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Friday, September 28, 2018
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“Find a way to resist being manipulated.”Plus: Twitter, Facebook, and Google sign on to the European Commission’s Code of Practice on Disinformation, and BBC Africa’s investigation into four murders. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Where local news has adapted to digital — and where it can still grow (hint: not geographically)Because PDF versions are really what we all need. By Christine Schmidt. |
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How the media encourages — and sustains — political warfareOppositional framing in news stories encourages oppositional thinking in news audiences. By Kyle Jensen and Jack Selzer. |
What We’re Reading
The New York Times / Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel
Facebook says an attack on its network exposed information from nearly 50 million users →
“The company discovered the breach earlier this week, finding that attackers had exploited a feature in Facebook's code that allowed them to take over user accounts. Facebook fixed the vulnerability and notified law enforcement officials. More than 90 million of Facebook's users were forced to log out of their accounts Friday morning, a common safety measure for compromised accounts.”
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism / Joseph Lichterman
A local French site is trying to reach new audiences through events →
“Local French site Rue89 Strasbourg wanted to find a way to better connect with the communities it covers while boosting its subscription program.”
Politico / Quint Forgey
New York Times opinion section yanks Twitter poll on Kavanaugh accuser →
“‘Christine Blasey Ford is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today,’ the Times wrote in the tweet. ‘Do you find her testimony credible?’ The account's followers were prompted to select ‘Yes,’ ‘No,’ or ‘Unsure.'”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
Bloomberg is using text-to-audio to keep app users engaged →
“Audio is particularly interesting for our audience because of that multitasking utility, that is a real news use case.”
Medium / Ernst Pfauth
How being open about your financials can help grow your reader-funded publication →
“When members respond to our annual reports, they often laud our choice to invest more than 50 percent of our revenue in journalism itself, and that we have relatively low overheads. They mention this as a reason for their support.”
The Verge / Jacob Kastrenakes
WikiLeaks has a new editor-in-chief because Julian Assange has no internet access →
“Assange has appointed Kristinn Hrafnsson to replace him. Hrafnsson is an Icelandic journalist who served as WikiLeaks' spokesperson from 2010 to 2016.”
J-Source / H.G. Watson
Refinery29 to launch in Canada in October →
“Headquartered in Toronto, the new Canadian edition will include a mix of localized content and global stories across fashion, beauty, wellness, politics and culture.”
Digiday / Jessica Davies
The New York Times expands international newsletters →
“The New York Times is launching a limited-edition newsletter for the U.K. that's dedicated to demystifying U.S. politics ahead of November's midterm elections.”
The Guardian / Kate Lamb
Indonesia’s government will hold weekly “hoax news” briefings →
“A specialized ministerial content control team, comprised of 70 people, will be tasked with identifying fake news stories.”
Journalism.co.uk / Jacob Granger
“Covering the full breadth of the continent was really important to me”: Reuters' Africa Journal launches →
“The international news agency looks to publish 16 to 20 concise multimedia packages a week talking about the latest innovations and developments coming out of the continent.”
Recode / Peter Kafka
It may be “data journalism,” but Julia Angwin's new site the Markup is nothing like FiveThirtyEight →
“Outlets like FiveThirtyEight…which analyze existing data sets and make predictions about topics ranging from political elections to Major League Baseball. ‘That's totally legitimate and awesome work,’ Angwin said, but once the new site launches in early 2019 she and her team will be proactively building new data sets — something she and her co-founder Jeff Larson previously did at ProPublica — in the interest of investigative journalism.” (We wrote about The Markup here.)