Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe

@NorcalGma2@sfba.social More Summer Joy

@odd @Haste Old journalist here. Early Twitter was really good for getting those two-way exchanges that made your reporting stronger. But that didn't last, and being in those spaces became increasingly caustic. I quit FB in 2018 and Twitter in 2021. But even in the beginning of for-profit social media, you could feel the shift as a journalist--we were unpaid workers for all those walled gardens. But the problem is, loads of people get their "news" on social media. Journalism is community work, and really good, independent journalism is part of the resistance. But when your community is there looking for news on the for-profit socials, it's a huge problem. Mastodon is one of the few places where people have a little more understanding of this framework and have taken some affirmative steps toward fixing it. Perhaps it needs to be said: very few people get into journalism because it pays well. I was never paid very much. Most of us believe in the importance of this community work. Thousands of journalists have been laid off in the past two decades. No one came to help us. But no one working in the business was surprised. The old business model doesn't work anymore. Those remaining know that. Chasing clicks is just the last few drowning men grasping at straws.

@bbelton@pkm.social @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social Especially if Stephen Miller is with him

@Haste @odd I'm putting my time in with our local community radio station and a nonprofit journalism collaborative that seems to be getting momentum. And a little bit of my money goes every month to ProPublica.

@potterybyosa Those colors are just gorgeous

@adhdeanasl This is how to do it. Well done, you.

@FluentInFinance@mastodon.social Amtrak and many bus services have far, far more hospitality than the airline industry does. Remember that when you make your travel choices.

@ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt Truth. There's a Bay Area guy that does that here in the Central Valley after big rains.

@DeniseGutzmer @ai6yr You ask a fair question, and I was wondering the same as I saw it grow ever larger on the Watch Duty app. But Denise has a point, too. Loads of people didn't know that the LA Public Library burned to the ground the day that it happened because that was also the day of the Chernobyl disaster

@EnfysBook WANT SO BADLY