Damon Kiesow

Damon Kiesow

14
Dec

Social media users don't realize their power

Bkuesky offered an instructive example today about how misinformation spreads online. All names have been redacted below and details simplified
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12
Dec

Print is dead, long live print

I often catch up on the NiemanLab predictions in January after they have all dropped. But the trend here caught
3 min read
11
Dec

My ten rules for blogging in 2025

Number 10 will shock you.
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10
Dec

We don't (always) need to meet readers 'where they are'

Let’s be heterodox for a moment on two points: 1 We don’t need to meet readers where they
2 min read
05
Dec

Ten books helpful to understand 2025

How does one make sense of a period of cultural upheaval informed by the electoral politics of irrationality, hatred and
3 min read
28
Nov

Technology is a tool not a solution

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that technology simply exists and nothing more. Omniscient, omnipotent,
1 min read
15
Nov

Artificial Intelligence is likely a bad news editor

I was struck by a minor existential dread recently while testing an AI-driven news aggregation app in my quixotic 10-year
2 min read
12
Nov

The Job to be Done for Willingness to Pay Theories

I have a commentary, published today in Journalism & Commuications Monographs accompanying “News Subscription Motivation: Why Audiences Pay for
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08
Nov

Journalists - is Twitter actually your community?

It is long past time for journalism to abandon Twitter. We ourselves have torn down the wall between editorial and
1 min read
01
Nov

In defense of newspaper endorsements

I will not bore you with the surveys and studies and punditry that argue newspaper opinion pages and candidate endorsements
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