Sarah Scott Scire
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sounds like “skeery.” @niemanlab.org deputy editor. following digital journalism, political science, books, the NBA ☘️ on maternity leave until fall 2026! 🔗 sarahscire.com 📥 sarah_scire@harvard.edu 📱 scire.99 (Signal)
incredible subject and byline pairing here @mollyrains.bsky.social @newhampshirebulletin.com newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/06/24/h...
How climate change is reshaping trails in the White Mountains • New Hampshire Bulletin
Trails in New England are particularly susceptible to erosion to begin with. And as climate change continues to make rain events more intense, that creates a growing problem for hikers and trail crews...
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awful to read about Gordon Wood. reminds me of dean Peter Awn, a wonderful professor who also died after being hit by a car. www.westsiderag.com/2019/02/18/p...
Popular Columbia Dean Dies After Being Hit By Car; Few Answers Available About Crash
Peter Awn, who served as dean of the Columbia School of General Studies for 20 years, died on Sunday, weeks
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Why is a bookstore publishing book reviews? Simple...THERE AREN'T ENOUGH GODDAMN BOOK REVIEWS ANYMORE! So rather than just complain about it, we're just gonna do it. Here's where PSRB will live...
Porter Square Review of Books
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This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Layoffs in the Information sector (which includes much of tech) jumped in March, to their highest level on record outside the pandemic spike. Notable because the earlier wave of tech layoff announcements really didn't show up in the data.
RightsCon's cancellation marks a major escalation in transnational repression and is a testament to China’s influence on global digital rights far beyond its borders, writes Article19's Michael Caster. He calls for a true reckoning with China’s influence and meaningful cross-movement coordination.
China's Disruption of RightsCon is a Wake-Up Call To Counter Its Authoritarian Influence
RightsCon’s cancellation should inspire a reckoning with China’s influence, writes Michael Caster, head of the Global China Program at ARTICLE 19.
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"'What kinds of editorial businesses can only be built around a human being' feels like it is going to become a more and more important question." I spoke with @caseynewton.bsky.social about how he's revamping his newsletter to compete with AI:
More scoops, less aggregation and analysis: How Casey Newton is revamping his newsletter to compete with AI
"'What kinds of editorial businesses can only be built around a human being?' feels like it is going to become a more and more important question."
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"Last week, the Los Angeles school board passed a resolution requiring the district to restrict student access to YouTube, eliminate digital devices entirely through first grade and develop screen time limits for higher grades — becoming the first major U.S. school system to do so."
In Backlash Against Tech in Schools, Parents Are Winning Rollbacks
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"When people were discovering radiation—‘Oh, radiation’s really good. We should put radium in everything! We should put radium in beverages!’ We’re in this weird, unregulated moment in AI where we just think it’s wonderful and put it everywhere: ‘Let’s put AI in TVs! Let’s put AI in our furniture!’”
Sam Wang, Politician-in-Training
The neuroscientist went from analyzing elections to running for Congress. But can this rookie win over New Jersey locals—and Trump voters?
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Songbirds reveal the dark side of making new brain cells as adults @krcallaway.bsky.social on new work from @bbscott.bsky.social's lab in @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/song...
Songbirds reveal the dark side of making new brain cells as adults
A new study in songbirds might help explain why humans don’t generate many new brain cells, called neurons, as adults
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So glad this story is gaining traction & wanted to highlight that @andrewdeck.bsky.social at @niemanlab.org broke the news that NYT/Guardian/USA Today were blocking IA earlier this year. Encourage all to read: www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns
Outlets like The Guardian and The New York Times are scrutinizing digital archives as potential backdoors for AI crawlers.
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Kate Knibbs@knibbs.bsky.social · 4mo agoJournalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...
Yesterday, the ProPublica Guild walked off the job in the first strike by a major U.S. newsroom over, at least in part, AI protections. I spoke with striking journalists and union leaders on the picket line in New York for @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/prop...
ProPublica journalists walk off the job in first U.S. newsroom strike over AI
On the picket line in New York, union leaders said they expect "more concentrated conflicts" over AI in the news industry.
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not to be earnest on here but I've been loving interviewing news creators for @niemanlab.org's Creators of Record series. It’s a good reminder on this beat that journalism’s future isn’t just about preserving what was, but that it's being invented every day. 🧵:
People should actually be very alarmed that while AP's business model is shot to bits, Americans are still very much reliant on the news it delivers. The alternatives in some cases are inferior or non-existent. apnews.com/article/news...
AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history
The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sust...
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This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.
"sloppelgangers" is too good www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/jour...
Journalist Julia Angwin files class action lawsuit over Grammarly’s AI “sloppelgangers”
Grammarly will face a class action lawsuit over its "Expert Review" feature that dispensed writing advice using the names of prominent journalists, academics, and authors, Wired reported on Wednesday....
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Journalist Julia Angwin files class action lawsuit over Grammarly’s AI “sloppelgangers” www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/jour...
Journalist Julia Angwin files class action lawsuit over Grammarly’s AI “sloppelgangers”
Grammarly will face a class action lawsuit over its "Expert Review" feature that dispensed writing advice using the names of prominent journalists, academics, and authors, Wired reported on Wednesday....
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In the vacuum left by the DOJ's faulty Epstein Files search, journalists and engineers have stepped in to build alternatives for readers. "[When] people feel the government’s not being transparent, it’s even more important for media outlets to provide that service" www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/ai-p...
AI-powered search is fueling a wave of Epstein Files transparency projects
Newsrooms have long used AI to sift through document dumps. Now that same tech is being used to build search tools for readers.
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"Not asking you to click on any link, just subscribe to a real news organization with real journalists doing firsthand, fact-based reporting." A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times, urging people to support "original reporting" wherever they find it. www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/new-...
New York Times runs in-house ad asking listeners to “support any news organization dedicated to original reporting”
The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger has voiced a new ad encouraging listeners to support any news organization dedicated to original reporting — even if it's not the Times. It's Sulzberger's...
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"Normally, in these ads, we talk about the importance of subscribing to the Times. I’m here today with a different message." www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/new-...
New York Times runs in-house ad asking listeners to “support any news organization dedicated to original reporting”
The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger has voiced a new ad encouraging listeners to support any news organization dedicated to original reporting — even if it's not the Times. It's Sulzberger's…
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Before this past year, “The last time more people left the U.S. than moved in, according to Census historical statistics, it was 1935 and the destination of choice was the Soviet Union.” www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
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I wrote about one part of my reaction to recent events: the importance and nuance of what it means to subscribe to something.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 6mo agoEarlier this month, The Washington Post scuttled its Books section amid mass layoffs. Its former editor, @johnwilliams.bsky.social, on why he thinks the paper’s leaders are wrong about subscriber loyalty:
I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people local newspaper reporters are rarified elites instead of ink-stained wretches driving their Honda Civic to a crime scene so you know don’t have to rely on Nextdoor and the police press release.
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 5mo agoI can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.
DM me if: A) You know what “journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets" means B) You want to share tips about predictions market things happening in journalism that I should know about C) You want my Signal for B www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/poly...
Polymarket says “journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets”
Predictions market Polymarket and Substack are now "exclusive," the companies announced. And the relationship getting serious is raising a few eyebrows. On Wednesday, Substack announced the new featu...
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