Clara and I booked tickets to see Paul McCartney’s sold-out Friday show in Sydney, and deliberately avoided reading about his US tour so as much of it would be a surprise as possible. It was… I can’t summon the words. Even Clara’s bear cat came! Paul and his incredible band playe … | Continue reading
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing was the subject of the latest Freakonomics episode. I really enjoy economics, and was happy to see an economics podcast I respect do a show on the subject. My interest quickly turned to disappointment, however, as the show’s h … | Continue reading
On October 16, News/Media Alliance sent a letter together with Digital Content Next and the European Publishers Council to the G7 member states and the European Union regarding the Group's efforts to develop global AI principles and a voluntary code of conduct under the so-called … | Continue reading
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published an article authored by four reporters — Byron Tau, Andrew Mollica, Patience Haggin, and Dustin Volz — explaining how data collected by ad tech ends up in the hands of U.S. government agencies. They cited the case of Near Intel … | Continue reading
Screenshots from the project An absolutely amazing animation, highlighted by Seekerofsplendor, where over 130 artists have collaborated to recreate a single episode of the American sitcom 'Fraiser'. | Continue reading
Gabe Bullard, Nieman Reports: Six months later, we can see that the effects of leaving Twitter have been negligible. A memo circulated to NPR staff says traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter, now officially renamed X, though traffic … | Continue reading
From the UK to Kenya, we’ve been training up reporters in solutions journalism, thanks to a grant The post Solutions without borders: sending our journalism global appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Marie Woolf, the Globe and Mail: The proposed regulations set a $230-million cap on the amount Google and Facebook would together have to inject into Canada’s news sector. Google would have to pay $172-million of that. But in an e-mailed statement on Monday, the final day of a mo … | Continue reading
On October 5th, the Alliance joined an application, submitted to the DC Circuit Court, requesting audiovisual access to the United States v. Donald J. Trump trial related to the January 6th events, currently scheduled for March 2024. The post The Alliance Joins Media Coalition Ur … | Continue reading
From midlife career swaps to a makeshift bird clinic in Mexico City, here are a few things we learned this issue The post 10 things we learned making the new issue of Positive News magazine appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
On September 27, 2023, the Center for Journalism & Liberty at the Open Markets Institute convened policymakers, experts, and practitioners from the U.S. and Canada for a highly valuable discussion on the path forward for sustaining our countries’ independent news media as a condi … | Continue reading
Giravolt is a 3D digitization project associated with EUreka3D, sharing its aim on boosting 3D digitisation of cultural heritage Giravolt is a national project in Catalonia coordinated by the Catalan Department of Culture GENCAT, and is associated partner of EUreka3D, sharing it … | Continue reading
Tasting History: How to Make Old Fashioned Butter By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2023-09-29. | Continue reading
What role can artists play in the territorial project? Pictures @ Claude Artier 2023 For the past 16 years, the yearly conference Entretiens de Biracte-Morvan (Bibracte-Morvan Talks) aims to debate the challenges facing the territory with the help of scientists and, for the lates … | Continue reading
Bruce raises an interesting question with media playing in popovers—shouldn’t the media pause when the popover is closed? I agree with Bruce that this is a common use case that should be covered declaratively. adactio.com/links/20487 | Continue reading
Navigating the news is an increasingly urgent life skill, says the woman who is teaching young people to do just that The post The mother of three teaching young people how to make sense of the news appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Grady Hillhouse produces Practical Engineering, one of my favourite engineering channels. I love seeing his garage demonstrations of civil engineering concepts, and his enthusiasm for everything he discusses is infectious. Practical Engineering website Nebula channel YouTube chan … | Continue reading
Memorandum Signed in Banská Bystrica for the Barborská Cesta (Brabora Route) Project Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica marked a significant moment on Thursday, September 7th, 2023, as a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed for the implementation of the Barborská Cesta proje … | Continue reading
(Re)discover regional gastronomy during a tasting picnic in the countryside and in a heritage site “Fantastic Picnics” have been organised over the last ten years in September in more than fifty venues in Burgundy including Bibracte. These events allow participants to (re)discove … | Continue reading
Pilot coordinator John Tierney was interviewed by RTÉ on their work in Cork Participants in the “landscape and heritage” work camp have successfully completed the restoration of the ancient path of the Place aux Laides on Mont Beuvray. From 20 August to 2 September 2023, young vo … | Continue reading
Delightful! View past Music Mondays By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2023-09-25. | Continue reading
Kat Allison shared a post about the 40 Best Stand-Alone TV Episodes (Slate) and reactions to it are great. Check out the various and wide ranging alternate suggestions in the comments! | Continue reading
On August 11, 2023, a small-town newspaper in Kansas, the Marion County Record, was raided by law enforcement. The raid quickly made national and international headlines, sending shock waves throughout the free press community. The post Three Reasons Why a Small-Town Newspaper Ra … | Continue reading
Songyee Yoon PhD ’00, president and chief strategic officer of NCSOFT, has been appointed as the MIT School of Engineering Visiting Innovation Scholar for the 2023-24 academic year. | Continue reading
On September 13, the Alliance joined 62 other media organizations on a letter urging the Supreme Court to make permanent its practice of providing the public with access to a live audio feed of oral arguments before the Court. The post Alliance Joins Letter Urging Supreme Court t … | Continue reading
