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Tuesday, March 29, 2016
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Hot Pod: Can podcasts move beyond talking heads to produce digital-first audio news?New podcast companies aren’t “working to solve the journalistic problem that a legacy organization like NPR fights to negotiate.” By Nicholas Quah. |
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FOIA Mapper aims to make it easier for journalists to know where to look for public documents“There's all this information sitting out there that everyone has access to, but nobody has any idea that it's even there. That’s the basis of the project.” By Joseph Lichterman. |
What We’re Reading
Twitter / Katherine Clark
Rep. Katherine Clark asks Genius about potential abuse on the platform →
“Now that your platform has been shown to enable abusive behavior, do you have plans to implement a robust reporting and remediation process or provide an opt-out function?”
Quartz / Mike Murphy
Snapchat revamps the chat section of its app to make it less confusing to olds →
“This could perhaps be an indication that Snapchat is trying to make its messaging service feel less exclusive — and easier to use — as it aims to directly take on social messaging competitors like Messenger and WhatsApp, both of which have over 1 billion daily users. (Snapchat reportedly has about 100 million daily users.)”
Poynter
Poynter and the National Association of Black Journalists are partnering to develop a new digital leadership program →
The tuition-free program will address the unique issues journalists of color face on the path to leadership in digital journalism and technology organizations. Poynter is teamed up with ONA for Snapchat has added a bunch of new messaging features →
Quartz / Mike Murphy
“Snapchat said today that it has rebuilt the chat section of its app, which now feels a lot like Facebook's Messenger and WhatsApp apps. Users can now send stickers, photos, short video messages, and start voice calls to their contacts within Snapchat. To start a chat, users swipe right on their contacts as they did before, but they're now greeted with a range of options.”
Los Angeles Review of Books / Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Why citations still matter in the age of Google →
On the newest edition of the MLA Handbook: “I am convinced that it is possible to get rid of the murky bathwater without disposing of the baby.”
BuzzFeed / Alex Kantrowitz
You can now post 60-second videos on Instagram →
“The Facebook-owned product is extending the time limit of user-posted videos from 15 to 60 seconds. The move is sure to increase the amount of video consumption on its platform, which has already shot up 40% over the past six months, per a spokesperson.”
Twitter Blogs / Todd Kloots
Twitter enables “accessible images for everyone” →
“Starting today, people using our iOS and Android apps can add descriptions — also known as alternative text (alt text) — to images in Tweets.”T
Medium / Julia Carpenter
The Washington Post is combing its archives for women’s stories (from women) →
“For women's history month, The Washington Post is opening up our archives to resurface profiles of interesting women — as written by interesting women.”
CNN / Brian Stelter
Sports Illustrated’s football site MMQB will be growing →
Lead writer Peter King has agreed to a contract extension and will be adding staff.
Bloomberg / Gerry Smith
Newspapers gobble each other up to survive the digital apocalypse →
“Last year, the industry saw the most deals for the largest amount of money since the 2008 financial crisis, with 70 daily newspapers being sold for a combined $827 million, according to mergers-and-acquisitions adviser Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. Gannett Co. bought 15 dailies, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Tribune snapped up the San Diego Union-Tribune; and Warren Buffett's newspaper chain acquired the Free Lance–Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia.”
Recode / Peter Kafka
The New York Times may make it harder to use Facebook and Twitter to jump its paywall →
“Two months ago, the Times began capping some Facebook users' access to the site at 10 articles a month, said NYT rep Eileen Murphy. On Friday, she said, the NYT expanded the test limits to referrals from Twitter and other services.”
From Fuego
Security researchers: help EFF keep the Web safe for browser research! —boingboing.net
NFL demands retraction of Times article on player concussions —www.capitalnewyork.com
Accessible images for everyone | Twitter Blogs —blog.twitter.com
Trump aide charged with misdemeanor battery on Breitbart reporter —www.palmbeachpost.com
Snapchat seamlessly combines video, audio, GIFs, stickers in “Chat 2.0” —techcrunch.com
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. (No humans were involved in this listing, and linking is not endorsing.) Check out Fuego on the web to get up-to-the-minute news.