I am devastated at the passing of a dear friend and someone who helped transform American television news, Robin MacNeil. He and Jim Lehrer were partners in creating the iconic PBS NewsHour on PBS and it was the honor of my life to work with and learn from them.

An interesting strategy responding to challenge from AI

Jeff Jarvis is never dull. Worth a read:
This Is Not the Way to Save the News by Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis link.medium.com/rfNQUbJ0GIb

Breaking: The University of Texas at Austin has laid off an undetermined number of employees who used to work in diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to a Tuesday email from President Jay Hartzell. bit.ly/3IZ4uTD

As part of a massive investigation with The Associated Press, The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and FRONTLINE, student reporters from Howard Center for Investigative Journalism wrote about police use of #lethalrestraint -- check out this story by Brooke Manning:
apnews.com/article/lethal…

Incredible:

'NBC News’s dramatic hiring and firing of a former RNC chairwoman this week threatens to undo years of repositioning itself as friendly to Republican officials and viewers.'

Journalists: We’ve got to do better. The framing of access as more important than credibility and the inability to cover what’s happening within the framework of pro-democracy or anti- at this point in the game is malpractice.

The best magic trick ever

Several Port-au-Prince neighborhoods have been under heavy gunfire since 5 am this morning. #Haiti

𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐍.

#CarolinaFamily | Wells Fargo

This story STILL not being covered by major newspapers or TV stations in N.C.

It's great to see this kind of reporting from participants in the free community journalism certificate programs we're supporting at Mercer County Community College, Atlantic Cape Community College, Middlesex College & SUSSEX.EDU.

Funded by NJ Civic Info Consortium & in partnership w/ Journalism + Design.

mcccvoice.org/social-anxiety/

Never grows old!

These are the next generation of leaders. Why we can be hopeful about “kids today”. Love this video

📺 President Biden's reaction to seeing MTG before the speech is all of us. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kremlin interference exposed in The New York Times today:

This week, #NCLocal highlights the 2024 inductees to UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media’s NC Media & Journalism Hall of Fame, spotlighting this newsletter’s (and the Workshop’s) founder Melanie Sill. Plus, get ready for this week’s News & Info summit in Durham. Read & Subscribe: us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=48daec75309…

Lois has deserved this award for more than a decade. She mentors students. She mentors grads. She has a legacy built in the students success and happiness that followed her touch.

48 WEEKS. Our friend and The Wall Street Journal colleague, Evan Gershkovich, has been in a Russian prison for almost 11 months—in his cell 23 hours a day. For no crime at all. He's a journalist, and he deserve to be free. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan

Is local news readily available in your town? Do reporters still cover your school board and other municipal meetings?

If you answered yes, you are likely wealthier than the average American, and you live in or near a metro area, Sarah Stonbely writes.

niemanlab.org/2024/02/wealth…