These concerns and more, are what convinced me to stay on Journa and not to consider "Newsie." Standards were upheld by actual journalists at Journa. I can't say the same for newsie, which as @fifilamoura and others pointed out, hosted the US based infamous climate change denying, far right extremist outlet known as Newsmax. At best, the individual took no precautions or was sloppy or worst, outlets like Newsmax are considered purveyors of journalism.
So Journa & Newsie, two of Mastodon's most prominent journalism servers and home to journalists from around the world seeking safer online havens...are overseen by Mr. Jeff's entity known as "Fourth Estate."
I can't find anything solid on this Fourth Estate, which claims to be a non profit focused on press related issues.
It has a Wikipedia page, citing dead links or Fourth Estate's own website for all of its questionable claims.
Again, red flags, red flags.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Estate_Public_Benefit_Corporation
So Journa & Newsie, two of Mastodon's most prominent journalism servers and home to journalists from around the world seeking safer online havens...are overseen by Mr. Jeff's entity known as "Fourth Estate."
I can't find anything solid on this Fourth Estate, which claims to be a non profit focused on press related issues.