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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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Working across disciplines: A manifesto for happy newsroomsFor news outlets to successfully innovate, interdisciplinary teams are essential. Here’s how to make them work. By Uli Köppen. |
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Six months into 2019, what new do we know about the state of podcasting?Plus: The role of star power in launching shows, the news peg that arrives after the show is done, and Netflix adds a podcast audio track. By Nicholas Quah. |
What We’re Reading
Politico / Michael Calderone
Jeffrey Epstein prosecutors cite "excellent investigative journalism" →
"While [Miami Herald reporter Julie K.] Brown's November story brought Epstein back into the spotlight, there wasn't immediate fallout. Brown told CNN she continued pursuing the story so that law enforcement and government officials wouldn't 'forget that these women were out there…They want to tell their story, and they want justice.'"
New York Times / Elizabeth Williamson
New scandals rock government’s foreign broadcasting service →
“Along with many others over the past two years, the scandals have brought intensified scrutiny and criticism to the agency, formerly known as the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Created during World War II to be an objective, trusted source of information in nations where freedom of the press is under attack, the agency has 3,500 journalists who reach more than 345 million people in 100 countries each week.”
Medium / Will Oremus
Why YouTube keeps demonetizing videos of the Hong Kong protests →
“Two channels that have been affected, according to their creators, are China Uncensored and Hong Kong Free Press, both of which have been regularly posting videos of the protests, alongside other news coverage and commentary. Both have since had monetization reinstated on some or all of their content, with some of the changes coming shortly after inquiries to YouTube from OneZero.”
Bloomberg / Mark Bergen and Kurt Wagner
How Facebook fought fake news about Facebook →
“According to a former staffer who worked with Stormchaser, the initiative showed how the company prioritized projects refuting fake news about Facebook over other forms of misinformation spreading on the social network. The company now hires outside fact-checking groups to try to correct false content on its service, although results have been spotty. Still, other former employees described Stormchaser as a necessary effort to inform users and clarify information, something that most companies do.”
U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals court rules Trump can’t block people on Twitter →
“[W]hatever the challenges of applying the Constitution to ever‐advancing technology, 'the basic principles of freedom of speech and the press, like the First Amendment's command, do not vary' when a new and different medium for communication appears.”
Arizona State University / Kai Shu and Huan Liu
A new book: "Detecting Fake News on Social Media" →
“This book, from a data mining perspective, introduces the basic concepts and characteristics of fake news across disciplines, reviews representative fake news detection methods in a principled way, and illustrates challenging issues of fake news detection on social media.”
Detour
These are the Detour Detroit Emerging Voices fellows →
“Emerging Voices is designed to tell the story of Detroit's present and future in the voice of its residents…These six fellows, hailing from across the city of Detroit, will undergo a six-month immersive training in citizen journalism and engagement best practices."