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Friday, August 9, 2019
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Newsonomics: The perils — and promises — of New GannettWhat will the largest local news company need to do and be to be successful in the 2020s? Neither Gannett nor Gatehouse has offered any big vision of what that is, or could be, even fueled by new money. By Ken Doctor. |
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Facebook is reportedly interested in licensing publishers’ content for its News tab this fallAnd they totally won’t pivot again. By Christine Schmidt. |
What We’re Reading
The New Yorker / Anna Wiener
The lonely work of moderating Hacker News →
“On Facebook and YouTube, moderation is often done reactively and anonymously, by teams of overworked contractors; on Reddit, teams of employees purge whole user communities like surgeons removing tumors. Gackle and Bell, by contrast, practice a personal, focussed, and slow approach to moderation, which they see as a conversational act.”
The Atlantic / Lulu Garcia-Navarro
The media erased Latinos from the El Paso shooting story →
“In the days since the El Paso shooting, we have seen more Latino journalists writing and appearing on television. That's progress. But it took a massacre. And I'm worried that this improved representation will not persist when this awful news cycle comes to an end.”
The New York Times / Tina Jordan
The New York Times has launched a newsletter mini-series on being a better reader →
Day 7: “Enhance your post-book experience.”
First Draft / Shaydanay Urbani
“A time of great shift”: Journalists reflect on covering mass shootings and extremism →
“First Draft talked to three reporters from different newsrooms who reported on the weekend's shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, to hear their biggest challenges in reporting on mass shootings in an age of disinformation and online radicalization.”
Al Jazeera / Zubair Sofi
Kashmir newspapers have not published since Monday →
“Restrictions on movement and a communications blackout for a third day in Indian-administered Kashmir have frustrated the region’s journalists, who call their struggle since Monday to get information about the disputed region out an ‘unprecedented’ situation.”
Digiday / Tim Peterson
Flipboard is launching its first co-branded podcast series with Digital Trends →
“Flipboard's collaboration with Digital Trends on the live show and podcast appears to be a continuation of the company's effort to tighten ties with publishers. That had been a major focus for Flipboard in 2018 when the company launched an ad campaign as a part of a broader charm offensive with publishers that coincided with Facebook's de-prioritization of publishers' content in the news feed.”
Current / Joey Peters
In St. Louis, a mini journalism school makes public radio listeners advocates for real news →
“Roughly 100 people, most of them St. Louis Public Radio members and supporters, paid $120 to attend. They visited St. Louis Public Radio's community room in the city's downtown Grand Center neighborhood to participate in evening sessions hosted by journalists from outlets across the region. Topics included serious issues like media literacy and libel law and lighter fare like food reporting and TV weather coverage.”
Lenfest Institute / Joseph Lichterman
How a local reporter’s work on the legacy of a freed slave was turned into a high school play →
“Not everyone is going to read a story on your website, watch it on the 11pm newscast, or hear it on your podcast. Different communities have different information needs, and it's on newsrooms to find the best way to share their reporting with different audiences.”
Broadcasting and Cable
CBS’s local streaming news service will debut by early 2020 →
“It is clear there is significant demand for high-quality local news coverage on streaming services, and we are moving forward with excitement as we prepare to launch CBSN Local services in all 13 of our local news markets. Our accelerated rollout schedule ensures launches in all of these markets ahead of the 2020 political primaries and elections.”