Jason Martin

@jasonmartin.bsky.social

DePaul journalism & media law professor

I get why journalists are reticent to try to port a following to a new platform—I was, and I still post my work everywhere—but if your career is predicated on people clicking your links and engaging with your work, this site is the only one not actively working against that.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 2y ago

Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free

The United States now has: • 45,020 reporters • 275,550 public relations specialists For every reporter, there are now six PR people. (data via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

To be clear, it's not just the government who is an increasing threat to independent journalism. Rich people—from Peter Thiel to Elon Musk to Maury Blackman—are doing their best to sue news organization's out of existence.

Anatomy of a censorship campaign: A tech exec's crusade to stifle journalism

Tactics used by businessman against reporting he dislikes are increasingly common. Here’s how reporters can be prepared and fight back

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Hard to describe as a journalist how grateful I am to have a text-based app that does not suppress hyperlinks. I don’t know if people realize exactly how hostile the corporate internet has gotten toward news.

If we want meaningful oversight of a second Trump administration, the lame-duck Congress needs to act quickly to pass the PRESS Act, which will protect journalists from government surveillance and from court orders to reveal their confidential sources. #1A #journalism

Frequently asked questions about the PRESS Act

The bill to protect journalist-source confidentiality that passed the House last week is the most important press freedom bill in modern times

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