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Monday, June 19, 2017
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How one journalist used postcards to report on gentrification in his Boston neighborhoodCombining individual stories and actionable information, the East Boston, Nuestra Casa project attempts to inform and educate the Latino community in East Boston. By Joseph Lichterman. |
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With The Lily, The Washington Post wants to draw young women in (but won’t do a subscription hard sell)“We wanted to reach an audience we’re not reaching as well as we could.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
Medium / Andrea Faye Hart
City Bureau’s co-founder on disrupting vs. repairing in the local media landscape →
“Disruption does not mean destruction. For us, disruption is the first step on the way to repair.”
NPR.org
NPR funds two pilots from 2017 Story Lab workshop →
“Midnight Oil,” from Alaska Public Media, explores the Trans-Alaska pipeline’s drastic effects on the state. “Inter(Nation)al” is a multi-platform series that tells the story of America’s past and present through the lens of treaties between Native Americans and the U.S. government.
Variety / Todd Spangler
Under CNN’s wing, this YouTube star is launching a daily news show–on an app →
Why is Jeff Zucker working with a guy who once was famous for snowboarding while being towed by a Jeep through New York City?
Digiday / Bran Morrissey
The New York Times CEO on state of digital advertising: ‘Nightmarish joke’ →
"The world of digital advertising is a nightmarish joke," Mark Thompson said during a panel discussion at Cannes. "Mark Zuckerberg's first post about fake news, Facebook managed to serve an ad for fake news next to it. It's a joke. It's out of control. There are all sorts of creepy, borderline fraudulent middlemen, this thicket of strange companies, tracking pixels on everything. You couldn't think of a more dangerous environment for a brand."
The Wall Street Journal / Lukas I. Alpert and Shalini Ramachandran
Vice Media secures $450 million investment from private-equity firm TPG, valuing the company at about $5.7 billion →
Vice will use some of the new money to create a subscription service based on something similar it offers in Japan for mobile phones. The company will also invest in scripted programming for its fledgling Viceland cable channel and mobile and digital platforms, and expand its international footprint.
The New York Times / Daniel J. Wakin
O, Canada! The New York Times has expanded its coverage north of the border →
The Times’ Canadian operations are part of a larger effort to grow its subscriber base outside the United States. It has also launched expanded operations in Australia and Mexico.
Denverite / Andrew Kenney
The Denver Post’s marijuana editor campaigned against drug testing for pot at the paper →
"Yes, our policy did change several months ago," editor-in-chief Lee Ann Colacioppo confirmed in an email. The newspaper no longer administers pre-employment drug tests for certain jobs, including all newsroom jobs, she wrote.
Buzzfeed / Rafael Cabrera and Hayes Brown
Did the Mexican government deploy spyware against journalists? →
“Far from being random, the researchers say, the messages were highly targeted, sent as the recipients were nearing publication of news stories or releasing information developments in investigations that would be damaging to the government and particularly Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.”
Politico / Joe Pompeo
The not-so-bitter rivalry of Dean Baquet and Marty Baron →
“They’re pals who once vied for the same jobs. Now, as editors of The New York Times and The Washington Post, they're locked in a daily battle for Trump scoops.”