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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
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Five months in, the News Integrity Initiative is refining its focus on diversity, transparency, and trust“Fundamentally, we have always seen NII as a public service project. We want people to feel powerful — visible, valued, and engaged in their communities because they are armed with relevant and reliable news and information.” By Ricardo Bilton. |
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Newsonomics: After a purge, the Los Angeles Times (still) searches for a futureCan it attract a new editor of national stature with digital savvy? Or will continued chaos within Tronc scare talent off? By Ken Doctor. |
What We’re Reading
The Hollywood Reporter / Georg Szalai
Snapchat’s content chief says scripted shows are coming to the platform this year →
“‘We see mobile as being fundamentally a new medium,’ VP of content Nick Bell said, mentioning its focus on shorter, meaning three to five minutes in length, content and closeups over wide shots. ‘Snapchat is creating a new mobile language.'”
Lickability / Brian Capps
The Atlantic relaunches its iOS app →
“From top to bottom, The Atlantic 5.0 is a universal iOS app that is more modern, easier to use, and faster. The app's speedier tab bar navigation now clearly organizes the content into top stories, sections, and magazines…It's also quicker than ever to save stories and full magazine issues for reading offline and manage those items so they don't take up too much space.”
The New York Times / Matt Stevens
The Twitter hashtag turns 10 →
“Like anything that becomes popular — especially if it was organic and grass roots — corporations take it over and incorporate it into marketing.”
Multichannel News / John Eggerton
Sinclair fires back at merger critics, says it will “save” over-the-air TV →
“Sinclair firmly believes in the mission of local broadcasting and this filing fully explains the public interest benefits that this transaction will provide as a result of the efficiencies and scale created by the combination of Sinclair and Tribune. This acquisition will help to ensure the future of the free and local television model for both Tribune and Sinclair's local communities.”
The Atlantic / Alexis C. Madrigal
“Link in bio” keeps Instagram nice →
“Instagram does not pretend to be part of the public sphere. It is not the natural home of #theresistance. It's a place for the Sunday's-best version of your personal life to have space on the internet.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Pete Vernon
If there’s a future for The Village Voice, it’s digital →
The Voice is ending its print edition: “The question, of course, is how and whether the publication (even one as legacy-rich as the Voice) can command the attention, and the ad dollars, it will need to survive in the digital realm, where competition is even more brutal.”
Wired / Nick Stockton
We can’t stop checking the news either. Welcome to the new FOMO →
“43 percent of smartphone users check their phone within five minutes of waking up.”
The Outline / Adrianne Jeffries
How Mic.com exploited social justice for clicks →
“How Mic.com exploited social justice for clicks, and then abandoned a staff that believed in it.”
Journalism.co.uk / Caroline Scott
How a Vox reporter uses social audiences to inspire his latest video series →
“Using the power of social media and the internet, Vox gathered over 6,000 suggestions for where Harris should go, and used these to devise his route through Japan, Svalbard, Haiti, Mexico, Morocco and finally China.”
Digiday / Lucia Moses
The Washington Post brings artificial intelligence to its native ads →
“The Washington Post built an ad product called Own that lets brands use their own content but promises to improve its chances of being seen and read (or watched) with the aid of Heliograf, a news-writing bot the Post built for the editorial side.”