In the last week, the meaning of journalism and journalist has expanded. Inside Climate News won Pulitzer Prize for national reporting… without a traditional newsroom. It’s a nonprofit organization in Brooklyn with seven employees and the mission “to produce clear, objective stories that give the public and decision-makers the information they need to navigate the heat … Continue reading Who’s a Journalist and the New Public Media…
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Ars Technica op ed on what antitrust can do about patent trolls
US antitrust regulators have recently developed great interest in patent trolls, which they have taken to calling “patent assertion entities” or PAEs. But it seems like they still haven’t decided what to do about trolls. At recent hearings, critics lamented extortion-like demands, while supporters proclaimed trolls’ benefits to “invention markets.” While they haven’t yet settled … Continue reading Ars Technica op ed on what antitrust can do about patent trolls…
Ag-Gag Laws Criminalizing Factory Farm Image Capture Are Unconstitutional
The New York Times gave some overdue attention to the adoption by several states of “ag-gag” laws that criminalize the videotaping or photographing of animal “husbandry” practices on industrial farms. These laws have been enacted in Iowa, Utah, and Missouri. They are being considered in Indiana, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and California. The most notorious farm animal abuse … Continue reading Ag-Gag Laws Criminalizing Factory Farm Image Capture Are Unconstitutional…
U.S. Throws in the Towel –For Now — on Cigarette Labels
U.S. AG Eric Holder wrote a letter to House Speaker John Boehner last Friday, March 14, announcing that the government had decided NOT to seek Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit’s R.J. Reynolds decision (2-1), striking down the FDA’s new graphic warning labels on tobacco. Instead, the FDA will go back to the drawing … Continue reading U.S. Throws in the Towel –For Now — on Cigarette Labels…
Shift in US Media Funding Abroad
A new CIMA report on U.S. funding for independent media abroad through USAID and other programs, finds an overall significant drop since 2008. That’s not surprising given budget realities. What is more interesting is the finding that the strategy (and the report finds strategic vision lacking) has shifted. In the past, US aid has … Continue reading Shift in US Media Funding Abroad…