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Friday, January 27, 2017
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How easy is it to securely leak information to some of America’s top news organizations? This easyOne quick download and a codename: If I can use SecureDrop, you can do it too. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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With its existence under threat from a new president, the core concepts of American public broadcasting turn 50 this weekThe Carnegie Commission on Educational Television’s 1967 report established the framework for the modern system of public television and radio — and prompted the first political fights over its future. By Joseph Lichterman. |
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“Stakeholder-driven journalism” is the real future of watchdog reporting, a new book argues“The problem with the current model for investigative reporting is that it depends on mainstream media for distribution. What that really means is that we're putting ourselves on a burning platform.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
What We’re Reading
Jovrnalism / Robert Hernandez
A group of USC students produced 360-degree videos of the inauguration for The New York Times and NPR →
“As I'd hoped, the students and I learned a ton that day, often the hard way. But, more importantly, we learned how to make better shots after looking at the moments captured by Kassie Bracken and others on The Times team.”
Poynter / Kristen Hare
In a shift away from print, The Dallas Morning News is laying off 25 and outsourcing its newspaper design →
“The Morning News' print design team, 30 will become multi-platform editor jobs. Another five newsroom employees are losing their jobs.”
Politico / Kelsey Sutton
Upworthy to merge with Good Worldwide, newsrooms to consolidate →
“The companies will also combine their newsrooms, including their reporting, video, design and interactive staffs and resources. About 20 people from both Upworthy and Good were informed Friday morning that their jobs had been eliminated as part of the companies' merger.”
Poynter / Kristen Hare
More than 1500 people have joined MuckRock’s Slack devoted to FOIA and Trump →
MuckRock first launched the Slack with a small group of people about a week after Trump won the election. The channel works to help build requests, workshop ideas, ask questions and share results. As of Thursday, 1,500 people have signed up.
Business Insider / Alex Heath
Facebook is testing a Snapchat Stories-like feature in its app in Ireland →
“Facebook is giving Stories prominent placement at the top of its app, like Instagram. The move is part of a broader strategy on Facebook’s part to not only curb Snapchat’s growth, but also to get people to share more with their phone cameras — a concept that Snapchat pioneered.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
Quartz plans to double commercial team in the UK to 20 →
Over 25 percent of Quartz’s revenue in 2016 came from outside the U.S.
Digiday / Max Willens
With The Scope, Huffington Post joins the vertical craze →
‘Rather than straight news or straight service, The Scope is meant to house service-y stories produced by lifestyle reporters, policy-focused stories filed by correspondents in DC, and everything in between.’
AdWeek
Condé Nast ditches the title of ‘publisher’ in major executive shake-up →
Publishers at at the company’s magazines will be rebranded “chief business officers” or “chief industry officers,” echoing similar changes at Time Inc. and Tronc last year.
J-source / Dylan C. Robertson
New York Times hires Toronto Star columnist Catherine Porter as Toronto bureau chief →
The Times is also adding two more reporters to cover Canada. This week the paper announced similar expansion plans in Australia as part of a larger effort to grow its international subscriber base.