Did not know that David Folkenflik was secretly an activist for the "media executives should understand how journalism works" campaign, a divisive movement some media executives reject

I’ve been very interested to follow the discussion of Perplexity AI’s app over-aggregating/copying Forbes’s reporting, but wasn’t sure how to weigh in. So i used an AI app to generate a completely ai-written/acted video about it

L.A. 2028 organizers planning for Olympic softball to be played in … Oklahoma City? From @latimeswharton: latimes.com/sports/olympic…

sigmaawards Panels: I've got over a decade of experience in data journalism and audience work (in newsrooms) and I love sharing my knowledge and experiences with people, especially students. So I'm open to/looking for more opportunities to do that too.

The Los Angeles Times California Wildfire Map is tracking 18 active fires, evacuation zones, acres burned and percentages contained. latimes.com/wildfires-map/

From street stands to food trucks, we traveled across L.A. to find the best tacos in the city. latimes.com/food/list/best…  latimes.com/food/story/202…

There's an *excellent* package on the decline of California's news industry in today's Los Angeles Times. If it's not abundantly clear why AB 886 must pass, this makes the stakes clear latimes.com/world-nation/s… latimes.com/entertainment-… latimes.com/california/sto… latimes.com/california/sto…

If you just had a looooong jolt of anxiety from that earthquake........read this: latimes.com/topic/unshaken

We're launching the newspaper in part because the internet... kinda sucks. It's been degraded by AI slop and the whims of maniacal billionaires. There is something very fun about flipping through this thing in print. And it's only $5, cheaper than your local racist's Substack.

An Los Angeles Times investigation by Sandhya Kambhampati uncovers that Los Angeles, for years, has been incorrectly reporting which earthquake-vulnerable buildings have been retrofitted and which have not. Mayor Bass has ordered the hiring of an independent auditor latimes.com/california/sto…

Stares in... - Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth (1961) - Pablo González Casanova's Sociología de la Explotación (1969) - Edward Said's Zionism from the Perspective of its Victims (1979) - Aníbal Quijano's Colonialidad y Racionalidad/Modernidad (1991) AND SO MANY OTHERS

Wrangled FEC data and made some cute maps to see where Harris has attracted new donors w/Sandhya Kambhampati latimes.com/politics/story…

For visually impaired parathletes, sound and touch guide their passions latimes.com/sports/olympic…

Ok this is bumming me out. I posted this story like two hours ago and here's the gist of it on Google's AI overview. No headline, no note that the info is from the Chronicle or other local news sites. How many people are going to click on that itty bitty link?

The plume/smoke column over some of this week's new fires is reaching 16,000 feet, basically acting like a giant chimney & creating erratic, dry winds on the ground. Last August Paul Duginski explained how high mixing heights leads to bigger fires: latimes.com/california/sto…

A mysterious, unidentifiable seismic signal, a first-of-a-kind giant Greenland landslide, a 200m high tsunami, and a 9-day-long seiche explained by #HPC models. It has been a tremendous honor (and - lots of fun) to be a tiny part of this collaboration published in Science today.

UPDATE ... Copies the Los Angeles Times Shohei Ohtani 51-51 newspaper are nearly sold out. If you want a copy of the paper marking the historic moment, they won't be on sale for much longer. store.latimes.com/products/51-51…

A single recent Supreme Court ruling has already caused a ripple effect in more than 100 pending court cases involving a wide range of issues: •Abortion •Guns •Health Care Discrimination •Immigration & Citizenship •Overtime Pay •Airline Fees...and more

Tomorrow I'll be Southern California Association of Governments' demographic workshop moderating a panel on diversity in SoCal neighborhoods: scag.ca.gov/2024-southern-…