Hacker News with Generative AI: Journalism

News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World (watson.brown.edu)
Since the 2000s, national governments and terrorist groups – from Israel, Syria’s Assad regime and the United States to the Islamic State – have found ways to curtail conflict coverage through myriad means, from repressive policies to armed attack.

Journalism, War, Conflict, International Relations, Safety

27 points by Qem 22 hours ago | 3 comments

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived (nytimes.com)
“It’s the unmarked cars,” a friend who grew up under an Argentine dictatorship said. He had watched the video of the Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction. In the video, which Khalil’s wife recorded, she asks for the names of the men in plainclothes who handcuffed her husband.

Police Brutality, Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Human Rights, Journalism

39 points by tastyface 1 day ago | 7 comments

Lapham's Quarterly Announces New Stewardship (laphamsquarterly.org)
Lapham’s Quarterly, the celebrated journal of history and ideas founded by the late editor and journalist Lewis H. Lapham, will relaunch under the stewardship of Bard College and its Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities in 2025.

Journalism, History, Humanities, Publishing

45 points by benbreen 4 days ago | 6 comments

How each pillar of the First Amendment is under attack (krebsonsecurity.com)
In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had “brought free speech back to America.” But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment rights of journalists, students, universities, government workers, lawyers and judges.

First Amendment, Censorship, Journalism, Politics

1156 points by todsacerdoti 4 days ago | 906 comments

In Defense of the Rat (hakaimagazine.com)
Congratulations to J. B. MacKinnon for winning a Society of Environmental Journalists award for this article.

Animals, Journalism, Awards

48 points by ivm 5 days ago | 40 comments

The Guardian flourishes without a paywall (nymag.com)
There was a time in media when having a billionaire owner was an asset.

Media, Business, Journalism, News

616 points by bookofjoe 6 days ago | 513 comments

Even If Those Weren't War Plans in Hegseth's Signal Chat, They Were War Crimes (techdirt.com)
When the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg revealed this week that senior White House officials had accidentally added him to their Yemen bombing planning session on Signal, he did something remarkable: he actually protected operational security better than the officials themselves did.

National Security, War Crimes, Surveillance, Journalism, Politics

15 points by hn_acker 7 days ago | 6 comments

Jeffrey Goldberg on the Group Chat That Broke the Internet (theatlantic.com)
It’s happened to the best of us. We mistakenly send a text about a colleague we are mad at to that very colleague. We accidentally include our mom on the sibling text chain about our mom. Today on Radio Atlantic, a much higher-stakes texting error: The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, received a connection request on Signal from a “Michael Waltz,” which is the name of President Donald Trump’s national security adviser.

Journalism, Social Media, Politics, Technology

37 points by marban 9 days ago | 19 comments

RSF condemns China state-backed smear campaign against French journalists (rsf.org)
Two French journalists have been targeted by a massive, ongoing cyber harassment campaign amplified by Chinese state propaganda outlets for their participation in a report on the investigative programme Cash Investigation, aired on the public television channel France 2. The episode revealed that Decathlon, a French outdoor goods and sportswear company, heavily subcontracts to a Chinese company accused by the US Congress and the United Nations of using Uyghur forced labour.

Journalism, China, Human Rights, Censorship, France

6 points by suraci 9 days ago | 9 comments

Jeffrey Goldberg on being added to the group chat by Trump Administration (theatlantic.com)
The Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg:

Politics, Journalism, Trump Administration, National Security, Group Chat

122 points by lighttower 10 days ago | 10 comments

Trump's national security adviser added journalist to chat on Yemen strike (cnn.com)

Politics, National Security, Journalism, Yemen

33 points by nradov 10 days ago | 1 comments

Two women who spied for Russia tracked down and named by BBC (bbc.com)
Two women who were part of a Russian spy network run from the UK are named for the first time today by a BBC investigation.

Russia, Espionage, News, UK, Journalism

13 points by impish9208 10 days ago | 0 comments

White House adds journalist to top-secret Yemen war group chat by mistake (theguardian.com)
Senior members of Donald Trump’s cabinet have been involved in a serious security breach while discussing secret military plans for recent US attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen.

Politics, Security, Yemen, Military, Journalism

26 points by n1b0m 10 days ago | 3 comments

The misinformation crisis isn’t about truth, it’s about trust (eternallyradicalidea.com)
The misinformation crisis isn’t about truth, it’s about trust.

Misinformation, Trust, Social Media, Journalism

6 points by paulpauper 10 days ago | 0 comments

Lapham's Quarterly Announces New Stewardship (laphamsquarterly.org)
Lapham’s Quarterly, the celebrated journal of history and ideas founded by the late editor and journalist Lewis H. Lapham, will relaunch under the stewardship of Bard College and its Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities in 2025.

