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damemagazine, 9 days ago to journalism

Yesterday, a dozen New York residents did what legacy #press and GOP lawmakers have long refused to do: See the facts, call it like they see it and hold the former president to account.

Now mainstream and legacy journalists can call him something else, something they know he is as well as anyone else does: a criminal.

But calling #Trump a criminal is only a small part of the solution to a nearly decade-long problem with the #political press’s coverage of the man .

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/05/31/twelve-ny-jurors-did-what-the-media-wont/

damemagazine, 10 days ago to politics

#Tradwife influencers are a sentinel, and we laugh at them to our peril.

These increasingly popular figures give polish to #patriarchy frequently with underlying elements of white supremacy.

They are emblematic of America’s retrograde swing. Algorithms pump their content, which is especially alluring to a breed of men drawn to the idea of wifely submission and #rightwing #extremist #politics

#WomensChoice #Democracy #IndependentJournalism

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/05/30/the-insidious-trap-of-the-tradwife-movement/

damemagazine, 12 days ago to random

Alito is in the tank for the criminal former president and the decimation of democracy. Not that his legal opinions have ever left much room for plausible deniability on those fronts, but now it is out there flying in plain sight.

But we can also fly our own flags, ones that support #democracy and freedoms, writes @andreagrimes

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/05/28/justice-alitos-politics-are-literally-flying-in-our-faces/

Flipboard, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to fediverse

Today is #NewstodonFriday, a day to feature work from newsrooms that have an active presence in the #Fediverse. If you like what you see in the thread below, follow the profiles and boost their stories. If you're a journo or newsroom that we don't know about (or there's someone that should be on our radar), please comment below.

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#Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

damemagazine, 19 days ago to internet

Exploitative content of poor people is not new. In fact, the term 'poverty porn' was first coined to describe NGOs that captured dehumanizing moments of poor people of color across the world in an attempt to drive donations.

But with #homelessness at a record high in the U.S., there's a burgeoning, exploitative brand of #SocialMedia content where clout-chasing influencers delight in monetizing those struggling to survive.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/05/21/unhoused-people-are-not-entertainment/

#IndependentJournalism #housing

damemagazine, 26 days ago to news

Poll stories are easy to do. Lay out the numbers, find a poli-sci professor to comment on them, and you’re done. But when that’s the substance of a #news outlet’s #political coverage, who’s up and who’s down like it’s all a big wacky game, the impact of politicians’ decisions get reduced to their effect on the numbers.

@Athenae digs into how election-year media builds entire news cycles around a glut of polls that misinform us.

#media #Election2024 #Democracy

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/05/14/presidential-polls/

damemagazine, 1 month ago to journalism

The human implications of the climate crisis are stark when bodies start piling up over natural resources. Less apparent is the burden it imposes on day-to-day life, especially those of women.

While South Sudan isn’t in an official war, peace remains dangerously fragile. And it is water—or the lack thereof—that is ominously sowing the seeds of future conflict.

Read this from Ryan Biller who traveled to the region to report.

#Journalism #climatechange #sudan

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/04/23/sudans-water-crisis/

shoq, 1 month ago to random

I am so sick of paywalls. We have to find a more sustainable form of journalism. All general news articles should be free after 24 hours. Feature articles can stay behind the paywall. Those who want or need superfresh news can (and will) pay.

damemagazine, 1 month ago to geopolitics

In our discourse about the national economy, it is always about what people aren’t doing instead of what the system fails to provide.

@gothamgirlblue in her column today on the dissonance of our poverty and prosperity in the U.S.

#economy #IndependentJournalism

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/04/16/what-is-the-cost-of-american-prosperity/

damemagazine, 2 months ago to random

It should go without saying that when a dictator decides to re-create reality, it will eventually be abused to commit horrors.

A second Trump administration, armed with a federal bureaucracy and possibly even hand-picked military leadership, will tell us to ignore everything we know and can see, and instead accept their “alternative facts.”

#Democracy #fascism #IndependentJournalism

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/04/09/lying-is-what-dictators-do/

damemagazine, 2 months ago to LGBTQ

The proliferation of anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theories has ravaged schools across the U.S., turning many places of learning into hostile environments for #LGBTQ students.

