It's the weekend again, tech afficionados! Please check out these federated Flipboard sources and Magazines. Follow them for product reviews, trends, exclusive interviews and opinion, and the latest in technology news.

Apple devotees, look no further for news, reviews and trends, https://flipboard.com/@cultofmac

Consumer Reports brings you the latest reviews for electronics and tech items, https://flipboard.com/@consumerreports/consumer-reports-electronics-b8sdeh8hz

BGR keeps you up to date with the business of tech, https://flipboard.com/@bgr/business-jbuesol5z

Read 9 to 5 Google's magazines for Google and Android product reviews, deals, news and trends, https://flipboard.com/@9to5google/google-product-deals-ljj5qt2ez

Trust in media is at an all-time low. Now, AI is becoming the excuse why "good enough" should be the new standard for reporting. How about we return to solid journalism instead of chasing a new low?
#AI #media #journalism
https://www.fastcompany.com/91310978/ai-steers-the-media-toward-a-close-enough-standard

Appreciate that there’s still room in this news cycle for a reputable national news org to run a story like this reminding us about the inherit goodness of people and the value of long-term #friendship

#CBC #journalism #birthday

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/best-friends-birthday-card-1.7501500

I have seen these headlines at random intervals for years.

the underlying fact is true. some regulators are looking at something, and considering something.

but no serious action has ever been taken.

So let's stop sharing these "BIG ASS SHOCKER THING GONNA DROP SOON!!!" posts. They're stupid.

At least it's an ethos!
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/business/media/trump-tariffs-stocks-fox-news.html

How Journalism Helps Me Write Fiction (and Vice Versa) https://www.writersdigest.com/how-journalism-helps-me-write-fiction-and-vice-versa #Interviews/Journalism #WriteBetterNonfiction #WriteBetterFiction #WritingTechniques #novelwriting #journalism #Articles

It’s #NewstodonFriday once again, and we’ve tried to find the heartwarming, inspiring and funny in this week’s tsunami of terrible (though we couldn’t find the silver lining in everything). Highlights include @ProPublica’s story about a lawyer who switched sides, @TexasObserver’s review of a film about inspiring librarians across America, and @daojoan’s story about why we’ve come to believe that you have to be an a**hole to be a genius. Plus, our @CultureDesk shared the only information you need to know about tariffs. Check out these stories and all the others in this thread, comment, like, follow their accounts and give them your money.

I'm now on Substack - and it's free to subscribe.
https://apaulagetics.substack.com/?r=ft3um&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist
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#yeg #yegwriter #journalism

Five free AI-powered transcription tools for journalists https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/5-automated-transcription-tools-for-journalists/s2/a704687/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #journalism

PUCRS researcher publishes books on the history of Journalism in Brazil

#politics #brazil #history #journalism
https://www.pucrs.br/en/blog/pucrs-researcher-publishes-books-on-the-history-of-journalism-in-brazil/

You’re a Canadian farmer looking for a better life. You’ve decided that moving to another country is the best way to get there. Is Russia your destination? Our Moscow-based writer, Fred Weir also Canadian, went out to the Russian countryside to find out why one family said yes. #Russia #journalism #Moscow https://www.csmonitor.com/Podcasts/Why-We-Wrote-This/wwwt_2507

#AI in #journalism: The good, the bad, the ugly: The rise and integration of #AI in our daily lives is not a futuristic fantasy, and of course, #journalism is not exempt. https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/ai-in-journalism-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it

Journalists, conservationists, and researchers—this webinar is for you!

Wildlife corridors are critical for species survival, but how can we effectively report on them? Mongabay’s webinar on April 11, 2025, at 2:30 am UTC will explore best practices for covering corridors in law, policy, science, and conservation.

Join the discussion on YouTube and LinkedIn. Register now to secure your spot.

https://mongabay.org/opportunity/register-for-mongabays-webinar-on-how-to-cover-wildlife-corridors-on-april-11/

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"It’s a strange world where a media company introduces a new feature with a label that effectively says, “You can’t rely on this.” Providing accurate information isn’t a secondary feature of #journalism—it’s the whole point. This contradiction is one of the strangest manifestations of the application of AI in media."

Moving to a “close enough” world:

https://www.fastcompany.com/91310978/ai-steers-the-media-toward-a-close-enough-standard @FastCompany

Scanned newspaper covers from the world, this is the best one I saw.
Germany’s FrankfurterRundschau:
Liberation à la Trump. The president isolates world power USA with his radical tariffs.
Picture of a map of the continental USA decorated in the U.S. flag with a high wall around the borders.
#trump #tariffs #uspol #journalism #newspapers

Are you attending the International Journalism Festival in Perugia this year? This event is an opportunity to explore how professional journalism can defend public values and safeguard reliable information in an increasingly fractured media environment. Join us!

It's a private event with limited seats. Register now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/display-europe-meetup-ethics-power-and-trust-in-the-digital-age-tickets-1232874102629?

Thursday 10th April

Ristorante del Sole Living Cafè, Via della Rupe 1, Perugia.

We really need to normalize saying "I told you so."