Independent Media - For independent news

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Independent Media - For independent news

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News, articles, reports and editorials from independent media* around the world. Rules: 1. All posts must have a link to a current* article from an independent media source. 2. Post title should be the article title or best fit. 3. No misinformation or hate rhetoric. 4. Be civil. Be cool. Instance rules apply. 5. Tag NSFW when appropriate. *Independent Media is a relative term. Here, it means journalism that is free from government or corporate interests, but not necessarily free from bias. The independence of a news outlet can be hard to determine, so please use your best judgment. *How current the article is depends on the subject, its relevance today, and whether there’s new publicly available information since the article has been published. As long as posts fit the spirit of this community, moderation will be lax. Further reading on independent media: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13183222.2016.1162986 [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13183222.2016.1162986] https://fiveable.me/media-literacy/unit-4/independent-alternative-media/study-guide/QJyXpwRYYJTj0phS [https://fiveable.me/media-literacy/unit-4/independent-alternative-media/study-guide/QJyXpwRYYJTj0phS] https://www.projectcensored.org/#ourmission%3Fdoing_wp_cron=1761849323.4967029094696044921875 [https://www.projectcensored.org/#ourmission%3Fdoing_wp_cron=1761849323.4967029094696044921875] For a less serious random news feed, check out: https://sh.itjust.works/c/wildfeed [https://sh.itjust.works/c/wildfeed]

Independent Media

I made an “almost anything goes” community for all things journalism a short while ago. So, this is a more serious community that only posts news, reports and editorials from independent journalists and publications. A lot of news media is owned by the same big corps, so this is an effort to expose more diverse perspectives.

Being in North America means most of my media has a western bias, but I make an effort to seek out independent, quality publications from around the world to diversify the feed. Anyone can post to this community with articles from anywhere, as long as it fits the spirit of independent journalism.

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The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World’s rules. You can click the link but we’ve reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn’t a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn’t rulebreaking and we can’t be supportive to them then we probably shouldn’t engage.

B. No illegal content.

C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.

E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.

2. Include a community or instance title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities or instances all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.

Formatting

Please include this following format in your post:

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This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won’t

You should also include either:

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or instance.com/c/community

FAQ:

Q: Why do I get a 404?

A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.

Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?

A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn’t get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn’t actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.

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