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  "description": "Three fabulous podcast episodes that are well worth your time.",
  "path": "/2026/02/journalism-right-in-your-lughole/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T14:43:48.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Ben Whitelaw",
    "Mike Masnick",
    "💬🗞️ Why newsrooms are taking comments seriously againThree lessons from running comments at The Times of LondonNew_ PublicBen Whitelaw",
    "Whoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A MistakeSo for years we pointed out how the trend of news websites killing off their comment section (usually because they were too cheap or lazy to creatively manage them) was counterproductive.…TechdirtKarl Bode",
    "_Media Confidential_",
    "Eliot Higgins",
    "_Bellingcat_",
    "Cory Doctorow",
    "Tim Wu",
    "_The Age of Extraction_"
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  "textContent": "The last week has been an abundant one in my podcast listening. In particular, three episodes of some of my regular listens are abolustely worth you devoting some time to this week, because they all give really useful insights into the factor reshaping online media and journalism right now.\n\nAnd, as I have a hellaciously busy day at City St George's today, please enjoy these episodes in lieu of insights from me…\n\n* * *\n\n## Some comments on comments\n\nThe ever-excellent _Ctrl Alt Speech_ podcast, hosted by friend-of-the-blog Ben Whitelaw and _Techdirt_ 's Mike Masnick strays into familiar territory, with Ben's thoughts on newspaper comments sections. He's something of an expert, having once run them at _The Times_ , and taught community management with me at City, as it was back then.\n\nWell worth a listen:\n\nHere are the pieces referred to:\n\n💬🗞️ Why newsrooms are taking comments seriously againThree lessons from running comments at The Times of LondonNew_ PublicBen WhitelawWhoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A MistakeSo for years we pointed out how the trend of news websites killing off their comment section (usually because they were too cheap or lazy to creatively manage them) was counterproductive.…TechdirtKarl Bode\n\n* * *\n\n## Open source investigations in 2026\n\nThe latest addition to my media podcast diet is _Prospect_ 's _Media Confidential_, hosted by Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber, two ex-newspaper editors of note. This episode, though, is an interview with Eliot Higgins of _Bellingcat_, one of the leading open source investigations organisations.\n\nA fascinating look into this critical 21st century journalism skill…\n\n* * *\n\n## The internet: what went wrong\n\nLastly, Ezra Klein interviews Cory Doctorow, the coiner of the word “enshittification” and Tim Wu, another of many essential books, including _The Age of Extraction_ talk about the web we lost to the big tech companies, what went wrong, and how we take it back.\n\nEssential.",
  "title": "Journalism right in your lughole",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-12T14:56:03.462Z"
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