Not a real #NewstodonFriday post from us this week because we're still getting back up to speed after the holidays (yes, we're relaxed, no, we don't expect it to last!). Instead, here's a list of independent publishers we love and that have an active presence in the fediverse. Please follow, boost, donate and support however you can. Below the list is our spreadsheet of federated Flipboard accounts, all of which are followable here.

@bolts
@damemagazine
@gbhnews
@KnowableMag
@ProPublica
@restofworld
@SFPublicPress
@TexasObserver
@thecontinent
@TheConversationUS
@themarkup
@thetyee
@thexylom
@timkmak
@TucsonSentinel

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit

#Newstodon #News #Media #Journalism #LocalNews #IndependentMedia #IndependentNews #Flipboard #FollowFriday

"Outlets like Propublica have done well by adopting much of this program, albeit without any explicit leftist agenda (the fact that they seem leftist reflects nothing more than their commitment to reporting the truth, e.g., Clarence Thomas is a lavishly corrupt puppet of billionaires who've showered him with riches).

The fact that they've been as successful as they are on a national beat – and partnering with the scant few regional papers to do some local coverage – just proves the point. The Democratic Party doesn't need its own Joe Rogan – they need a nationwide network of local outlets, sponsored by the party, committed to never enshittifying, bringing relevant, timely news to a nation in desperate need of it."

https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/12/the-view-from-somewhere/#abolish-rogan

#USA #Media #Journalism #news #DemocraticParty #LocalNews

AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism
#Journalism #Journalists #Plagiarism #LocalNews #Oregon
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/09/artificial-intelligence-local-news-oregon-ashland/

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Great story from OPB:

"AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism"

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/09/artificial-intelligence-local-news-oregon-ashland/

"Silicon Valley’s latest hot technology is being used to further degrade the news available to Oregonians"

I'm already an OPB member but I might send them another donation in support!

#Oregon #Journalism #LocalNews #Plagiarism #AI #AIHype #AISlop #OPB

University of North Carolina: How building the AI-powered local news audience assistant bot helped us help local journalists – and learn about AI . “For local newsrooms, 2024 is the year of AI. At the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media, which exists to help the local news industry, we built the Local News Audience Assistant to help journalists find exactly what they […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/08/university-of-north-carolina-how-building-the-ai-powered-local-news-audience-assistant-bot-helped-us-help-local-journalists-and-learn-about-ai/

Alas, we've not had time to pull together our usual #NewstodonFriday thread this week (sometimes you've just got to prioritize watching a group of seven-year-olds wave paper plates to the "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy"). Instead, we're going to re-share our list of the brilliant indie publishers with an active presence on Mastodon, all of whom would love your support. The spreadsheet below shows all the Flipboard publisher accounts we've federated, many of which are also small independent publishers that would appreciate your cash and/or clicks.

@bolts

@damemagazine

@gbhnews

@KnowableMag

@ProPublica

@restofworld

@SFPublicPress

@TexasObserver

@thecontinent
@themarkup

@thetyee

@thexylom

@timkmak

@TucsonSentinel

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit

#Newstodon #News #Media #Journalism #LocalNews #IndependentMedia #IndependentNews #Flipboard

From Northwestern's Local News Initiative's 2024 Report:

"Since 2005, more than 3,200 print newspapers have vanished. Newspapers continue to disappear at a rate of more than two per week; in the past year alone, 130 newspapers have shut their doors. In addition to these closures and mergers, papers are reducing their print coverage, including shifting from dailies to weeklies or ending print publishing altogether."

https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state-of-local-news/2024/report/

#journalism #localnews #democracy