Walking the tightrope between AI and audiences
Yes, being left behind is a risk. But so is destroying audinece trust while leaving ourselves in hock to toxic companies.
Yes, being left behind is a risk. But so is destroying audinece trust while leaving ourselves in hock to toxic companies.
Essential reads on AI, SEO and Bluesky
A little more conversation, a little less promotion, please
The relationship between Trump and other users of his social media platform Truth Social is interesting, and not a little alarming.
We have a great new tool. We just have to learn to use it properly…
For an industry so obsessed with news, why are we so reluctant to cover new things?
Some worthwhile reading gleaned from my open tabs over the Bank Holiday weekend…
Nowhere does the heroic myth of the founder look more tarnished than in the tattered remnants of the Facebook creator's reputation.
Lots of good stuff to read – and think about – over the weekend
The simplicity of the in-box is a thing of the past. Can we handle categorisation?
The latest annual issue from our MA Magazine journalism students
We're labouring under the illusion that the public trust us. Time to wake up.
AI
More research showing just how wary audiences are of AI being used in journalism
quartz
A moment's silence for one of the great 2010s journalism innovators
How money from the slave trade is still influencing British politics — and the inside story of the people in Facebook that ended up upending society.
AI
And it looks like some of mine were in there.
Print doesn't have to die for digital to win.
AI
Apple tried to make AI a personal answer engine. It failed. It's a warning to all businesses.
A new book is confirming every dark suspicion we had about Facebook
fediverse
If you haven't heard of ActivityPub yet, now might be the time to start paying attention
LLMs are, in essence, guessing machines. They work by determining what’s probably the answer. And that means they’re great for ideas — and terrible for facts.
A new season of OM&HB is coming your way. And this might be the most interesting time to be writing about media in the two decades I've been posting here.
podcasts
More bonus links for my students, with a distinct MAGA world theme…
Politics
Internet culture has infected and mutated mainstream culture — and the shitposters have the reins of power. Meme journalism used to be a joke. Now it's a necessity.