Last week Elon Musk floated the idea of charging users to use X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter. He made the suggestion – which may or may not materialize – during a live-streamed conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Musk said the company was “moving to a small monthly payment” to deal with the problem of bots. Media companies had … [Read more...] about Small news outlets in the Midwest unfazed by Elon Musk’s idea to charge X users
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Chicago media struggle to tell migrant stories as thousands surge into the city
Baffled travelers stepping off buses into an unknown city and life. Families huddled on police stations’ floors. Painful accounts of robberies and rapes, and of deaths in jungles and rivers - the price of escaping grim horrors. These and other stories told by the thousands of immigrants who have surged into Chicago in recent months, joining many thousands already here, have … [Read more...] about Chicago media struggle to tell migrant stories as thousands surge into the city
Journalists need to expand beyond crisis reporting in covering migration
When the Adriana, an overcrowded migrant boat, sank in Greek waters in June, drowning hundreds, the catastrophe was unusual in scale, but those traveling on global migration routes regularly encounter terrible hardship. Most of the coverage of this story, however, was limited to the disaster itself, neglecting to illuminate how a complex, multi-faceted, and deeply flawed global … [Read more...] about Journalists need to expand beyond crisis reporting in covering migration
Where the US stands on migrant laws
In a sweeping decision, the US Supreme Court rejected two conservative states’ push to enforce more aggressive law enforcement initiatives against undocumented immigrants. The ruling in late June marked a major win to the Biden administration, as the 8-1 decision revives the president’s immigration guideline. Justice Samuel Alito was the only … [Read more...] about Where the US stands on migrant laws
In smaller newsrooms, some sports reporters are covering 10 sports at once
On New Year’s Eve in New Orleans, Kansas State Wildcats football fell to the world-renowned Alabama Crimson Tide, 45-20 in the Sugar Bowl. Kansas State finished a historic season for the program, taking me to the press boxes of the Superdome in New Orleans and AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for the Big 12 Championship Game. Just under 1,000 miles away in … [Read more...] about In smaller newsrooms, some sports reporters are covering 10 sports at once