In addition to right-wing media & social media platforms, the New York Times and other local & national publications have played a role in lending legitimacy to #misinformation surrounding the number of young people coming out as trans and nonbinary.

#HumanRights #disinformation #IndependentJournalism

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/03/28/how-did-schools-become-so-dangerous-for-lgbtq-kids/

damemagazine, 2 months ago to journalism

For years, #reproductivejustice activists have been warning that the GOP’s “fetal personhood” bills would endanger access to birth control and fertility treatment—especially IVF. Why hasn't the media taken them to task? @Athenae for us today.

#abortionrights #media #IndependentJournalism

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/03/19/bad-journalism-is-giving-life-to-the-fetal-personhood-lie/

damemagazine, 2 months ago to politics

When events like The Fifth Circuit ruling this week that fathers have the right to deny daughters access to #birthcontrol making it clear that the #Dobbs decision was just the beginning of the rollback of women’s rights, we have loudly question who exactly gets to be "We" in "We the People.

#politics #policy #HumanRights #IndependentJournalism

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/03/13/who-exactly-are-we-the-people/

damemagazine, 3 months ago to journalism

Happy #InternationalWomensDay

Help us celebrate women leading conversations, #media narratives and #IndependentJournalism by supporting our work with a monthly membership or one-time gift in any amount.

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damemagazine, 3 months ago to journalism

In its quest for balance, the mainstream #media has frequently failed to challenge Trump’s narratives, instead giving airtime and column inches to his speeches without sufficient context or fact-checking.

As we inch closer to #election2024 the press must reassess its role in covering #trump It’s not enough to simply report what he says; there must be a concerted effort to contextualize, analyze, push back on false information.

#Journalism #disinformation #extremism

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/03/05/trumps-extremism-isnt-a-footnote-its-the-story/

damemagazine, 3 months ago to journalism

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#independentmedia #Journalism

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damemagazine, 3 months ago to medical

From bounty-hunters to “fetal personhood” bills, GOP state #lawmakers are finding new ways to criminalize not only terminating pregnancies, but nearly all forms of bodily autonomy.

@andreagrimes breaks it all down in this essential read.

#policy #ReproRights #abortionrights #politics

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/02/28/the-war-on-women-didnt-stop-with-overturning-roe/

damemagazine, 3 months ago to random

Another devastating round of layoffs in media (+ Reckon News yesterday & Business Insider). Coupled with some real shenanigans in political reporting at legacy outlets, it's a terrible time in the industry.

Venture backed, ad reliant journalism isn't working. We're staying independent, free from it all, but we need your help! We want to report more & be a home for writers.

Please consider $5 to help us sustain & grow in this crucial election year. #independentmedia https://www.damemagazine.com/membership/

damemagazine, 3 months ago to random

We'd love to stop publishing these kinds of features, but the danger is too great.

@BrynnTannehill74 takes a deep dive into what a Trump 2.0 presidency will look like.

It’s not hyperbole to say the re-election of the former president—twice indicted, with 91 felony counts against him—will threaten the safety of the nation and the world.
#election2024 #GOP #Democracy #trump

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/02/22/a-president-trump-2-0-will-be-so-much-worse/

damemagazine, 3 months ago to anime_titties

If it's Wednesday, it's our Truth About #newsletter written by @themaxburns

This week he looks at the #UkraineWar war and the cowardice of #Republicans when it comes to essential #ForeignPolicy and support.

(and subscribe to get The Truth About delivered to you each week)

https://mailchi.mp/damemagazine/putins-puppets-in-dc

damemagazine, 3 months ago to journalism

The past few weeks in headlines have been an object lesson in how the corporate #press ignores the complexity of governing in favor of chasing whatever story corrupt GOP operatives shout about the loudest.

Journalists & pundits will tell you that they just report what is happening. But deciding what gets front-page treatment and what doesn’t is a part of the job. A story’s treatment communicates to audiences what level of importance they should place upon it. #media

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/02/20/media-cant-stop-stoking-outrage/