Journalism, History, Publishing, Education, Non-profit

11 points by janandonly 11 days ago | 0 comments

What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler (theatlantic.com)
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.

History, Journalism, Germany

46 points by cyberlurker 12 days ago | 32 comments

Graydon Carter's Wild Ride Through the Golden Age of Magazines (newyorker.com)
Graydon Carter, a former editor of Spy, the New York Observer, and Vanity Fair, has been held up over the years as a force of style, both in his personal life (he dresses well) and in his expansive vision of creative work.

Media, Journalism, Culture

15 points by samclemens 15 days ago | 4 comments

Health Firm Sends Bogus Takedown Demand to Vanish Reporting on Its Data Breach (techdirt.com)
Shooting the messenger is still the preferred tactic for short-sighted entities that have been embarrassed on main by having their own carelessness publicly exposed.

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Legal Issues, Journalism

11 points by hn_acker 15 days ago | 3 comments

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow (freedom.press)
The news business isn’t just any business — it serves a vital role in our democracy, recognized by the First Amendment. But media outlets can’t serve that role if they’re bankrupt. And as a result, news readers often find themselves blocked by paywalls from reading important stories about government business.

Journalism, Media, Democracy, Paywalls

447 points by healsdata 17 days ago | 74 comments

'It Is Facing a Campaign of Annihilation': 3 Columnists on War Against Academia (nytimes.com)
Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists M. Gessen, Tressie McMillan Cottom and Bret Stephens about Donald Trump’s attacks on Columbia University and other elite colleges and how they became vulnerable to a political and ideological reckoning.

Politics, Academia, Higher Education, Opinion, Journalism

13 points by jarsin 17 days ago | 2 comments

Returning journalism to its partisan roots − but without the principles (theconversation.com)
Jeff Bezos, the world’s third-richest person and owner of The Washington Post, announced in February 2025 significant changes to the editorial pages of his Pulitzer-Prize winning newspaper.

Journalism, Media, Politics, Bias

4 points by rntn 17 days ago | 0 comments

‘Bloody Saturday’ at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks (npr.org)
Journalists showed up at the Voice of America today to broadcast their programs only to be told they had been locked out: Federal officials had embarked on indefinite mass suspensions.

Journalism, Politics, United States, Media

80 points by marban 18 days ago | 136 comments

We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives (nytimes.com)
We have since learned, however, that to promote the appearance of consensus, some officials and scientists hid or understated crucial facts, misled at least one reporter, orchestrated campaigns of supposedly independent voices and even compared notes about how to hide their communications in order to keep the public from hearing the whole story.

Science, Misinformation, Media, Journalism

48 points by jbegley 19 days ago | 23 comments

Voice of America funding is cut (cbsnews.com)
All full-time employees with the government-funded Voice of America, the nation's largest international broadcaster, were informed Saturday that they have been placed on administrative leave, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News Saturday.

Government Funding, Media, Journalism

8 points by kadushka 19 days ago | 0 comments

New York Times shut down Tor Onion service (nytimes.com)
Today we are announcing an experiment in secure communication, and launching an alternative way for people to access our site: we are making the nytimes.com website available as a Tor Onion Service.

Security, Journalism, Tor, Privacy

251 points by vaygr 20 days ago | 155 comments

AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says (arstechnica.com)
A new study from Columbia Journalism Review's Tow Center for Digital Journalism finds serious accuracy issues with generative AI models used for news searches.

Generative AI, Science, Journalism, Accuracy

32 points by domysee 20 days ago | 1 comments

How ProPublica Uses AI in Its Investigations (propublica.org)
In February, my colleague Ken Schwencke saw a post on the social media network Bluesky about a database released by Sen. Ted Cruz purporting to show more than 3,400 “woke” grants awarded by the National Science Foundation that “promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.”

Artificial Intelligence, Journalism, Investigations, Social Media, Politics

68 points by marban 20 days ago | 13 comments

AI Search Has a Citation Problem (cjr.org)
AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity, with nearly one in four Americans now saying they have used AI in place of traditional search engines.

Artificial Intelligence, Search Engines, Journalism, Technology

25 points by nobody9999 21 days ago | 9 comments

Lawmaker seeks ban of toxic fuel at Portland racetrack after Guardian story (theguardian.com)
An Oregon legislator has moved to ban the use of leaded fuel at a racetrack in Portland following community outcry and a Guardian investigation.

Environment, Politics, Local News, Racing, Journalism

15 points by PaulHoule 23 days ago | 13 comments

Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of killing column (nbcnews.com)
Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned Monday after accusing the paper's CEO and publisher of killing her column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos' latest editorial edict.

Journalism, Media, Washington Post, Resignation, Leadership

293 points by ceejayoz 24 days ago | 83 comments