- Washington DC Braces For Net Neutrality Protests Later this Month - Dominic Rushe (ExecReview)
- Equifax’s Maddening Unaccountability - Zeynep Tufecki (New York Times)
- Did Jemele Hill ‘Cross the Line?’ ESPN Controversy Reveals the News Media’s Enduring Struggle With Race. - Vanessa Williams (Washington Post)
- Murdoch-Owned Media’s Radical Climate Denial in the Face of Disaster - Adam Johnson (FAIR)
- Zine Queens: How Women’s Magazines Found New Life via Indie Publishing - Ruth Jamieson (Guardian)
- Love It or Hate It, Truckers Say They Can’t Stop Listening to Public Radio - Alan Yu (Current)
Washington DC Braces For Net Neutrality Protests Later this Month
By Dominic Rushe
September 15, 2017
A coalition of activists and consumer groups are banding together to express concerns over an FCC proposal to rewrite the rules governing the internet.
Equifax’s Maddening Unaccountability
By Zeynep Tufecki
September 11, 2017
There are technical factors that explain why cybersecurity is so weak, but the underlying reason is political, and it's pretty simple: Big corporations have poured large amounts of money into our political system, helping to create a regulatory environment in which consumers shoulder more and more of the risk, and companies less and less.
By Vanessa Williams
September 15, 2017
Mainstream journalists reacted with widespread condemnation of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee-Sanders for suggesting that ESPN host and commentator Jemele Hill deserved to be fired for tweeting that President Trump is a white supremacist.
But for many black journalists, the real outrage was the way that ESPN publicly reprimanded Hill, a popular commentator and co-host of SportsCenter, for voicing a conclusion that many African Americans have come to after watching Trump's rhetoric and actions over the years, particularly during the past two years of his candidacy and presidency.
Murdoch-Owned Media’s Radical Climate Denial in the Face of Disaster
By Adam Johnson
September 15, 2017
Wall Street Journal's glib snark over Harvey completes its Fox News-ification.
Zine Queens: How Women’s Magazines Found New Life via Indie Publishing
By Ruth Jamieson
July 31, 2017
Promoting diversity and representing women on their own terms, female-led, DIY zines are on the rise in the UK. Here, the industry’s rising stars reveal how they’re reshaping the genre on their own terms.
Love It or Hate It, Truckers Say They Can’t Stop Listening to Public Radio
By Alan Yu
August 21, 2017
Why do truckers like NPR? What can truckers tell us about what public radio knows about its listeners and how we could serve them better?
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