Google tests AI-generated portraits of celebrities and influencers; A festival to restore magic to journalism in French-speaking Switzerland
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Le Presstival: A festival to restore magic to journalism in French-speaking Switzerland
Frapp
https://frapp.ch/fr/articles/stories/le-premier-festival-de-journalisme-romand-a-lieu-samedi
Spotify supports Canadian music
Radio-Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2169956/musique-canadienne-spotify-rapport
Jan Martinez Ahrens appointed editor of El País
PRISA
https://www.prisa.com/es/noticias/noticias-1/jan-martinez-ahrens-director-de-el-pais
Google tests AI-generated portraits of celebrities and influencers
Social Media Today
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/google-tests-portraits-ai-generated-celebrity-bots/750002/
X tests highlighting posts that show cross-political agreement
Social Media Today
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-formerly-twitter-tests-highlghting-posts-cross-political-agreement/750023/
Canadian content under pressure: Report warns about online music visibility
Radio-Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2170096/musique-audiovisuel-plateforme-contenu-ligne
News Literacy Project urges caution and transparency as journalism embraces AI
News Literacy Project
https://newslit.org/updates/in-cnn-piece-nlp-urges-care-and-transparency-as-journalism-embraces-ai/
TV series from Scandinavia are very popular
La Presse
https://lp.ca/hXjvWu?sharing=true
Journalist of the Month: Amr Eleraqi
IJNet
https://ijnet.org/fr/story/journaliste-du-mois-amr-eleraqi
Lesley Stahl on what a Trump-CBS settlement could mean for press freedom
The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/lesley-stahl-on-what-a-settlement-with-donald-trump-would-mean-for-cbs-news
Why Americans trust PBS: The power of public funding
Current
https://current.org/2025/06/study-shows-americans-trust-pbs-precisely-because-its-publicly-funded/
Claude Rajotte reflects on musical highlights and his career as TV host/DJ
Radio-Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/bonsoir-bonsoir/site/segments/chronique/2087976/claude-rajotte-musique
Contempt has no place in media and public debate
Le Devoir
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/888178/point-vue-mepriser-mepris
Delphine Ernotte reappointed to lead France Télévisions amid digital and social tensions
Ojim.fr
https://www.ojim.fr/delphine-ernotte-reconduite-a-france-televisions-un-troisieme-mandat-entre-transformation-numerique-et-tensions-sociales/
Trump and Musk are feuding — to the surprise of no one
Poynter
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/president-trump-elon-musk-fued-social-media/
POTUS vs. NOTUS: Press coverage, brutality, and media ethics
Columbia Journalism Review
https://www.cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/erie-correction-brutality-buffalo-musk-notus-trump.php
Radio-Canada opposes open podcast app using its content
Podnews
https://podnews.net/article/radio-canada-versus-open-podcasting
La Presse wins 2024 Michener Award in Canada for exposing systemic failures in youth protection
CNW Newswire
https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/le-journal-la-presse-remporte-le-prix-michener-2024-pour-avoir-denonce-les-defaillances-systemiques-du-systeme-de-protection-de-la-jeunesse-du-quebec-884338038.html
Over 100 organizations call for access for foreign journalists in Gaza
La Presse
https://lp.ca/jBKNij?sharing=true
Three newsrooms experiment with AI-generated news summaries
Nieman Lab
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/lets-get-to-the-point-three-newsrooms-on-generating-ai-summaries-for-news/
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