It looks like it's the end of the party for streaming services. Prices are going up, choice is going down, and the quality is declining. Despite all the hype about how transformative streaming would be for the industry - there's one thing which never really seemed to take off. It … | Continue reading
How should we fund our journalism? Put up a paywall? Bag a billionaire? Instead, we’d love for you to support our quiet media revolution The post Who do you think should pay for Positive News? appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new rule providing for Remote ID requirements originally scheduled to take effect on September 16 was extended to March 16, 2024. The post FAA Extends Deadline for New Drone Requirements appeared first on News/Media Alliance. | Continue reading
I’m the Quicken wrangler in my family, and twice a year I try to go through all our subscriptions and verify they’re still worthwhile. I also believe in paying for media whenever I can. So, here are the media I believe are worth paying for. You should check them out. Independent … | Continue reading
Will Oremus, Washington Post: Already, one of the book’s critical passages has sparked geopolitical drama — and an embarrassing public walk-back by Isaacson. In an excerpt from the book published in The Washington Post on Friday, Isaacson recounts how Musk single-handedly foiled … | Continue reading
Thanks to CRDI presentation video and EGI exhibition booth, the project will be showcased at the Conference EUreka3D project, coordinated by Photoconsortium, will be hosted at the conference, that will take place from 10 to 12 October 2023. The project will be showcased through a … | Continue reading
The main goals of the series is to introduce and explore the intersection of citizen science and cultural heritage. Citizen Heritage is an Erasmus+ Project that aims to provide Higher Education Institutions with new insights and opportunities to include Citizen Science teaching a … | Continue reading
Good morning, y’all. I hope everyone is safe and well and prepared for Hurricane Idalia if you need to be. I am interested in Hurricane Idalia both as a weather event (currently under a flood… | Continue reading
Pilot coordinator John Tierney was interviewed by RTÉ on their work in Cork John Tierney, the INCULTUM pilot coorinator from Ireland, was interviewed with their national broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). At this link it’s possibile to find the transcription of the int … | Continue reading
Today’s Music Monday is an old favourite. “The Happy Club” was one of those albums my parents always had on, either in the car or on the home Hi-Fi. I still grab the Walkman and put this on when I’m feeling a bit stressed, to remind me of happy times. Works a treat. Past Music Mo … | Continue reading
Szósta runda finansowania w programie Boosting Fact-checking Activities in Europe otwarta jest do 31 października 2023 r. Projekt grantowy, obejmujący fundusz na kwotę 4.350.000 euro, wspiera pomysły niezależnych organizacji medialnych weryfikujących fakty i ma ograniczać negatyw … | Continue reading
Kevin Jiang, the Toronto Star: Just months after the advent of ChatGPT late last year, hundreds of websites have already been identified as using generative artificial intelligence to spew thousands of AI-written, often misinformation-laden “news” stories online. As the world nea … | Continue reading
It’s Music Monday time! Wait, today is Tuesday. It’s a belated Music Monday, the series where I post about much each Monday. Unless it’s a Tuesday. It’s still Monday on the other side of the date line, right? View all past Music Mondays I think a lot of younger people are more fa … | Continue reading
There’s a unique kind of creativity that comes from working within a set of limitations or constraints. I know I have more fun when I don’t use cheats, and try out old things with a new twist. What’s the smallest financially viable SimCity 3000 town I can build? What are the fewe … | Continue reading
I find the alarmist tone of this series of reports from NewsGuard to be largely unwarranted. People used to worry about blogs or the internet itself spreading misinformation, which has undeniably been the case, but you could make that argument about every publishing medium in his … | Continue reading
Thomas Germain, Gizmodo: Tech news website CNET has deleted thousands of old articles over the past few months in a bid to improve its performance in Google Search results, Gizmodo has learned. […] Whether or not deleting articles is an effective business strategy, it causes othe … | Continue reading
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters and U.S.-based National Association of Broadcasters have issued a joint statement condemning Meta for preventing users from linking to news on its platforms in Canada following the passage of the Online News Act: Meta – a nearly trillion-d … | Continue reading
It’s Music Monday time. Each and every Monday without fail, except when I fail, I share a song that has contributed audible joy to my life. I then post it on a Monday, or sometimes another day by mistake, because if there’s one thing I always do, without fail, it’s to sometimes d … | Continue reading
Single dad-ing like crazy this morning and it’s beautiful.. teaching me more than any job would, can, does. […] | Continue reading
Today, Meta announced it is beginning the process of ending Canadians’ access to news publications as a consequence of Bill C–18, now known as the Online News Act. This is an entirely predictable consequence of the Act, which requires big tech companies like Google and Meta to de … | Continue reading
Along with giving me more hope for the future than my Millennial generation managed, Zoomers have also been helpful for questioning some assumptions I didn’t even realise I was making. I was watching a Hakos Baelz stream recently, and she realised midway through her introduction … | Continue reading
Michael Schulman, the New Yorker: “Orange [is the New Black]” was distributed by Netflix but produced by Lionsgate, which determined the cast’s up-front payments. Myles was paid scale, SAG’s minimum rate, which was under nine hundred dollars per day. “They could and would pay us … | Continue reading
IDC, explaining an estimated 13.4% year-over-year decline in PC shipments: The overall weak demand has caused inventory levels to remain above normal for longer than expected. This includes finished systems at the channel level, as well as the supply chain. So far, no PC maker ha … | Continue reading