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Report: Quebec’s Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Seeks Energy to Power Crypto-Mining Opportunities

19.9.2022
According to a report from Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative, members of the Mohawk Nation from Kahnawake are looking into using electricity from Hydro Quebec in order to power cryptocurrency mining operations. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) created a new organization to research...

UN Human Rights Chief Voices Concern Over Assange Extradition Case, Wikileaks Continues to Raise Large Sums of Crypto

29.8.2022
On Saturday, the human rights chief at the United Nations (UN), Michelle Bachelet, said that the potential extradition of whistleblower Julian Assange raises concerns for the rights of future whistleblowers and investigative journalists. Meanwhile, cryptocurrency supporters have continued to donate...

Independent Russian News Site Meduza Raises Over $200,000 in Crypto

11.5.2022
Pressure from the Kremlin and sanctions from the West have forced Russian news outlet Meduza to increasingly rely on cryptocurrency donations to fund its independent journalism. As the restrictions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine have prevented its Russian readers from contributing...

Wordle Removes ‘Fetus’ Answer Following Attack On Abortion Rights

9.5.2022
Today’s Wordle answer was supposed to be “fetus,” and for many it still was, despite The New York Times trying to pull the word ahead of time. In light of reports that the Supreme Court is currently slated to overturn Roe v. Wade and toss out abortion rights for millions along with it, the Greylady...

The Feared NYT Wordle Divergence Has Begun

15.2.2022
Millions woke up today and played Wordle just like they always do, but not all of them were chasing the same right answer. Contrary to earlier statements by new owner The New York Times, the internet puzzle sensation has undergone a few changes, leading to a split between those playing the...

175-Year-Old News Cooperative the Associated Press Plans to Launch NFT Marketplace

11.1.2022
On January 10, 2022, the Associated Press (AP), the American non-profit news cooperative founded in 1846, has announced the news agency is launching a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. The AP NFT market was built by the distributed ledger technology provider Xooa and on top of the Polygon...

Fortune launches philanthropic fund for journalism on Ethereum

20.9.2021
The fund was establshed on Endaoment, an on-chain nonprofit organization that helps 1.5 million entities accept cryptocurrency donations

Isaiah Colbert To Kotaku Confirmed!

8.9.2021
It feels like yesterday. I was in a Columbia College Chicago classroom during the “before times” of Covid-19 showing off my now-boss Patricia Hernandez’s Life Is Strange 2 article to a room full of journalism students who no doubt will be future legacy media reporters. I chose that article because...

You Can Get Vintage Game Magazines Delivered To Your Doorstep

22.7.2021
Bright, colorful, choked with ads, and filled with articles dated before they even left the publisher’s warehouse, retro video game magazines are delightful little static moments in video game history preserved on paper. The Video Game History Foundation’s vintage magazine subscription service...

Hello Kotaku, It's Me, Your New EIC

29.6.2021
Hello, Kotaku. We meet again. But this time, nobody can stop me.Read more

Finance Redefined: Parachute journalism on the frontlines of DeFi! May 19-26

27.5.2021
DeFi is in the spotlight and Bitcoin fans may be getting jealous in this week's Finance Redefined

How Video Game Review Restrictions Work (And Don't)

4.2.2021
The recent Cyberpunk 2077 review fiasco has people asking (again) why reviews of big budget games are what they are. Let’s talk about it.Read more

Speaking From The Chest: One Black Woman's Fight For Visibility In Tech Journalism

9.12.2020
Back in the May, shortly after the murder of George Floyd, the juggernauts of the gaming industry issued statements in solidarity with Black Lives Matter while stating the need to do more to support their Black fans, creators and employees.Read more

Coinbase Preemptively Rebuts Unpublished New York Times Expose

26.11.2020
The letter pushes back at an unpublished article Coinbase says will allege Black employees had "negative experiences" while with the firm

Binance hires Trump lawyer who helped put Gawker Media out of business

18.11.2020
Celebrity attorney with extensive Hollywood and political connections will appear in battle with Forbes

Chapter 5: Publishing

9.11.2020
Not long after HotWired launched on the web in 1994, Josh Quittner wrote an article entitled “Way New Journalism” for the publication. He was enthusiastic about the birth of a new medium. I’m talking about a sea change in journalism itself, in the way we do the work of reporting and presenting...