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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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Competing news outlets in Norway are building a new standalone site dedicated entirely to fact-checkingFaktisk.no is a new collaboration between newspapers Dagbladet and VG and the country’s public broadcaster NRK: “One of the first things we realized was that we had to sit outside our own organizations.” By Shan Wang. |
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“Society 10 years from now”: This South Korean social video startup is made by millennials, for millennialsIn a rigid media landscape, Dotface finds a large — and growing — audience by publishing on issues that are passed over (or unevenly covered) by legacy news outlets. By Elaine Ramirez. |
What We’re Reading
Peabody Awards / Margaret Blanchard
Here are the Peabody Awards finalists →
“The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors have selected 60 finalists that represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in electronic media during 2016. As part of a new distinction introduced last year, jurors chose 60 finalists out of 1,200 entries from television, radio and the web.”
The Verge / Nilay Patel and Ben Popper
Oath isn’t just a terrible name – it’s going to be a nightmare ad-tracking machine →
“What Verizon wants, more than anything, is a piece of Google’s ad business.”
Medium / Nikki Usher
Does anyone care about journalism research? →
“The blame for the lack of conversations is more complicated than our research being out of touch with industry needs. It also has to do with a recognition that journalism and communication research is as much worthy of translation efforts as any other field. Moreover, effort is required on both sides to make sure that valuable research is both conducted and implemented.”
Campaign / Omar Oakes
The Guardian ‘considers’ move back to Manchester →
“The move could happen within two years, The Times reported, with editor Kath Viner said to be in favour of the move that would involve most editorial and administrative staff.”
Vanity Fair / Tina Nguyen
The battle for Breitbart after Bannon →
"There's no hierarchy, there's no office, there's no honest brokers. It's just controlled chaos."
BuzzFeed
Here’s how The White House Is legitimizing the pro-Trump media →
“In the blogging era, the political press largely took its editorial lead from the front page of Drudge. But in 2017 it's found a new assignment editor: President Donald Trump, who offers the appeal of not just page views but a gravitational pull of sorts — a kind of power few publications can possibly provide. As such, Cernovich's scoop hints at the contours of a symbiotic relationship that — though long present in political media — is sophisticated, self-perpetuating, and possibly aimed at discrediting its mainstream counterpart.”
Digiday / Lucinda Southern
The Telegraph gets 1 million monthly readers from Google Play Newsstand →
“The Telegraph publishes 80 percent of its content (about 240 stories) to Google Play Newsstand, while the remaining 20 percent is kept back for paying readers. This is, broadly speaking, the same content strategy as it has with all third-party platforms, including Apple News. Several top News stories within Newsstand include a profile on the suspect of the St. Petersburg bombing, and a row between the Church of England and the National Trust over an Easter Egg hunt.”
The Guardian / Amanda Meade
Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Age to employ fewer journalists and narrow coverage →
“Fairfax told staff on Wednesday it planned to reduce the editorial budget by $30m annually – by cutting staff and other costs – and overhaul the way it practises journalism across all its city mastheads and websites to focus on popular stories that attract a large readership.”
The Washington Post / Margaret Sullivan
Omidyar charity gives $100 million to boost journalism and fight hate speech →
“One of the first contributions, $4.5 million, will go to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the Washington-based group behind last year's Panama Papers investigation, which revealed offshore businesses and shell corporations, some of which were used for purposes such as tax evasion.”
ESPN / Jim Brady
New ESPN guidelines recognize connection between sports, politics →
“ESPN has issued new political and election guidelines for its employees that, while allowing for political discussion on the network's platforms, recommend connecting those comments to sports whenever possible. The new policies also provide separate guidelines for ESPN staffers working on news and those engaging in commentary.”
