“At The Post and other major American news organizations, the use of deceptive tactics in pursuit of news stories violates core ethics policies. In Britain, ‘blagging’ — using misrepresentation to dupe others into revealing confidential information — has been a known feature of a certain brand of tabloid journalism, especially before a public reckoning over press ethics began in 2011.”

“On June 6, Sinclair also devoted an entire article to amplifying the right-wing fabrication that Biden soiled himself on stage. The URL for the article even includes the word ‘pooping’…Each of these crass political smears masquerading as journalism was syndicated to at least 86 local news websites owned by Sinclair.”

“The screen experience is so reductionist,” said Stephen Casimiro, a former editor of Powder and National Geographic Adventure and founder and publisher of Adventure Journal. “It just flattens the world, so that a Pulitzer Prize-winning story feels the same as spam. Some things deserve better.”

“Now, people like Miller are finding themselves being asked to team up with the same robots that are stealing their jobs to give the algorithms a bit of humanity – a hidden army making AI seem better than it really is.”

“I don’t want to bring attention to everything because there’s so much engagement bait online now,” Phil Lewis says. “What I try to avoid doing is lighting something on fire.”

“If you want to learn about writers’ processes, it’s the place to go. If you want to hear rejection stories and tales of someone taking a chance on writers, it’s the place to go. A single Longform episode can invoke fierce inspiration or great sorrow, sometimes both within an hour.”

“Apple’s journey to podcast transcripts started with the expansion of a different feature: indexing. It’s a common origin story at a number of tech companies like Amazon and Yahoo – what begins as a search tool evolves into a full transcription initiative. Apple first deployed software that could identify specific words in a podcast back in 2018.”

“YouTube is introducing a new experimental feature that will allow viewers to add “Notes” to provide more context and information under videos…If the feature sounds similar, it’s because it follows the same concept as Community Notes on X (formerly Twitter).”

“The Athletic editorial staffers are mulling an effort to unionize, Axios first reported last month, as the sports media brand becomes more integrated into the larger company.”

“At their best, these corporate branding exercises force companies to decide what they’re selling. And the Post is in desperate need of a clear pitch, lest it simply be seen as a cheaper, lower-quality version of The New York Times.”

“The trial of detained US journalist Evan Gershkovich will be held behind closed doors, Russian state media, citing the courts service, has reported. Russian officials have accused the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter of collecting ‘secret information’ from a Russian tank factory on behalf of the CIA. He denies the allegations….The WSJ dismissed the trial as a ‘sham,’ while US officials said the charges had ‘zero credibility.'”

“The introduction of server-side ads only seems to be affecting a few users for now, but it appears to be YouTube’s latest hit in its long war on ad blockers.”

“Your therapy bots aren’t licensed psychologists, your AI girlfriends are neither girls nor friends, your griefbots have no soul, and your AI copilots are not gods.”