This week, we discuss archiving to get around paywalls, hating on smart glasses, and more.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss keeping FOIA reporting in front of a paywall, Ray-Bans, and what pregnate Schoolhouse Rock bills say about our current AI-driven hellscape.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss Pavlovian Chartbeat response, when to say "cum," and the wave of making things for humans, by humans.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss crowdsourced resistance and a big government data dump.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss a ransomware gang, book bans, and infrastructure.
This week, we discuss a ransomware gang, book bans, and infrastructure.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss characters in open source, that Saudi comedy festival, and asking ourselves if we're haters.
This week, we discuss characters in open source, that Saudi comedy festival, and asking ourselves if wex27;re haters.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss being journalism dorks, our new lawsuit against ICE, and working on bullshit.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Behind 404 Media's ICE Lawsuit
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss being journalism dorks, our new lawsuit against ICE, and working on bullshit.JASON: I’m writing this from sunny Athens, Greece, where I’ve been invited to talk about 404 Media at the IMEDD International Journalism Forum, an annual conference. Over the years, I haven’t been to too many conferences, because honestly it was always too disruptive to the day-to-day journalism and work of managing a team to be able to get away. We’re more than two years into this, but one of the nice things about having this company is that I can mostly get my work done whenever makes sense for me, whether that’s late at night in Los Angeles or early in the morning in Greece.
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This week, we discuss San Diego and Costa Rica reporting trips.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss "free speech," keeping stupid thoughts in one's own head, and cancel culture.
This week, we discuss "free speech," keeping stupid thoughts in onex27;s own head, and cancel culture.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss slop in history, five-alarm fires, and AI art (not) at Dragon Con.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss our top games, “dense street imagery," and first-person experiences with apps.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we have some party pics and musical selections from last night.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Our Second Anniversary Party!
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we have a slightly shorter than usual entry from the gang, with some party pics and musical selections from the night.SAM: We’re all still recovering, processing, and floating on the overwhelming support and encouragement we felt from everyone who came to the second anniversary party last night. Thank you again to our sponsor for the evening, DeleteMe (get 20% off with them here as a thank-you to our community with code 404media) and farm.one for being awesome hosts, and especially thank you to everyone who came, cheered us on from afar, and made the last two years possible.
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This week, we discuss OSINT for chat groups, Russell Crowe films, and storage problems.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss Wikipedia's ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of cops' glasses.
This week, we discuss Wikipediax27;s ethos and zooming in on a lot of pictures of copsx27; glasses.#BehindTheBlog
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This week, we discuss meeting a bunch of you in LA, the ongoing Tea saga, and age verification sweeping the UK.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss smart glasses for frat bros, Amazon comms messiness, and more.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss data dumps, high stakes, and lizard brain screen time.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss choosing what to cover, fishing expeditions, and the library.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss wrestling over a good headline, what to read this summer, and Super 8 film.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss Deadheads and doxxing sites.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss advertising, protests, and aircraft.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss the phrase "activist journalist," waiting in line for a Switch 2, and teledildonics.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss an exciting revamp of The Abstract, tech betrayals, and the "it's for cops" defense.
This week, we discuss an exciting revamp of The Abstract, tech betrayals, and the "itx27;s for cops" defense.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Lighting Money on Fire and the Meaning of Vetting
This week, we discuss an exciting revamp of The Abstract, tech betrayals, and the "it's for cops" defense.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
This week, we discuss the benefits of spending 14 hours a day on the internet, getting cozy for AI slop, and a what a new law in Sweden means for the rest of us.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss Star Wars' weird little guys, catharticles, and spectacular views.
This week, we discuss Star Warsx27; weird little guys, catharticles, and spectacular views.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: The Art of the 'Catharticle'
This week, we discuss Star Wars' weird little guys, catharticles, and spectacular views.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
This week, we discuss the death of Mr. Deepfakes, introducing kids to the Manosphere, and working on big, difficult, high-brain-power scoops.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss eyebrow-raising apps, more media mess, and lovingly gazing at AI slop.#BehindTheBlog
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss cheating in job interviews, "scary good" surveillance tech, and prudes in payment processing.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss Palantir scoops, coping mechanisms, and feeling God in this Samsung television.#BehindTheBlog
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss learning from civilizations past and learning to drive.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss getting fooled, the 'one big story' of the week, and Ghibli.
This week, we discuss getting fooled, the x27;one big storyx27; of the week, and Ghibli.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Foolishness and Breaking Through
This week, we discuss getting fooled, the 'one big story' of the week, and Ghibli.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
This week, we discuss doxed Teslas, the concept of "amplification," and how we'd much rather be looking at cooking videos than all this mess.
This week, we discuss doxed Teslas, the concept of "amplification," and how wex27;d much rather be looking at cooking videos than all this mess.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Vile Media and Fine Sciences
This week, we discuss doxed Teslas, the concept of "amplification," and how we'd much rather be looking at cooking videos than all this mess.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
This week, we discuss companies' responses to being monitored by an ICE contractor, caring about the little things, weight loss drug ads, and how our SXSW shindig went.
This week, we discuss companiesx27; responses to being monitored by an ICE contractor, caring about the little things, weight loss drug ads, and how our SXSW shindig went.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Company Comments and a Party Recap
This week, we discuss companies' responses to being monitored by an ICE contractor, caring about the little things, weight loss drug ads, and how our SXSW shindig went.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
This week, we discuss a Supreme drop, a visit to a local Risograph printer, and what is up with Big Car.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss stunt blogging, Signal pains, and murderous Reels.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss the new Murderbot show, ChatGPT for journalism, and birdwatching from afar.#BehindTheBlog
This week, we discuss Apple's iCloud, Wikipedia as a miracle of humankind, and good soup.
This week, we discuss Applex27;s iCloud, Wikipedia as a miracle of humankind, and good soup.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Backdoors and the Miracle of Wikipedia
This week, we discuss Apple's iCloud, Wikipedia as a miracle of humankind, and good soup.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
This week: getting "political" and what it means to be technology journalists in this day and age.#BehindTheBlog
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss AI's boom or bust, trying Github's Copilot, and making time for good ideas.
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss AIx27;s boom or bust, trying Githubx27;s Copilot, and making time for good ideas.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: Boom, Bust, and Big Ideas
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss AI's boom or bust, trying Github's Copilot, and making time for good ideas.Samantha Cole (404 Media)