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Thursday, September 5, 2019
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The Atlantic (re)joins the metered paywall club, with digital subscriptions starting at $49.99/yearYou’ll get five free stories a month; after that, you’ll be asked to pay up. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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KUOW’s events encouraging people to get to know Muslims, Trump supporters, and more seem to actually be having an impactResearchers — including KUOW’s executive producer for audience engagement — analyzed the impact of the Ask A series on 113 participants, finding that they increase empathy for and understanding of these other groups. By Christine Schmidt. |
What We’re Reading
Technology at NPR / Nara Kasbergen
A glimpse under the hood of “Alexa, play Morning Edition” →
“The ability for us to make Morning Edition available on-demand was no small feat. Morning Edition is not like our podcasts because it’s designed to be a mix of national and local stories; some segments are produced by our reporters at our headquarters here in DC and at bureaus around the world, while others are produced by your local member station and included in the broadcast at designated intervals throughout the show. We’d intentionally never made Morning Edition available on-demand before because we couldn’t figure out how to digitally reproduce a faithful version of the program with local segments included, which would’ve essentially involved creating 300 or so versions of Morning Edition at any given time.”
Journalism.co.uk / Daniel Green
How a Danish local TV station is using Instagram news memes to attract younger audiences →
“For TV2 Østjylland, it simply means to convey the story in just one picture while being funny and easy to understand. Not all news stories are appropriate, for example, tragic events. However, topics which people have strong opinions on work the best, as well as those aimed at a wide audience.”
The Idea / Saanya Jain
Q&A: David Gurian-Peck, VP of subscription growth and planning at The New York Times →
“Another thing we've been doing is trying to test and understand the full willingness to pay for The New York Times. We have had a lot of success at the lower end with an offer we've had in the market now for the past year, where it's a dollar a week for the first year and then stepping up to full price [$143/year for a one-year, basic digital subscription].”
Columbia Journalism Review / Jon Allsop
CNN’s climate town hall was a step forward. But we still need a climate debate. →
“In the grand scheme of things, the existence of a seven-hour forum devoted solely to the climate crisis — in prime time on a major network — was a step forward. ‘Just seeing the words “Climate Crisis” in red on screen is a victory for our movements,’ the writer and climate campaigner Naomi Klein tweeted, referring to CNN's branding; the meteorologist Eric Holthaus called the town hall ‘unbelievably hopeful.’ The challenge for CNN — and all its counterparts in the mainstream media — is to sustain this high level of attention.”
Engadget / Igor Bonifacic
Facebook debuts new notifications to fight vaccine misinformation →
“Whenever Facebook users search for vaccine-related content, including through groups and hashtags, the social network will display a card that prompts those individuals to instead obtain information from a credible source.”
Engadget / Igor Bonifacic
Facebook debuts new notifications to fight vaccine misinformation →
“Whenever Facebook users search for vaccine-related content, including through groups and hashtags, the social network will display a card that prompts those individuals to instead obtain information from a credible source.”
Medium / Logan McDonald
How BuzzFeed’s tech team helps journalists report on technology with authority →
"The Tech + News Working Group” is a BuzzFeed News collaboration between reporters and nearly every role across the tech department — including SREs, SWEs, data scientists and product managers.
Columbia Journalism School
Penelope Abernathy, author of local news research, named Columbia’s 2019 Welles Memorial Prize winner →
"We're excited to recognize Penny, who is a well-respected journalism professional and senior media business executive," said Raju Narisetti, director of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship. “Her singular body of research on the state of local news as well as her studies on potential business models that could sustain future local news endeavors has driven real-world change and conversations among foundations, national news outlets, policy makers and the tech industry in America.”