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Tuesday, December 13, 2016
 | Philanthropists galvanize around news“Foundations should provide operating and project support with few or no strings attached.” By Molly de Aguiar. |
 | VR moves from experiments to immersion“If your production teams haven't already heard of these terms, get to know them: ambisonics, stereoscopic rendering, and photogrammetry will be standard by the end of the year.” By Ray Soto. |
 | Mobile websites are ready for reinvention“Digital-native news organizations have developed their own voice for the web. Now it's time to bring on mobile-native experiences and content.” By Priya Ganapati. |
 | The year of minority media“Despite hiring more minority writers, the power structure in legacy news organizations is still largely controlled by the same types of people.” By Katie Zhu. |
 | Bear witness — but then what?“There needs to be calls to action, or at least discussion, that give meaning to the reams of primary documents.” By Reyhan Harmanci. |
 | Back to basics“Those who were duped by the fake news and half-truths that ran rampant won't be fooled again. They want to be educated. They want to trust.” By Coleen O'Lear. |
 | Trusted news, at a premium“An essential area of growth next year will be in premium products at premium prices.” By Jon Slade. |
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Slate’s Chrome extension helps identify fake news on Facebook — and let readers flag it themselves“This is Fake,” a project that emerged from a post-election hack day at Slate, defines “fake” news as “something intentionally misleading, intentionally false.” By Shan Wang. |
 | Radically rethinking design“2017 means rethinking every aspect of our designs: what they say, what they assume, and how they might better serve our audiences.” By Melody Kramer. |
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Hot Pod: Is investigative reporting well served by podcasts?Plus: Apple podcast stats; speed listening; #SupportPOCpods. By Nicholas Quah. |
 | A terrible year for Tiers B through D“Digital media just isn’t a great business right now, and the idea of ‘acquiring millennials’ by buying up a site like Elite Daily has now proven to be at best very risky and at worst extremely dumb.” By Jeremy Barr. |
 | The coming collaboration across Europe“European media will develop a common vocabulary to test, measure and analyze the diversity and impact of our coverage, newsrooms, and stories.” By Adam Thomas. |
 | Вслед за Россией“In September, I returned to Moscow, this time with The Wall Street Journal, only to find fake news sites and ‘stories’ more sophisticated and streamlined than before.” By Amie Ferris-Rotman. |
 | The year of listening“Our addiction to scale and its primary fuel, social media, have created the illusion of expanding reach while actually eroding what made us indispensable in the first place: our role as trusted guides to a rapidly changing world.” By Andrew Haeg. |
 | The year of digital detoxing“We can no longer take comfort in creating second-screen experiences. We need to find meaningful space on primary screens with reduced time available.” By Dhiya Kuriakose. |
What We’re Reading
HoldTheFrontPage / David Sharman
Cardiff University founds a new trade body for hyperlocal news publishers →
“The network aims to strengthen and unify the hyperlocal sector by providing lobbying and advocacy, training and networking, as well as providing an online forum space. It will be free at point of access to all community journalists.”
The New York Times / Jonathan Taplin
Forget AT&T. The real monopolies are Google and Facebook →
“In the past decade, an enormous reallocation of revenue of perhaps $50 billion a year has taken place, with economic value moving from creators of content to owners of monopoly platforms.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Can the digital revolution save Indian journalism? →
“If India is to have its native-grown equivalents of Politico or Vox — independent news sites that are large and influential enough to alter the media landscape — we'll need a lot more innovation, agility, and yes, money.”
Jezebel / Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
If you’re shocked Teen Vogue is great, you’re not paying attention →
“Twitter was in disbelief that a publication for teen girls could be so intelligent and so political at once, though much of the shock came from older, established male journalists whose low expectations for teens, girls, and fashion magazines were on full, embarrassing display.”
The Financial Times / Madhumita Murgia and Duncan Robinson
Google faces EU curbs on how it tracks users to drive ads →
“The new rules would compel websites and browsers, such as Google Chrome, to switch from a default of allowing users to opt out of online advertising to asking them to opt in to view adverts based on their browsing history.”
Nuzzel
Nuzzel is launching newsletters for publishers →
“We believe we can offer an amazing combination of benefits by allowing publishers to curate email newsletters in much less time, create more newsletters, and thus generate increased traffic, engagement, and revenue,” Nuzzel CEO Jonathan Abrams said in an email.