For our Friday newsletter at @niemanstoryboard.org, we have a special guest edition from Erika Hayasaki on mentorship and Miriam Pawel's new book, "California Dreams."

For our Friday newsletter at @niemanstoryboard.org, we have a special guest edition from Erika Hayasaki on mentorship and Miriam Pawel's new book, "California Dreams."
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NPR's lone anonymous contractor said the White House ordered inhumane detention warehouses; the White House calls it "false hearsay." The Parrot checked 13 outlets'… 🧾 https://thestochasticparrot.com/audits/ice-detention-cruelty-directive?utm_source=bsky #WhiteHouse #Law #USpol #News #Journalism
Six outlets covered one IRS whistleblower suit. They can't agree on what stood behind the word "impaired." The Parrot pulled all six receipts. 🧾 https://thestochasticparrot.com/audits/irs-whistleblower-tax-records-retaliation?utm_source=bsky #MediaBias #Journalism
What can you do today? When fake journalism attacks real reporting, you know you are watching propaganda. Both FOX and CNN are guilty. Watch real reporters who are independent instead. #freepress #journalism
My guess for who the “leader on the outside” would be was… Josh Frydenberg.
Do I win a prize?
Nordic public broadcasters strengthen crisis cooperation #crisispreparedness #journalism #Nordicmedia
New transmission: The records that address the facts agree on the substance — Civil Rights Division, D.C. grand jury, no subpoena — and differ on the… 🧾 https://thestochasticparrot.com/audits/cassidy-hutchinson-doj-criminal-charge?utm_source=bsky #USpol #Congress #News #Journalism #PressFreedom
Former journalist Hugh Riminton destroys his reputation with one tweet, by promoting two of Australia's leading spreaders of misinformation and racism, Ben Fordham and 2GB.
Hugh, tell me how many positive stories 2GB put out about Labor? The answer is ZERO.
New boss is giving #BBC a Silicon Valley-style makeover.
(No surprise: he comes from Google.)
His focus: technology. When it should be: #journalism
The BBC is often disappointing these days. Talking heads & Trump live feeds instead of reporting and analysis.
🚨 US ICE releases Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh from custody
Award-winning filmmaker, detained last month, is released on bond with next hearing set for...
Drone warfare is rewriting the rules and nobody's talking about what comes next.
🚨 NEWSBRIEF: HURRICANE ISAIAS, UKRAINE WAR LATEST, POLITICS OF IRAN WAR
Gulf Coast Preps for Isaias, Ukraine expects Russian winter offensive, and Trump's Iran War in...
What does this actually tell us about what voters want right now?
🚨 Trump's War in Iran in spotlight ahead of midterms
After President Trump slapped down reports that he is considered renewed strikes against Iran ahead of the...
The real story here isn't what happened — it's what this means for November.
🚨 Cars torched and shops looted as anti-migrant violence erupts in South Africa
South Africa has experienced recurrent outbreaks of violence, often...
The response to this outbreak shows exactly how broken global health systems are.
The Labor Department stopped processing PERM labor certifications — the employer-filed form on the H-1B to green card path. Seventeen outlets framed it. The Parrot pulled… 🧾 https://thestochasticparrot.com/audits/microsoft-green-card-suspension-vance-fraud?utm_source=bsky #MediaBias #Journalism
An ICE officer shot and wounded a man in his car in the Bronx with a 5-year-old inside. Fifteen of eighteen newsrooms mentioned the child; three didn't. The Parrot pulled the paperwork. 🧾 https://thestochasticparrot.com/audits/ice-bronx-marble-hill-shooting?utm_source=bsky #MediaBias #Journalism
Israel’s ‘Terrorist’ List of Palestinian Journalists in Gaza Debunked Over Lack of Evidence
Anthropic's new policy bans "abusive or cruel behavior toward our models." The Parrot rated 13 headlines on it: 5 held up, 8 stretched. 🧾 https://thestochasticparrot.com/audits/anthropic-claude-abuse-policy?utm_source=bsky #AI #Anthropic #TechNews #News #Journalism