Democracy Needs Public Media with Victor Pickard

Fascintern Media

We are facing a coordinated international fascist movement that works with explicit backing from Moscow, Washington, and tech monopolies, and is propagating itself through its own media apparatus. Yet people who claim to side with democracy keep doing work to support Fascintern media because they misunderstand how it works. This needs to change.

The Washington Post sold Democracy. Now it needs a new line of business.

A leading American newspaper enters a new era.

Donald Trump just barred Washington Post reporters from campaign events. That should bother you.

Banning media is bad for democracy. Period.

Direct Democracy | The Paper Pilot

The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology

Democracy Now!

A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.

Taylor Owen

Academic, writer and podcast host working on media, digital technology and public policy.

Independent Media has an Infrastructural Problem

We need to roll out infrastructures that foster public values and the common good over the market imperatives, writes Agustin Ferrari Braun.

Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider

Welcome. I’m a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where I direct the Media Economies Design Lab and teach and learn from our students. I’ve written a book each on online democracy, cooperative enterprise, the Occupy movement, and God, and I’ve edited ones about solidarity economies, crypto, and co-ops. Reporting articles for both magazines and academic journals keeps my notebooks filled. Working with others to build a democratic economy keeps me accountable.

The LA Times’ AI ‘bias meter’ looks like a bid to please Donald Trump | Margaret Sullivan

The paper’s billionaire owner, who barred it from endorsing Kamala Harris, is leaving human journalists out of the equation

Media Democracy Days: Spry Memorial Panel

A fireside chat between people in the public media space. In today’s media landscape, the urgency to revive MDD cannot be overstated.

Political Bias in the Media – Evidence from the Universe of French Broadcasts, 2002-2020 | ifo Institute | CESifo

How does the media bias the news? And in particular, how much does it cost owners to ensure that journalists comply with their stance? We compile a unique dataset of journalists and guests appearing on French television and radio shows between 2002 and 2020 to quantify the role played by journalist selection and compliance in political coverage. First, we leverage the movements of thousands of journalists between media outlets, and estimate a model in which the share of coverage for each political group is determined both by journalist and outlet components. We find that outlet-level decisions account for three-fourths of the differences in political coverage; in contrast, journalists’ personal editorial preferences play only a minor role. Second, we examine how journalists respond to a major takeover-induced editorial change. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we show that while many journalists left in response to the shock, those who stayed largely adapted to the new editorial direction. Notably, exploiting unique data on journalist salaries, we show that this compliance came at nearly no cost for the new owner, reflecting journalists’ low bargaining power in an industry in crisis.

Who are the rightwing influencers filling Trump’s head with visions of antifa?

Meet the content creators whose videos from Portland and Chicago shape the president’s distorted view of reality

Stage Four: The Trump Simulacrum and Attention Economy Decay

The contemporary media apparatus has completed Baudrillard's fourth stage of simulation: coverage no longer reflects, distorts, or substitutes for political reality — it generates one. Donald Trump did not cause this. He is its perfect product.

Seven Takeaways on Convenience and News - Nieman Reports

In “Against Convenience,” Nieman Fellow Gabe Bullard delves into modern media consumption habits

Local Journalism Directory | Media and Democracy Project

We created a directory to help you find local journalism and local news sources in your area worth reading and supporting.