Journalism Africa is littered with abandoned poorly-planned aid projects Andrea James

Funny Citizen journalist enthusiastically reports local house fire Andrea James

News #RightToRecord: DOJ must investigate arrests of citizens who document police killings Laura Poitras and David Felix Sutcliffe

Science Citizen journalists vs San Francisco's hydrophobic pee-reflecting paint Cory Doctorow

tucker carlson Knight Foundation invites white nationalist Tucker Carlson to speak on the future of news  Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Harry and Meghan "over" and Ukraine "despairs" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Armaggedon and Queen Camilla's kinky past in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

books The Strange Case of the Tom Ripley of Book Publishing Thom Dunn

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

racism #Rickyrenuncia: Bowing to popular pressure, Puerto Rican governor Ricardo Rossello has resigned Cory Doctorow

antitrust To help the news business, subject Big Tech to antitrust — but don't forget Big News's antitrust problem Cory Doctorow

News CNN hires former Jeff Sessions GOP operative as political editor Xeni Jardin

Food Court strikes down Iowa's unconstitutional ag-gag law Cory Doctorow

racism Old lady calls cops on hispanic mom because her "baby is in pain" Rob Beschizza

censorship Texas high-school principal fires award-winning, nationally famous journalism teacher to rein in critical student newspaper reporting Cory Doctorow

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