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Thursday, March 14, 2019
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Nine local partners in Charlotte form a new reporting collaborative, with Solutions Journalism Network and the Knight Foundation“Gone are the days when a single news organization had the resources to dominate local news coverage, or when multiple news organizations would enter fierce competition to ‘win’ on the same local story.” By Christine Schmidt. |
What We’re Reading
Reynolds Journalism Institute / Laura Johnston
How The Wall Street Journal promotes digital thinking beyond numbers →
“Engaging newsroom staff in conversations about digital audience and readership helps them understand why they should care about engagement and how to set strategies for improving the reach of their work.”
Wired / Nitasha Tiku
How Google influences the conversation in Washington →
“When Trump took office in January 2017, Google listed 141 organizations that receive funding from the company's public policy division. Since then the number has more than doubled, to 349.”
Better News / Ben Woodard, Lynda Mapes, and Danny Gawlowski
How the Seattle Times used a breaking news approach on enterprise reporting →
“During one week, Lynda's orca reporting accounted for nearly 20 percent of all of our site's page views. The coverage led to hundreds of new digital subscriptions, which is a major focus of our business strategy.”
Washington Post / Eli Rosenberg
Here’s the reporter who dug out Tucker Carlson’s tapes →
“It just took 10 hours a day [listening to] Bubba the Love Sponge to figure out.”
The Tennessean / Adam Tamburin
Tennessee Supreme Court expands protections for journalists facing libel claims →
Happ Sunshine Week: “In their unanimous ruling, the state’s high court said a reporter’s motive could not be used as a factor in defamation cases, ruling the question of malice moot and broadening the state’s fair-report privilege, which protects journalists from libel claims.”
Center for Cooperative Media / Stefanie Murray
10 ways the media industry can improve the future of collaboration →
“The word collaboration is mentioned 31 times in the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy's new report…. Let's dive a little deeper into how collaboration can benefit media (and especially local news ecosystems) and what else might be needed to spur successful efforts.”
Quartz India / Nikhil Inamdar
How Narendra Modi has almost killed the Indian media →
“Raiding news channels, boycotting prime-time debates, and stopping government advertising — a significant source of revenue for the industry — have been among the common tactics used by the Modi regime. Unwillingness to toe the line has often led to high-profile editorial sackings.”
The New York Times / Michael Laforgia, Matthew Rosenberg, and Gabriel J.X. Dance
Facebook’s data deals are under criminal investigation →
“A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed records from at least two prominent makers of smartphones and other devices… Both companies had entered into partnerships with Facebook, gaining broad access to the personal information of hundreds of millions of its users.”
The Daily Beast / Maxwell Tani
First Look Media, parent company of The Intercept, lays off four percent of its staff →
The company is reportedly shutting down the Snowden archive and closing its research team.
Washington Post / Jason Rezaian
Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez Soto’s U.S. asylum appeal is denied →
“Like so many of those before him, he was unable to accept the [John Aubuchon Press Freedom] award in person because he was in prison. The major difference among all these cases is that Gutierrez is the only one being persecuted by the American government.”
Variety / Janko Roettgers
Google shuts down its VR film studio Spotlight Stories →
“Google is said to have invested significant amounts of money into Spotlight Stories over the years, without giving the group a mandate to monetize their works. However, while Spotlight Stories films pushed the medium forward, the group didn't necessarily improve the fortunes of Google's VR efforts, with the company struggling to find an audience for its Daydream VR headset.”
The Information / Aaron Tilley
Apple acquires Laserlike, an AI-based story recommendation engine that could be used in Apple News →
“Laserlike had built a smartphone app, now no longer available in Google and Apple's mobile app stores, that let users follow topics in which they were interested, such as news, music and sports. Laserlike’s technology was also recently used by Mozilla to test out a Firefox browser add-on that would generate recommendations of sites to visit based on the user’s browsing habits.”