by jpitney | Jan 10, 2026 | Journalism, Mass Media, Newspapers
Joshua Benton at Nieman Lab: Pittsburgh is the 28th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. It has a proud history as a center of industry and has transitioned into a major hub for medicine, robotics, and academia. It’s home to 10 Fortune 500 companies — more...
by jpitney | Dec 29, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Journalism, Journalists, Mass Media, Newspapers
Sipho Kings at the Nieman Lab: This moment feels like rock bottom. And in this crisis, there ought to be so much opportunity. But we’re not learning from the past. Instead, we’re approaching this new era of generative AI much like we did platforms. Big Western...
by jpitney | Oct 7, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Mass Media, Public Opinion
Megan Brenan at Gallup: Americans’ confidence in the mass media has edged down to a new low, with just 28% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. This is down from 31%...
by jpitney | Aug 5, 2025 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Los Angeles, Mass Media, Newspapers
Sara Fischer at Axios: New York Post Media Group, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., will launch a new, daily Los Angeles-based newspaper called “The California Post” in early 2026, the New York Post’s editor-in-chief Keith Poole told...
by jpitney | Jan 24, 2025 | 2776, California Politics, Electoral College, Environment, History, Immigration, Jobs, Lincoln, Mass Media, Race, Redistricting, Trade, Vaccine
Connor Sheets at LAT: Los Angeles County officials missed dozens of opportunities for water infrastructure improvements that experts say probably would have enabled firefighters to save more homes during the Palisades fire, public records show. As crews battled...
by jpitney | Nov 12, 2024 | Mass Media, Public Opinion
From Gallup: