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Senin, 23 September 2019
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Jumat, 20 September 2019
Here’s Chalkbeat’s vision for local education news by 2025
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Thursday, September 19, 2019
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Here’s Chalkbeat’s vision for local education news by 2025The network’s pitch to local funders: “By the time the school reforms reached their zenith, there was not a single local education reporter dedicated to covering them.” By Christine Schmidt. |
What We’re Reading
Global Editors Network / Ana Lomtadze
Richard Gingras on Google’s plan to spotlight “original reporting” →
“A while back I asked one of journalism's great editors how we might identify original reporting. He responded with the tiniest smirk, 'It's the stuff we spend a ton of money on!' Of course that's neither a detectable signal nor a guarantee of quality. In fact, being able to describe what original reporting is is tricky. It means different things to different editors and newsrooms at different times. People say you know it when you see it, but how do you translate that to an algorithm?”
Washington Post / Tony Romm and Drew Harwell
Facebook, Google, and Twitter face fresh heat from Congress on harmful online content →
“Congressional lawmakers are drafting a bill to create a ‘national commission’ at the Department of Homeland Security to study the ways that social media can be weaponized — and the effectiveness of tech giants' efforts to protect users from harmful content online.”
Knight Center / Carolina de Assis
How Chicas Poderosas promotes collaborative journalism highlighting underrepresented social issues in Latin America →
“A collaborative journalism marathon that involved about 100 people in Argentina – almost all of them women – and resulted in 13 reports published in 12 media outlets is about to be repeated in Colombia and Mexico to bring to light social issues related to human rights and social justice.”
Philadelphia Inquirer / Christian Hetrick
Knight and Lenfest send money to local newsrooms for tech and product development →
The $5.25M grant is the first from the $20M Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation fund and will support new tech and product hires at the Inquirer, a new project at Temple University under Aron Pilhofer to guide outlets on adopting the technology, and Resolve Philadelphia, the group behind the Broke in Philly collaboration.
Press Gazette / Charlotte Tobitt
Google is giving a UK media company millions of pounds to develop three local news sites →
Yes, this is identical to the funding/task Google gave McClatchy here in the U.S. That project is now launching a site in Youngstown, Ohio.
Journalism.co.uk / Marcela Kunova
BBC tested negative news filters that blur out words to help readers with certain anxieties →
“So the duo came up with a simple-sounding idea — if specific words, such as 'knife crime' or 'murder' trigger anxiety in readers, they can use a filter that would blur out sensitive content on the BBC homepage. A trigger warning would then inform the reader that the article contains keywords they marked out as sensitive.”
Engaged Journalism Lab / Anthony Advincula
Why ethnic media in New York and New Jersey still embrace print in the digital age →
“In fact, over the last decade, some digital-first ethnic media publishers inNew York and New Jersey have found that some community members they serve don't consider a news organization legitimate unless it has a print edition.”
OpenNews / Ryan Pitts
Hey local journalists, want a peer to help brainstorm your next data project (for free)? →
“Peer coaches will be experienced data journalists who can look over data with you, help confirm your hunches, and identify things you might have overlooked. You bring the data and an idea, and they'll set up a conversation to work through the questions you have. Participation is free and designed for data journalists on small teams, from local or regional newsrooms, and from underrepresented backgrounds in journalism.”
Poynter / Mel Grau
Meet the next digital women leaders in Poynter’s cohort →
29 women will participate in leadership training in October, including journalists from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Code for Africa, Refinery29, and more.
Kamis, 19 September 2019
The New York Times shutters NYT en Español after three years: “It did not prove financially successful”
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
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The New York Times shutters NYT en Español after three years: “It did not prove financially successful”NYT en Español’s founding editorial director called the decision “extremely short-sighted,” and many others who’d worked on the product or read and followed it expressed their disappointment. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Nonprofit news outlets aren’t relying as heavily on foundations — but journalism philanthropy continues to grow“Nonprofit news organizations have much in common even if their scope or mission differs. Their journalistic missions are shaped largely by the gaps they are trying to fill — investigative at the state, national and global level; more general news at the local level.” By Christine Schmidt. |
What We’re Reading
Financial Times / Camilla Hodgson
Inside the 100-person, $18 million-per-year Internet Archive →
“The archive itself, this partial copy of the internet, is stored in six 6ft-high servers that sit upstairs in what used to be the nave of the church. There is a full back-up copy elsewhere in California, and partial copies in Canada, the Netherlands and Alexandria, Egypt. This is precautionary, said Mr Kahle: remember the burning of the great Library of Alexandria.”
Wall Street Journal / Lukas Alpert
Google and Facebook cozy up to publishers — as regulators circle →
“Top state law-enforcement officials from across the country last week launched antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google, further pressuring tech giants already under federal scrutiny over whether their online dominance stifles competition…. Google executives said the prospect of regulation didn't influence their effort to better promote original news, adding that technological advances had finally allowed the company to address a longstanding concern among publishers.”
The Verge / Makena Kelly
Here’re more details on Facebook’s content oversight board, with a goal of 40 members by the end of the year →
“The board's decision will be binding, even if I or anyone at Facebook disagrees with it,” Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post Tuesday.
The Information / Alex Heath and Jessica Toonkel
News Tab fever spreads to Snap →
“By creating a tab for breaking news in its app, Snap would further distance participating publishers from the main Discover feed, which has been criticized for showcasing salacious, low-brow content alongside stories from publishers like The New York Times and The Washington Post. Earlier this year, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel told investors on an earnings call that the company was focused on improving the layout of Discover, which he compared to ‘almost like walking into a supermarket without the aisles labeled.'”
Axios / Sara Fischer
BuzzFeed says it’s diversified from advertising so much that it will be profitable for the second half of 2019 and “the entirety of 2020” →
The company is hiring for a new president after former president/recent senior advisor Greg Coleman departed to join Spotify as global head of advertising.
Houston Chronicle / Emily Foxhall
She flew in to an unfamiliar city to report on a mass shooting. Was she helping or hurting? →
“Outside the home of a 17-month-old injured in her face, a note hung on the red door: ‘At this time, we ask that everyone respect our privacy.’ I fretted. I worried my editor would think I failed.”
Axios / Sara Fischer
The Washington Post launches an ad network that lets companies buy ads in real time →
“The product will allow publishers to open their ad space to marketers directly through a real-time buying tool, similar to what Google and Facebook offer, across the network of publishers’ websites and apps.”
Monday Note / Frederic Filloux
The cutthroat battle for controlling Le Monde →
“What's going on at Le Monde? Is its independence in peril? Probably not. But the current confrontation might radically change the ownership structure of France's flagship paper.”
CNN / Brian Stelter
Why you’re seeing so much news coverage of the climate crisis this month →
“More than 250 news outlets around the world have committed to Covering Climate Now. What is it? An initiative to provide focused coverage of the climate crisis in print, on air and online.”
The New York Times Company
The Daily has officially hit one billion (yes, with a B) downloads →
“Since its creation in February of 2017, ‘The Daily’ has featured 224 of our Times colleagues in at least 30 countries across 691 episodes.”
Rabu, 18 September 2019
After $2.6M crowdfunding campaign, The Correspondent will have just one full-time journalist in the U.S.: The latest from Nieman Lab
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
 | After $2.6M crowdfunding campaign, The Correspondent will have just one full-time journalist in the U.S.The Correspondent is hiring a total of five full-time journalists. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
 | Vox’s new podcast goes where news podcasts haven’t gone before: SundaysPlus: NPR expects Podcast $$ to surpass Broadcast $$ by next year. By Nicholas Quah. |
Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies at 75
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subscribe to The NPR Politics Podcast podcast Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics before later going to ABC News, has died. She was 75.How Did Lauren Duca’s Revolution Backfire?
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You can't really blame journalist and activist Lauren Duca for being a little nervous about agreeing to an interview. When I first asked to profile her in advance of her new book, How to Start a Revolution: Young People and the Future of American Politics, I did it over Twitter DM.Data journalism solves big problems, but it’s an organizational mess. A new tool from the AP aims to fix that. – Poynter
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Data journalism has uncloaked offshore financial havens, caught police breaking the same rules of the road that they're supposed to be enforcing and laid bare how American infrastructure carves out zones of inequality. It often seems like the area of journalism that focuses on numbers, analysis and systemic problems is capable of revealing any issue, global or local, manmade or natural.Meet The Correspondent’s first five journalists!
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Finally, the moment we've all been waiting for: today, after nine months of intensive preparation, over 2,000 job applications and dozens of interviews, we're thrilled to introduce The Correspondent's first five correspondents. Starting on 30 September, you'll be able to follow them on our English-language platform, where they'll join forces with our 50,000 members to investigate some of the major themes of our time.Julia Boorstin on Twitter
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The latest in the battle for content- NBCU streaming service launching in April will be called "Peacock" and will include 30 Rock, Cheers, and reboots of Punky Brewster, Saved by the Bell and Battlestar Galactica, in addition to Parks & Rec and The Office @NBCUniversal @CNBC Fuego is our heat-seeking Twitter bot, tracking the stories the future-of-journalism crowd is talking about most. Usually those are about journalism and technology, although sometimes they get distracted by politics, sports, or GIFs. Check out Fuego on the web to get up-to-the-minute news.
Sabtu, 14 September 2019
Can a science escape room livestreamed on Twitch help bring viewers to public media?
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Friday, September 13, 2019
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Can a science escape room livestreamed on Twitch help bring viewers to public media?“What made us want to watch this for an hour and a half? Their ability to talk through the puzzles made me not only understand the puzzles but find out the answer and get invested.” By Christine Schmidt. |
What We’re Reading
Define American
Study: Major newspapers uncritically echo Trump administration anti-immigrant language →
“Since 2014, major U.S. newspapers have used dehumanizing labels to refer to immigrants at a steadily increasing rate, according to a new study by Define American and the MIT Center for Civic Media. This disturbing trend coincides with a vast increase in coverage of immigration-related issues. The study, ‘The Language of Immigration Reporting: Normalizing vs. Watchdogging in a Nativist Age,’ also found an increase in quotes from extremist anti-immigrant groups in trusted news outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and USA Today.”
Business Insider / Lucia Moses
Insiders say Quartz is on track to lose money again this year as it faces a subscription shortfall →
“Internally, the goal was to get 20,000 members by the end of 2019; multiple sources said as of this summer, it was less than halfway there.”
The Guardian / Steph Harmon
From Rita Ora to Lena Dunham: how a podcast about celebrity became a “recipe for joy” →
“On the biweekly show, the hosts Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger decode — with eager and delightful sass — the myriad dramas of wannabe celebrities (referred to as ‘Who?s’) and the tabloids who love them. And, on Tuesday episodes, listeners call the helpline — sometimes drunk, often stoned, occasionally hysterical — demanding an explanation of who some Instagram person is, for instance, or why their fake wedding is getting press.”
The Drum / Ian Burrell
Why the UK’s Ozone Project is asking broadcasters to join newspapers in its duopoly fightback →
“The four founding partners of The Ozone Project are Reach, News UK, Guardian Media Group and Telegraph Media Group. Together they already have a UK audience of 44.1 million (greater than that of Facebook and Google). By adding partners such as specialist magazine publishers, regional newsgroups and broadcasters, Ozone will aim to increase its depth of audience reach and insights.”
TechCrunch / Natasha Lomas
The Finnish Public Broadcasting Company, YLE, releases a game that uses troll tactics to teach critical thinking →
“The game itself takes the form of a messaging app style conversation on a virtual smartphone in which you are tasked by the troll factory boss to whip up anti-immigrant sentiment. You do this by making choices about which messages to post online and the methods used to amplify distribution.”
BBC News / Flora Carmichael and Juliana Gragnani
How YouTube makes money from fake cancer cure videos →
“Searching YouTube across 10 languages, the BBC found more than 80 videos containing health misinformation — mainly bogus cancer cures. Ten of the videos found had more than a million views. Many were accompanied by adverts.”
Jumat, 13 September 2019
Good stuff first: Google moves to prioritize original reporting in search
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Thursday, September 12, 2019
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Good stuff first: Google moves to prioritize original reporting in searchThe company has changed its global search algorithm to “highlight articles that we identify as significant original reporting,” and to keep such articles in top positions for longer. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Researchers analyzed more than 300,000 local news stories on Facebook. Here’s what they found.“59 percent of the stories we were able to categorize served a critical information need…Aside from critical information needs, 31 percent of stories categorized covered sports and 9 percent were obituaries.” By Matthew Weber, Peter Andringa, and Philip M. Napoli. |
What We’re Reading
The New York Times / Jill Cowan
Newspapers are fighting California’s landmark gig economy bill, which they claim would put an end to newspaper home delivery →
“Troy Niday, the chief operations officer of The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, which distributes not just its own paper but national publications like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, estimated the law could accelerate the end of print delivery by five to seven years.” (The law allows a one-year delay for newspaper home delivery drivers.)
BuzzFeed News / Claudia Koerner
Facebook took down a fact-check of an anti-abortion video after Republican senators complained →
The video, by an anti-abortion activist, falsely claimed abortion is never necessary to save a woman’s life. It was fact-checked and demoted. Republican senators complained and Facebook took the fact-check down on Wednesday.
Democracy Fund / Lea Trusty
Announcing a new fund for racial equity in journalism →
“It's designed to support and build the capacity of newsrooms by and for people of color, who are best positioned to deliver critical news and information to their communities. So far, the Fund has raised $3.6 million and will begin making grants in the first quarter of 2020. Donors include Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation, Google News Initiative, and the News Integrity Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.”
New York / Lauren Starke
New York Magazine’s shopping site The Strategist will launch in the UK next month →
That’s also parent company New York Media’s first international expansion.
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism / Nicholas Kozankywycz
Why The New York Times and New Orleans Times-Picayune teamed up to cover climate change →
“The newsrooms' science and investigative reporters reported and wrote stories together, but those stories were then edited separately to fit with each outlet's house style.”
Poynter / Doris Truong
Annual ASNE survey finds the percentage of people of color and women in newsrooms is essentially the same as last year →
“Adjusted to count only full-time newsroom employees, last year's survey found 21.8 were journalists of color. In this year's survey, representation stayed essentially unchanged at 21.9. Women — who have been two-thirds of graduates from journalism and communications programs in recent years — have not increased their newsroom representation. Across organizations in this year's survey, women made up 41.8 percent of staff.”
Folio / Caysey Welton
September is becoming just another month for fashion magazines →
“We have seen significant shrinkage across the board over the past four years — including at Vogue, where its ‘thud factor’ has decreased by more than 30% in that time.”
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