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Dan Kennedy
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I'm a journalist and academic specializing in the future of local news. My next book, co-authored with Ellen Clegg, will be called "What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate." It will be published by Beacon Press in early 2024. Follow our updates at our website and podcast as well as my blog, Media Nation, both in the links below. Email me at dan-dot-kennedy-at-northeastern-dot-edu. #journalism #LocalNews #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #boston
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Dan Kennedy 2 years ago
New at Media Nation: Greater Boston arts and local news get a boost from three new nonprofit projects. Checking in with The Review Crew (in collaboration with @npub1mxzd...hhv9), MassHorizon (founded by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism), and the Plymouth Independent, a fledgling nonprofit. #LocalNews #journalism
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Dan Kennedy 2 years ago
It's not about the First Amendment! This can't be repeated often enough: image
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Dan Kennedy 2 years ago
Yes, Trump is innocent unless proven guilty. But we know what he did. It was right out in the open. The question is whether a jury will vote to convict.
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Dan Kennedy 2 years ago
Garbage ads like this bring in very little money and harm a news organization’s brand and reputation. Does the NYT, profitable because its audience is willing to pay, really need to stoop so low? #journalism image
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Dan Kennedy 2 years ago
Zuck has to be over the moon that Musk is suing him because of #Threads. A marketing dream come true.
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Dan Kennedy 2 years ago
They say you only get one chance to make a good first impression. If that's true, then Mark Zuckerberg missed that chance with the debut of #Threads. There's no browser access. You can't switch to a reverse-chrono non-algorithmic feed of accounts you follow. Even Musk still lets you do that. No lists. The whole thing feels very commercial in a forced-joviality, trying-too-hard way. These things can be fixed unless Zuck thinks they're features rather than bugs. For now, though … not great.