Elon Musk is showing he doesn’t care about free speech as much as he claims, with Twitter banning critical journalists and links to competitor Mastodon.
Facebook Announces Platform to Support Writers and Journalists
Facebook has announced a platform to help writers and journalists monetize their content at a time when news and media are under siege.
Uber Exec Under Fire for Using ‘God View’ to Track Journalist
In the wake of an Uber VP’s comments about possibly digging up user data and using it against critical journalists and the absolute crapstorm that followed, Uber says that it is investigating its top NYC exec for privacy violations. According…
Yahoo News Gets New Deputy Editor In Daniel Klaidman
Yahoo has been rebuilding its Yahoo News team in recent months with some high profile talent acquisitions. On Monday, the company announced yet another new team member with the appointment of Daniel Klaidman to the Deputy Editor position. He comes…
Re/code (The New All Things D) Introduced For The New Year
Back in September, The Wall Street Journal and its tech site All Things D announced that they were parting ways, and now with the new year, we get to see both the new Wall Street Journal tech section and the…
CBS Reporter Hacked, Involved ‘Search and Exfiltration of Data’
An internal investigation by a cyber security firm, hired by CBS News, has confirmed that investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson’s computer was “accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions late in 2012.” Here’s CBS News’ statement on the…
Soledad O’Brien Signs on With Real Sports
Former CNN Soledad O’Brien will now appear on the HBO series Real Sports. HBO announced this week that O’Brien will become part of the investigative sports reporting show. According to the Associated Press, O’Brien’s first on-air story will be about…
News Crew Attacked by Upset Parent in Rhode Island
A Rhode Island news reporter was attacked this week while reporting on a recent shooting. Abbey Niezgoda, a reporter for Providence’s ABC 6, reported this week that she was questioning the mother of a girl who was shot at a…