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Jul 1, 2021

Dear Journalists: Please Declare Independence from Business as Usual

Independence Day, America’s most important holiday, arrives next week. A flawed but fixable republic emerged from that fateful July 4 in 1776. We struggle toward a more perfect union, but we do make progress. Today, a radical right-wing faction is waging war on democracy. Its leaders and followers have come…

Journalism

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Dear Journalists: Please Declare Independence from Business as Usual
Dear Journalists: Please Declare Independence from Business as Usual
Journalism

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Mar 8, 2020

The coronavirus crisis demands journalism collaboration, not competition

It’s Sunday, March 8. Two of America’s best journalism organizations are featuring deep looks into the confusion, incompetence, and…

Coronavirus

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Coronavirus crisis demands journalism collaboration, not competition
Coronavirus crisis demands journalism collaboration, not competition
Coronavirus

10 min read


Dec 2, 2019

The Signals Network protects whistleblowers, and needs your help

Whistleblowers are essential players in uncovering wrongdoing committed by the powerful and in strengthening our democracies. As headlines remind us everyday, we owe our knowledge of the truth to many known and unknown whistleblowers all over the world. However, whistleblowers often face legal, physical, psychological, and economic consequences as a…

Whistleblower

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Whistleblower

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Nov 10, 2018

Journalists: Honor Maria Ressa by emulating her integrity and courage

Dear White House journalists: No doubt at least a few of you were in the audience the other night when my friend Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of the online news organization Rappler, was recognized for her brilliant — and extraordinarily courageous — work in the Philippines. Now she…

Politics

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Journalists: Honor Maria Ressa by emulating her integrity and courage
Journalists: Honor Maria Ressa by emulating her integrity and courage
Politics

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Oct 2, 2018

Dear Journalists, Please Do Your Duty for Democracy

Readers need sustained, nuanced election coverage now more than ever — Americans’ rights to vote, and to have their votes counted accurately, are the basis of democracy. Those rights are under attack — via insecure elections, voter suppression, grotesque gerrymandering, and other direct and indirect attacks on our central rights and duties in a democracy. Malign forces and staggering incompetence have…

Politics

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Dear Journalists, Please Do Your Duty for Democracy
Dear Journalists, Please Do Your Duty for Democracy
Politics

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Aug 13, 2018

Dear Journalists, The War on What You Do Is Escalating

To fight back, work together — When the most powerful person in the world declares war on journalism, you can respond in one of two ways. The first adds up to surrender. …

Journalism

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Dear Journalists, The War on What You Do Is Escalating
Dear Journalists, The War on What You Do Is Escalating
Journalism

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Jun 15, 2018

Dear Journalists, Stop Being Loudspeakers for Liars

An open letter to newsrooms everywhere — Please, just stop. Please stop giving live airtime to liars. Stop publishing their lies. Please examine what you’re doing. You are letting liars use your traditional norms — which made sense in different times and situations — to turn you into amplifiers of deceit. …

Politics

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Dear Journalists, Stop Being Loudspeakers for Liars
Dear Journalists, Stop Being Loudspeakers for Liars
Politics

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Mar 27, 2018

Why tech platforms should give users more control — and how they can do it

For some time now, it’s been clear that one essential response to the flood of misinformation and other deceptive Internet tactics must be empowering users — people like you and me at the edges of the network of networks — to take at least some control of our own information…

Social Media

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Why tech platforms should give users more control — and how they can do it
Why tech platforms should give users more control — and how they can do it
Social Media

7 min read


Mar 6, 2018

How do people who are sources for journalists see the news?

As we move forward with our newsroom project — working with journalists and community members to boost the community information ecosystem — we’re doing some research beforehand. We’re posting a draft today of the third of three surveys. The first is aimed at measuring a community’s news “awareness,” as we’re…

Journalism

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Journalism

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Mar 5, 2018

Do journalists think they should help communities understand news?

We’re posting a draft today of the second of three surveys. The first one, previously shared, seeks to gauge community “news awareness,” as we’re putting it. …

Journalism

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Journalism

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