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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
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Post-election, how do you create a politics podcast for a market (still) flooded with politics podcasts?Plus: Shows aimed at kids seem to be doing well, the beginnings of a launch playbook for independent podcast studios, and the dangers of podcast pledge drives. By Nicholas Quah. |
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After blowing the lid off of the Marines United scandal, The War Horse wants to improve journalism on veterans and trauma“I’ve never been an editor. I’ve never been a development person for a newsroom. I’m a stubborn Marine grunt with a dream.” By Christine Schmidt. |
What We’re Reading
Columbia Journalism Review / Joshua Adams
This NBC reporter quit to become a Lyft driver and start a podcast: 'I'm doing my dream job' →
“It felt like I was a part of this machine that helped create that dynamic, and I didn't feel good about that. I noticed that I would find myself talking to my Uber or Lyft driver all the time, and I kind of had a light-bulb moment. There's a renewable resource not being captured, and that is great conversation where people connect. “
Journalism.co.uk / Caroline Scott
Why political journalism is in need of new approaches and innovation →
Podcast: Speakers at Journalism.co.uk’s latest newsrewired conference discuss the state of election reporting and political journalism
New York Magazine / Brian Feldman
Russia and China are clamping down on VPN access — so what? →
“These recent developments are just the latest in a burgeoning international tug-of-war over whether VPNs, or virtual private networks, can or should be regulated.”
The Membership Puzzle Project / Emily Goligoski
Three things we’re learning from media organizations about membership →
“#3: The social contract needs to be more rigorously considered.”
Storybench / Rachel Grozanick
Voxhop, a Journalism 360 Challenge winner, will help mediamakers record location-based audio in virtual reality →
“Journalism is currently salivating at the potential of VR to engage audiences and some newsrooms have already developed immersive experiences – The Guardian's project on solitary confinement or The Washington Post's tour of Mars. But making a VR experience that truly takes advantage of the medium requires approaching the story and the creative process in ways journalists aren't necessarily accustomed to.”
Politico / Hadas Gold
President Trump’s new chief of staff respects the press but will defer to his superior →
“To the extent that he's able, Kelly will try to develop more of a transactional, two-way approach to media relations, according to those who've dealt with him over the years. He'll respect them, if they respect him.”
Business Insider / Mike Shields
NowThis and Chase are rolling out a new content channel focused on personal finance →
“Chase and NowThis are entering a crowded arena. Not only are high-profile startups like Cheddar going after a business-interested millennial audience, but a slew of personal-finance-centric digital publications have recently joined the party, including Dow Jones’ Moneyish, Time Inc.’s Coinage, and the Facebook-born Stackin.”
Axios / Sara Fischer
Amazon’s eating the media, too →
“Amazon is reportedly working on not one, but two social media networks: Spark, a shopping social network, will rival Pinterest’s social commerce network and Anytime, a standalone messaging app, which could rival WeChat, Facebook and Snapchat.”
CNN Money / Oliver Darcy
J.K. Rowling got tricked by a fake news Tweet →
“Rowling said she was informed her tweets from Friday were ‘not a full or accurate representation’ of what happened at last Monday’s health care event at the White House and deleted them.”
Recode / Kurt Wagner
Reddit raised $200 million in funding and is now valued at $1.8 billion →
“The new funding round, the company's largest ever, should expedite a number of internal product and business efforts, including a redesign of its homepage and its first foray into user-uploaded video.”