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Assistant journalism professor and student media adviser by day (MTSU). Music writer by night (GQ, Forbes, Nashville Scene, etc). Midwesterner in Nashville. Strange but not a stranger.
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Today is World Press Freedom Day Reporters Without Borders have published the 2025 World Press Freedom Index. rsf.org/en/rsf-world... Among other stark conclusions, the Index finds that in 2025, less than 1% of the world's population lives in a country where press freedom is fully guaranteed.

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Apropos of nothing in particular, here are some interviews with NPR and PBS journalists about how they got their start.

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Journalism will win this weekend* *unless corporate leaders cut ties with the horse due to “recalibration of newsroom goals” halfway through the race.

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Disgusting. @betsyphillips.bsky.social says it all … “These rich people are all flying in to Nashville to benefit from being in Nashville — not to actually contribute anything to our wellbeing.”

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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

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no, em dashes are not a reliable sign of AI-generated text. speaking as a human person who loves an em dash clause, i can verify this. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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Got class prep done early tonight. Thought I’d watch the new Last of Us episode. It’ll be fine! What a treat! Such a fun way to wind down before a long week! Ohhhhhh boy. It was not fine. It was not fine, all.

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You know when someone happily shares that they love mysteries or horror or romance or nonfiction or whatever and someone says, “Oh, that? I hate that.” Yeah, don’t be that person. People like different things, but no one likes that person.

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From @betsyphillips.bsky.social: Trailblazing Black journalist Duke Wellington Berry had bylines in the Nashville Banner and The Tennessean as early as 1910.

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Don’t look up. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...

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"Who could have predicted this?" say the people who spent the past year dismissing or mocking those who predicted this.

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Student journalists are anonymizing bylines, unpublishing stories, and resigning from newsrooms amid a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech under Trump. "These are not normal times," the Student Press Law Center has warned. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Looking forward to the new Bruce Springsteen box set full of gritty songs about slaving away in a factory and struggling to afford the rising cost of $350 Bruce Springsteen box sets.

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Exclusive: Trump administration officials have told some US government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using AI to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda reut.rs/4i5ORZq

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When John Prine died April 7, 2020 of complications from COVID-19, he left behind boots too big to fill — and an even bigger hole in the heart of our city. On the fifth anniversary of his passing, revisit our Radio Wake for John Prine: wpln.org/a-radio-wake...

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Writes @betsyphillips.bsky.social, Trump's cuts could kill off the ecosystem of writers, historians, museums and libraries that sustains us.

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Who lost their jobs at the FDA? The people who determine if a costly drug is ready to be a generic The people who test food and drugs for contaminants and deadly bacteria in several labs were let go The people talking to overseas drug safety regulators to get ahead of foodborne illness & deaths

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Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

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Why can’t the weather just be chill

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Mary Kate Cornett doesn't know why Pat McAfee and other sports media personalities would amplify a false claim that has nothing to do with sports. She is also angry that they would be so callous. http://dlvr.it/TJtqQ1

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A protester was arrested at the Capitol Tuesday during debate over legislation that would allow school boards to prohibit undocumented students from attending public schools.

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Dude, right?

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VIDEO POSTED: Questions about congressman's campaign spending: mysterious companies, bogus addresses www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

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I am a Scene monthly member/subscriber/supporter and you should be, too! Pitch a few bucks into the tip jar to help keep these folks cookin’ on important local stories.

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I won't eat my lunch before 11 I won't eat my lunch before 11 I won't eat my lunch before 11 I won't eat my lunch before 11 I won't eat my lunch before 11 I won't eat my lunch before 11 I won't eat my lunch before 11 I won't eat my lunch before 11 I won't eat my lunch before 11 I won't eat my lunch

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The Tennessee Department of Correction initially denied our request for records. But then reporter Kelly Puente reminded them of a specific section of the law that requires the costs to be public record. www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...

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A few words of advice for beginning journalists yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/advice-for...

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When I was in college, I seriously considered going to work for the Voice of America because I admired its mission to show the world how journalists in a free society were allowed to tell truths that other governments denied. Thanks to President Trump, that voice has now been silenced.

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Minshew coming in to challenge the longtime starter who struggled to deliver in the playoffs. Looks like a QB competition in St. Joe this summer!!

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Had a blast with this one!

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DK Metcalf and George Pickens reporting to Steelers training camp

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Absolute all-timer. Got to tell Laura that 'Axl Rose' changed my life just before her Tiny Desk. www.npr.org/2024/07/03/g...

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This is unconstitutional. A violation of the First Amendment. A violation of federalism and the separation of powers. It’s unconstitutionally vague. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful.

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On the fifth anniversary of a tornado that killed 25 people down here, there’s this new danger that makes a tornado look cuddly:

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NEW: Elon Musk's DOGE website lists Nashville's Social Security office among cuts www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

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