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1. Trump Defies Court Order on AP Access
2. Democracy Dies in Daylight
3. The End of Radio Martí
4. Bluesky Explained
5. Images of Protest Move Differently Now
6. The Lessons of Crypto Media 
7. African Workers Take On Meta
8. How to Leak to a Journalist
9. Black Mirror’s Pessimism Porn 
10. Musk, DOGE and Whistleblower Files

Trump Defies Court Order on AP Access

By Hafiz Rashid
The New Republic

Despite a court order, Donald Trump is still refusing to allow journalists from the Associated Press into the White House press pool. On Monday, the AP was barred from the White House’s meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. Last week, a federal judge ruled that the president couldn’t bar the AP from presidential events.

Democracy Dies in Daylight

By Derek Sayer 
Canadian Dimension

The great institutions of liberal America are falling to Trump like dominoes, one by one. Those with the biggest reputations have all too often capitulated, starting with the Fourth Estate.

The End of Radio Martí

By Carla Gloria Colomé
EL PAÍS

Washington has suspended the anti-Castro media outlet, which stopped broadcasting for the first time in 40 years. ‘It’s a goal for Havana,’ says one of its flagship journalists.

Bluesky Explained

By Amanda Silberling, Cody Corrall and Alyssa Stringer
TechCrunch

It’s been over two years since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (two of which have already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented as potential replacements, but few aside from Meta’s Threads have achieved the speed of growth Bluesky has reached.

Images of Protest Move Differently Now

By Ben Davis
Artnet

The April 5 marches left me thinking that we need to process all that has changed in the last few years about how protests come together, and how images of protests circulate. Social networks have switched away from a “friend feed,” based on what people are posting now, to a TikTok-style curated feed, organized around what an algorithm judges is best to keep you scrolling.

The Lessons of Crypto Media

By Lauren Watson
Columbia Journalism Review

Grifts, memes, disruption, vengeful billionaires—to understand Donald Trump, there’s much to learn from those who cover the blockchain.

African Workers Take On Meta

By Mercy Mutemi
Al Jazeera

A landmark case could see the US tech giant forced to take responsibility for workers’ rights violations not just in Kenya but globally.

How to Leak to a Journalist

By Laura Hazard Owen
Nieman Lab

I spoke with eight journalists about how to leak in a safe, smart way. Disclaimer you probably knew was coming: No method of leaking is 100% secure, and the tips here reduce risk but cannot eliminate it completely. 

Black Mirror’s Pessimism Porn 

By Louis Anslow
The Guardian

Black Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the future. It is a must-watch, but must we take it so seriously?

Musk, DOGE and Whistleblower Files

By Jenna McLaughlin
NPR

One of the largest federations of unions and several former officials of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration have raised concerns about the possibility that Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency could potentially gain access to sensitive information shared with OSHA and the Department of Labor by whistleblowers at the centibillionaire’s companies.