Putin gets caught in his own trap, with Russians not caring enough to save him

"After spending years cultivating public apathy, the Russian president found his people indifferent to his fate," Anne Applebaum writes.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2023/06/putin-gets-caught-in-his-own-trap-with-russians-not-caring-enough-to-save-him/

#Diplomacy&Conflict #FutureofJournalism

A majority of Washington voters agree big tech companies should have to pay for news

55% of 773 likely general election voters in Washington interviewed earlier this month said they strongly or somewhat agreed that big tech companies like Google and Facebook should be obligated to pay media publishers for news content. Only 17% somewhat or strongly disagreed, and 27% were not sure.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2023/06/a-majority-of-washington-voters-agree-big-tech-companies-should-have-to-pay-for-news.html

#FutureofJournalism #ResearchPollFindings

Trump has long known how to manipulate the media

"The media have been covering Trump and his legal woes for 50 years, and he knows we have yet to get it right," writes LZ Granderson, an opinion columnist for The Los Angeles Times.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2023/06/trump-has-long-known-how-to-manipulate-the-media/

#FutureofJournalism

Over the next few years - as generative AI continues to improve and gets cheaper - I think it is going to become as invaluable to journalists, writers and other content producers as spell check is today.

I've been playing with the new OpenAI model and it is able to effectively and accurately summarise large text - this alone could help with reviews of reports, quick analysis of notes or even producing excerpts for stories.

#AI #openai #journalism #futureofjournalism #media #writing

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