Category: Associations
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trust.txt is now visible in the fight against disinformation
The trust.txt system has been working away in the background of the internet for several years now. As of today, it is also now operating in a way that can be viewed by real people. The heart of the trust.txt idea is that trust is shared among groups. If, for example, the Texas Press Association…
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Trust.txt Goes Global with GFMD and Impress
We at JournalList are thrilled to announce two groundbreaking new members of our trust.txt initiative: the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), the groundbreaking umbrella organization representing the media development community, and Impress, the esteemed English organization with standards for news outlets. While we have always technically been global, our membership had been largely based…
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New tool to deal with AI
In a box somewhere, I have a book from early in my professional career: Computer Assisted Reporting. That’s how old I am. The idea of using a computer to help a reporter gather the news was new enough that it warranted a book. If a cub reporter today saw that book she might quip, “What’s…
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2023 Year-end update
The last year was another difficult year in the world of journalism. We saw that first-hand because a number of our members are associations of publishers, and they had to make adjustments to their trust.txt files. Still, it was a positive year for JournalList as we saw significant growth in the number of associations and…