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Thursday, May 19, 2016
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Algorithms, clickworkers, and the befuddled fury around Facebook Trends“Trends are not the same as news, but Facebook kinda wants them to be.” By Tarleton Gillespie. |
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PRX is creating a new company, RadioPublic, to bring mobile audio to bigger audiences“Building an app is just the tip of the iceberg.” By Shan Wang. |
What We’re Reading
ProPublica / David Sleight
How ProPublica built its new app →
“Our work was guided by two key questions: 1) How do we build a modern, genuinely useful experience for our most active users, and; 2) how do we maintain it without creating a pile of new work for ourselves?”
Journalism.co.uk / Madalina Ciobanu
This new initiative will monitor on and off-screen diversity in the media industry →
Project Diamond — a collaboration between The Creative Diversity Network, the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, and Sky News set to launch in the coming months — will collate data about who commissions television programs in the UK, and the people who appear in them.
The Hollywood Reporter / Ryan Parker
The late David Carr’s Twitter account was hacked →
“It seems a porn bot by the name of ‘Miranda Davis’ hacked Carr’s @carr2n account and began posting pictures. “
The Gerald Loeb Awards
Here are the finalists for the 2016 Loeb Awards →
The Loeb Awards honor business and financial coverage. The winners will be announced on June 28.
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
Inside USA Today’s Facebook Live strategy →
“Like many news organizations, USA Today has ramped up its production of live video in the wake of Facebook’s decision to emphasize streams in its all-important News Feed algorithm.”
The Verge / Adi Robertson
Google’s new Daydream VR platform includes partnerships with The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal →
The Times and Journal had used Cardboard, Google’s older VR platform. Google is also “tapping into the resources of companies that aren’t VR-focused per se, but have lots of material that viewers might want.”
Tinius Trust
Schibsted’s Tinius Trust has released its annual report on the future of journalism →
It includes contributions from Alan Rusbridger, Emily Bell, Jeff Jarvis, and more.
Press Gazette / Dominic Ponsford
Report: The Guardian is breaking up its team of investigative reporters →
“Press Gazette understands that most have been asked to move into other journalism roles in the main newsroom.”
From Fuego
Tribune chair: Sell to Gannett? We’ll buy Gannett! —www.capitalnewyork.com
2016 Gerald Loeb Award Finalists Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management | Business Wire —www.businesswire.com
Morley Safer Dies At 84 – CBSN Live Video – CBS News —www.cbsnews.com
Morley Safer, CBS news legend, dies at 84 —money.cnn.com
Airbnb Is Getting Sued For Racial Discrimination —www.buzzfeed.com
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