@TimOlsonSF

Living and learning as best I can. Reading and sharing about media, news, and technology trends.

 San Francisco
Joined March 2007
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KQED@KQED9 Jan 2025
A remarkably wet kickoff to Northern California’s rainy season has coincided with a desperately dry fall in Southern California — a huge disparity, perhaps unprecedented, between the haves and have-nots of rainfall. kqed.org/news/12020768/how-t…

How the North-South Disparity in California's Rain Is Good for the Water Supply | KQED

Some Northern California cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rainfall, while southern cities are bone-dry. This season’s huge — possibly unprecedented — disparity works in favor...

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I look forward to the annual @risj_oxford Digital News Report like kids look forward to Christmas. As always, lots to "unwrap" in the 167-page report. Here are my top three takeaways for local news leaders from #DNR24: localmedia.org/2024/07/top-t…

Top takeaways for local newsrooms from the Reuters Digital News Report

The Good, Bad and Ugly: Essential takeaways for local news from the 2024 Reuters Digital News Report I look forward to the annual release by Reuters of their Digital News Report in the way that kids...

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this morning on @KQEDnews ... – at San Francisco, CA
Ezra David Romero@climatedaddy_4 Jan 2024
Regional wave reporter. #halfmoonbay
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Tim Olson retweeted
KQED@KQED16 Dec 2023
Need a head start on your 2024 food plans? Check, Please! Bay Area returns in January with seven brand-new episodes! Our delicious journey kicks off Thursday, January 11, at 7:30pm, on KQED 9 🍽️ Get a taste of what you’ll see: kqed.org/checkplease/22019/c…
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Tim Olson retweeted
OpenAI
@OpenAI27 Sep 2023
ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources. It is no longer limited to data before September 2021.
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Bay area! Tomorrow, see Nigel and Earlonne in conversation with journalist @OGpenn and photographer @BE_DIZZLE about their documentary project, Facing Life, which focuses on 8 people who were once sentenced to life in California prisons. @SFPublicLibrary buff.ly/3Uv8SNg
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Tim Olson@TimOlsonSF19 Nov 2022
Replying to @earhustlesq
@earhustlesq all around SF - @SFPublicLibrary @prx @KQED
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Gender neutral pronouns are not a new idea in the English language. Learn about their history & why they matter in the latest episode--coproduced with @PeerHealthExch featuring @veondremitchell & @lzimman. #genderpronouns #PrideMonth youtu.be/3TE_H45zxmI
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Replying to @TimOlsonSF @radiohana @leiladayleila @glynnwashington @snapjudgment @KQED @prx
Thank you so much for coming out to this wonderful event 💜
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Tim Olson retweeted
Tim Olson@TimOlsonSF3 Mar 2022
Cool - inspired by @jimbriggs3 and @nandoarruda_ s #prxpodcastgarage talk on sound design last week - @oallenprice includes some trash can drumming sounds in the new @KQED Bay Curious story. - @reveal @AIRmedia @amandabee @PRX #SoundDesign kqed.org/news/11906815/the-s…
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I often ask journalists why they chose journalism. Top answers over 30+ years: 1. I like to write 2. Make the world a better place 3. Give voice to people who lack it 4. Hold power accountable 5. License to be curious and ask questions 6. See the world 7. Something new every day
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Tim Olson retweeted
MuckRock@MuckRock27 Sep 2021
.@AP is working on a scorecard to assess US local news #AI readiness. If you’re an editor, publisher, news director, GM or technologist in a local newsroom, please fill out this form:buff.ly/3zNJ6JI
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Finally a newspaper chain sold to the good guys! @the_ntln and @coloradosun bought a local chain of 24 papers (owners retiring). $ from @journalismproj @coloradotrust @GatesFamilyFDN. medium.com/national-trust-fo…
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Why a new chapter for 24 community newspapers matters for Colorado — and the nation @DemocracyFund @knightfdn @GoogleNewsInit @colabnewsco @coloradosun @the_ntln @coloradotrust @GatesFamilyFDN @JournalismProj bit.ly/CO-News-Conservancy

Why a new chapter for 24 community newspapers matters for Colorado — and the nation

As hedge funds and billionaires clash swords over control of big-city newsrooms nationwide, a CO collaboration points a new way forward.

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Tim Olson retweeted
Medill Local News Initiative@LocalNewsIni3 May 2021
Verizon selling Yahoo and AOL to Apollo for $5B. nytimes.com/2021/05/03/busin…
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Wow. A group of disheartened former Denver Post editors and reporters launched an upstart news site two-and-a-half years ago. Today, The Colorado Sun announced it had acquired and would operate a family-owned chain of 24 suburban newspapers around Denver. npr.org/2021/05/03/993059699…

In Denver, Civic-Minded 'Colorado Sun' Acquires Suburban Newspaper Chain

The news site Colorado Sun was created by Denver journalists dismayed over slashing cuts by the Denver Post's hedge fund owners. Now The Sun and a new foundation are taking over 24 suburban papers.

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Tim Olson retweeted
Apple Podcasts
@ApplePodcasts21 Apr 2021
In case you missed it: the biggest change to Apple Podcasts since we started out 15 years ago.
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In most American cities, zoning laws prohibit the construction of relatively affordable homes — duplexes, triplexes, quads and larger multifamily units — on three-quarters of residential land. | Richard Kahlenberg wants an end to exclusionary zoning nytimes.com/2021/04/19/opini…
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Tim Olson retweeted
Pendarvis H.@OGpenn15 Apr 2021
Aye, San Francisco's Rap scene is lightweight on fire. ... Someone should write about it. Happy #415Day. Here's my latest: kqed.org/arts/13895586/a-sal…

A Salute to San Francisco Rap | KQED

The City got somethin' to say, that's all I got to say.

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San Francisco Launches ‘Guaranteed Income’ Pilot Program for Struggling Artists kqed.org/arts/13894521/san-f…
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