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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
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The true crime show that’s gotten comparisons to Serial is heading for a second season and a new casePlus: The team behind Serial is getting ready for a new show, the Lewis Wallace/Marketplace debate, and are podcast networks responsible for the diversity of their shows? By Nicholas Quah. |
 | Follow the Money is both good advice for journalists and an investigative site aiming for 20,000 paying members“Letting people know that you’re actually listening to them, and that you pick up on stuff they tell you, enhances the trust.” By Joseph Lichterman. |
What We’re Reading
Poynter / Alexios Mantzarlis
PolitiFact raised $105,000 in 20 days through its newly launched membership program →
“That’s more than the fact-checkers had hoped to raise in all of 2017. As of Monday morning, 611 people had pledged at least $50, the annual amount required to qualify for the lowest tier of membership in the “Truth Squad.” A few hundred more donated less than that amount.”
Nieman Reports / Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky on journalism after Snowden →
“News outlets and governments exist in a version of the prisoner's dilemma. Publications have a short-term incentive to publish everything they know, but a long-term incentive to retain access to sources inside the government.”
Knight Foundation
Survey: Support amongst high school students for the First Amendment is the highest it’s been in the last 10 years →
“The national study of 11,998 high school students and 726 teachers is the sixth in a series of national surveys of high school students and teachers commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation over the last 10 years. It holds important implications for the future of the First Amendment. It also provides insights to journalists and news organizations as they explore ways to increase audience engagement and address issues with public trust.”
The Verge / Ben Popper and Peter Kafka
BuzzFeed vs. Trump →
“What are the potential repercussions of [BuzzFeed’s] aggressive approach to journalism, which pushes beyond some of its more traditional competitors? And in the Trump era, how should it balance the risk and reward of hard-hitting journalism at a company that makes most of its money on light-hearted entertainment?”
CNN / Brian Stelter
New Huffington Post editor Lydia Polgreen is seeking a new audience — Trump voters →
“Polgreen wants the site to ‘become a voice for people who feel that the fundamental political and economic power arrangements are unfair.’ That, she says, ‘includes a lot of people who voted for Donald Trump.'”
The Financial Times / David Bond
Axel Springer plans to expand Upday news service from four to 16 European countries →
“In the coming months, it will roll out the Upday service across most of western Europe, with new editorial hubs in Milan, Madrid, Amsterdam and Stockholm, and a doubling of the editorial team from 25 to 50.”