John Battelle's Searchblog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

For those of us in who’ve been in the news business for more than a minute, this story ranks as a classic “dog bites man” story. But I can’t stop thinking about what’s gone wrong with our collective relationship to “the news.” So what can be done about it?

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John Battelle's Searchblog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

But for now, let me explain what I’m on about. We’ve not simply undermined journalism’s economic models, but more importantly, we’ve marginalized its impact and primacy in helping us determine the facts upon which society determines progress. So what is business going to do about it?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 10, 2023

Tell our readers a little bit about what your role as Director of Product Marketing entails. That involves talking to customers on how they use Mayhem, and talking with our engineering team about new features. What do you like about hosting the Hacker Mind Podcast? They'll ask me to work on something for them as well.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 8, 2009

I'm not sure where it's going, but I really do want to Think Out Loud about this stuff.). If you care about journalism, and I certainly fall into that category, then don't feel bad if you're confused. There's been no shortage of contradictory reporting about the state of reporting. So the question is, what can you do about this?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Elsewhere, we assess data breaches at a cancer research facility and the US retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. It looks like some people (including in our newsroom) are getting crude phishing emails trying to trick people into turning over their Twitter credentials. Twitter’s verification chaos creates authentication conundrum.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2018

I heard similar allegations earlier this year about Supermicro and tried mightily to verify them but could not. After all, I am just one guy, whereas this is the type of scoop that usually takes entire portions of a newsroom to research, report and vet. Many readers have asked for my take on this piece. But the U.S. official says.

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