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Alex Fink

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

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News from human rights

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about human rights, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 194 stories have been published about human rights which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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From the Dolomites to your device: Tech’s role in preserving Indigenous languages

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Obituary: Community remembers Maggie Ip, co-founder of SUCCESS, as a 'true leader'

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Yle News

Yle News

APN Podcast: The human cost of Finland's 'education export'

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SWI

SWI

Switzerland elected to UN Human Rights Council after five-year absence

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VOA

VOA

One in 8 girls and women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says

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AFP.com

AFP.com

UN rights council extends Sudan abuses probe

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Time Magazine

Time Magazine

Pakistan Bars Activist From Traveling to TIME Event Honoring Her

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The National

The National

UN General Assembly re-elects Qatar to Human Rights Council | The National

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torontosun

Quebec puts youth protection office branch under trusteeship after shocking report

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Guardian

Pity the families devastated by having a loved one go missing, who are then traumatised by the press | Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

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Newsweek

Newsweek

I will never forget October 7th, and the world must never forget what is asked of us

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BBC UK

BBC UK

'I'm an Irish Traveller and I'm too anxious to go to school'

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Salt Lake City Tribune

Salt Lake City Tribune

The 17 new LDS temples include firsts for two countries and two U.S. states

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CBS News

CBS News

Transcript: Catherine Russell on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 6, 2024

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vancouversun

vancouversun

An average of 150 cars a month are towed from this downtown Vancouver block

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ABC News

ABC News

Saudi Arabia bids for UN human rights spot, as it breaks annual execution record

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Yle News

Yle News

Parliament building cleanup continues Monday

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MSNBC

MSNBC

Ali Velshi: Project 2025's plan to globalize the GOP's culture war

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UPI

UPI

U.S. officials to host Seoul workshop focused on North Korea's human rights violations

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VOA

VOA

Boston university relaunches journalism curriculum to encompass humanities

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