“A graduate of Harvard and a Nieman Fellow himself during the 2014-2015 academic year, Chu has strong ties to the university and the foundation that have bolstered Nieman’s efforts to increase engagement on campus and with its alumni. He joined the Nieman Foundation as deputy curator in July 2024.”

“Microsoft’s response to a world of people doomscrolling on X and TikTok is a print magazine that you can thumb through in peace and quiet. The first issue of Signal is 120 pages with a focus on AI, both as a topic and, to a small degree, a means of production. Microsoft hopes the magazine will bypass the digital world and reach business leaders directly every few months.”

The same ransomware attack that disrupted dozens of Lee newspapers back in February apparently also compromised employee data: “The company confirmed in a letter filed with Maine’s attorney general that the personal information of 39,779 people was stolen in the cyberattack, including Social Security numbers. The data breach mostly affects former and current employees at the company.”

“The metrics for success are totally different…This isn’t necessarily about creativity. It’s about spreading the word, and the more you can do that, the kind of acceleration that AI offers, the more you are doing God’s work.”

“To support the false claims, networks aired unrelated visuals from conflicts in Gaza and Sudan, from a plane crash in Philadelphia — and even scenes from video games…

‘Journalism has just become anything that lands on your WhatsApp from whoever,’ said one journalist with a leading English-language news channel. ‘You realize the cost of that at times like this.’”

“A 10-year moratorium is far too blunt an instrument. AI is advancing too head-spinningly fast. I believe that these systems could change the world, fundamentally, within two years; in 10 years, all bets are off. Without a clear plan for a federal response, a moratorium would give us the worst of both worlds — no ability for states to act, and no national policy as a backstop.”

“A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian Azerbaijan. But as President Ilham Aliyev casts critical journalists as enemies of the state, they continue to try to hold power to account — from exile, or even from behind bars.”

“When the news was announced, it was a huge blow to journalism, of course. But from where I sit, it was a huge blow to the journalists that have contributed to this organization. We have a duty to care for those who are willing to stand up to their own governments.”