed to South America. He travels, he said, to expand his worldview, and that of his readers. And it’s earning him money. A photo he published on Facebook last year just earned him $100 because of the engagement it generated on the site.

'Headed out, but still in the fight. Still doing the reporting, the legal work, the fundraising shit, and all the other shit—because I don’t have the luxury of ignoring corruption just because I’m flying international,' he wrote on social media.

'The courthouse drama doesn’t stop, but neither do I.'"

rawstory.com/reporter-handcuff

Raw Story · Reporter handcuffed as he covers budget meeting in tiny Texas townBy Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Texas Tribune
Susan Ville

📢 Al Mayadeen’s #palestine bureau chief, is under interrogation at Ofer military court

🔹 Earlier today, the head of the PPS, Abdullah al-Zaghari, confirmed that Nasser al-Lahham, Al Mayadeen’s bureau chief in the occupied Palestinian territories, was being subjected to interrogation proceedings

#crackdownonjournalists
#media
#journalists

#westbank

📰 Report: Al Mayadeen JUL-10

english.almayadeen.net/news/po

'Israel' interrogates Al Mayadeen journalist at Ofer military court
Al Mayadeen English · 'Israel' extends detention of Al Mayadeen bureau chief until SundayBy Al Mayadeen English
Petra van Cronenburg

I found a nice #template for all these Trump pseudo-news and his blackmail bullying blah blah blah (just check the case, multiple choice). Great for #journalists #editors before the deadline!

🔲 The wannabe dictator has posted blahblah.
🔲 He tries to blackmail (insert country).
🔲 He tries to bully (insert person).
🔲 He already said it / already threatened someone else.
🔲 He tries again but nobody believes him.
🔲 He won't get any better.
🔲 Tell people how to resist.

#journalism#resist
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