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Friday, March 31, 2017
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Newsonomics: Seven strange media questions for foolish timesSeven questions in what’s already been a very strange year. By Ken Doctor. |
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When the primary source is Trump himself: Factba.se compiles all Trump, on all platforms, at all timesThis easily searchable trove covers virtually every single communication that comes from Donald Trump himself across multiple social platforms, as well as from from the White House. By Shan Wang. |
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The only redeeming thing about fake news is that it’s ruining April Fool’s Day this yearPlus: A lot of junk news on Election Twitter in Michigan, the AP pushes for clarity, and fifth graders get better at B.S. detection. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Current / Mike Janssen
A Virginia network is getting $181 million from the sale of two stations in the FCC spectrum auction →
The stations going dark, WNVC in Fairfax and WNVT in Goldvein, are programmed by MHz Networks, a nonprofit that has been independent of Commonwealth since 2013. The stations carry programming aimed at a multicultural audience in suburban Washington, D.C., including some locally produced shows about Indian and Nepalese news and culture.
Digiday / Jessica Davies
The BBC launches a Brexit-specific Facebook Messenger bot →
A mix of editorial is being run through it, from video explainers to graphics as well as links through to stories on the BBC website. It has been designed to both keep people within the bot as well as direct them back to the BBC sites.
Poynter / Alexios Mantzarlis
Is it time to completely rethink fact-checking? →
“Fact-checking would start from the core issues that are being discussed in a campaign, or the big problems that face a community. The next step would be to find out what impressions people have that are correct and incorrect on those issues. Specific claims would be almost a third-order element in this system.”
Out / Aaron Hicklin
How the new Huffington Post editor turned her outsider perspective into a mission statement →
"I'd love Huff Post to be the place where the real conversation is happening about who gets to define what it is to be American, and what the real America is. My goal is to be the place where that conversation is happening."
Poynter / Benjamin Mullin
BuzzFeed is closing its Open Lab later this year →
“As we near the end of our original two-year commitment, we’ve learned that there are better ways to integrate new technologies into BuzzFeed’s mission,” BuzzFeed San Francisco Bureau Chief Mat Honan wrote in a note to employees. “That means that we will no longer continue to operate the Open Lab as a separate initiative, and we won’t renew the Open Lab fellowship after the current class finishes its work in October.”
Wired / David Pierce
Inside Cheddar, the would-be CNBC of the Internet →
“After almost a full year of broadcasting, founder and CEO Jon Steinberg says Cheddar is up to a million live views per day across platforms. On Facebook, 60 percent of viewers are under 35. You can also find Cheddar's shows on Twitter, Periscope, Vimeo, Amazon, iOS, Sling, Apple TV, and Roku, or even on platforms you've definitely never heard of, like Pluto and Xumo. For $2.99 a month, you can get access to exclusive interviews and the full Cheddar archive.”
PLOS Computational Biology
Ten simple rules for responsible big data research →
Including “Recognize that privacy is more than a binary value,” “Develop a code of conduct for your organization, research community, or industry,” and “Design your data and systems for auditability.”