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Thursday, October 6, 2016
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The New York Times’ Dean Baquet on calling out lies, embracing video, and building a more digital newsroom“I think that [Trump] challenged our language. He will have changed journalism, he really will have…We didn’t know how to write the paragraph that said, ‘This is just false.’ We struggle with that. I think that Trump has ended that struggle.” By Ken Doctor. |
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The BBC’s Taster platform lets audiences sample early-stage experiments as they’re still cookingWhat's unusual is not the concept of piloting ideas, but the fact that the BBC was willing to show the public projects in a half-baked state, glitches included. By Shan Wang. |
What We’re Reading
Wall Street Journal / Maureen Farrell, Juliet Chung, and Rolfe Winkler
Snapchat’s parent is working on an IPO valuing the firm at $25 billion or more →
The company formerly known as Snapchat is preparing the paperwork for an initial public offering with a view toward selling the shares as early as late March 2017.
The New York Times / Jim Rutenberg
Will editorials against Donald Trump make a difference in the election? →
“The split between editorial opinion and a significant portion of voters, especially Republican voters, has been around for decades. But this campaign takes that schism to a whole new level — not just because of the mix of publications weighing in against the Republican nominee but also because of the contrast between their apocalyptic view of a Trump presidency and his supporters' belief that he will indeed ‘make America great again.'”
Vox Product Blog / Sanette Tanaka and Kelsey Scherer
The Vox Media designer’s toolkit →
A look at the tools Vox Media’s design team uses most often to brainstorm, moodboard, design, prototype, and test.
BuzzFeed / Mat Honan and Alex Kantrowitz
Instagram at 6: Kevin Systrom on moments, mission, ads, and Stories →
“Nowhere in our mission is it about being real-time. I don't think we are focused on making sure you have a news feed of an unfolding event in real-time view. And I think that's okay.”
BuzzFeed / Cora Lewis
Fusion staff prepare to unionize →
“Management responds with company-wide email stating unionization ‘would not be beneficial for you or Fusion.'”
Medium / Alex Parker
How Instagram’s algorithm is holding us captive →
“A more benevolent social network would let its users have some choice in how they receive information. Like the option to see posts in chronological order. Like Twitter or Facebook.”
Digiday / Lucia Moses
Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and others remain Facebook Instant Articles holdouts →
For some publishers, the performance benefits of Facebook’s Instant Articles still don’t make up for the format’s financial tradeoff.
Recode / Peter Kafka
Disney isn’t going to bid for Twitter, either →
This leaves Salesforce, which has never confirmed publicly that it wants to make a deal.