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Sabtu, 24 Maret 2018

Okay, if Facebook and Google aren’t publishers: How about editors?: The latest from Nieman Lab

Friday, March 23, 2018

Okay, if Facebook and Google aren’t publishers: How about editors?

Plus: Facebook found (and shut down) a Macedonian disinformation effort in the Alabama special election, and Facebook groups could get garbage-y fast. By Laura Hazard Owen.

On the Pactio platform, loyal readers follow and fund their favorite individual beat reporters

“We work in the membership model more than the subscription model, in that the primary motivation for people to support a journalist on Pactio is the fact that they want your reporting to exist in the first place.” By Shan Wang.

For public radio stations, “membership” mostly means “money”

What We’re Reading

Slate Magazine / Rachelle Hampton

Until journalism is a real meritocracy, J-school is a necessary evil for people of color →

“As important as journalism internships are — and they are important — screeds advocating against J-school rarely acknowledge that a fair amount of journalists who look like me need the institutional legitimacy of places like Northwestern to even get an internship. And for people who can't afford to work a low-paid or unpaid internship after college, getting your foot in the door as early as possible is paramount.”

The Wall Street Journal / Benjamin Mullin

New York Media acquires Splitsider from The Awl Network →

“Splitsider will be folded into New York Media's pop culture website, Vulture, said Pam Wasserstein, chief executive of New York Media. The site's archives will remain intact, and the Splitsider.com web address will redirect to a landing page on Vulture.com. Megh Wright, Splitsider's only full-time employee, will join the staff at Vulture.”

Medium / Emily Roseman

Here’s the blog for Shorenstein’s Single Subject News Project →

“We’re a team on a mission to discover best practices on how nonprofit, single-subject news sites can engage, grow and monetize their online audiences.”

Columbia Journalism Review / Matthew S. Weber and Allie Kosterich

Study: Data and platform-based jobs grow substantially in NYC newsrooms →

“We find that data, analytic, and platform-based (DAP) jobs have grown substantially in newspaper and online media companies, now accounting for an estimated 9 percent of all jobs in those companies, while the share of traditional, non-DAP jobs decreased 8 percent in online media (9 percent in newspapers and 5 percent in broadcast).”

The Drum / Ian Burrell

How The New York Times is convincing commercial partners to pay for its journalism →

“We are not distributing crackers. Our journalists aren't repping their crackers.”

Digiday / Max Willens

How publishers are monetizing their Facebook groups →

“In April, Outside Magazine will launch a Facebook group it created with an advertiser as part of a multimedia buy, a first for the publisher…The group will include a pinned post directing readers to a piece of branded content explaining the brand's involvement, and the brand will share moderating duties with Outside editorial staffers.”

TechCrunch / Sarah Perez

Medium is now paying some writers cash bonuses →

“The bonus level is currently set at $100, but that could change in the future.”

Internews / Eva Constantaras, Asad Jan, Asma Usman and Muhammad Adil

The promise and challenge of data journalism in Pakistan →

A report on an Internews-supported Internews 12-month program centered around bringing journalism to remote tribal areas of Pakistan: “Aspiring data journalists often believe that there is not enough data available in their country. This is almost never the case. Conducting an open data assessment before program launch served several purposes.”

Jumat, 23 Maret 2018

Newsonomics: Is Tronc about to go on the market?: The latest from Nieman Lab

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Newsonomics: Is Tronc about to go on the market?

Even without the L.A. Times, it still controls a lot of important newspapers. Will it sell them to Gannett, Murdoch, local individuals in each city — or to yet another private equity firm looking to strip papers for parts? By Ken Doctor.

“The Internet is telling you you’re pregnant, dying, or both.” Clue wants to do better.

“We’re thinking about our voice as an empathetic older sister who happens to be an OB-GYN.” By Laura Hazard Owen.

Here’s a new online community that looks to be a one-stop shop for global data journalism resources

What We’re Reading

Variety / Todd Spangler

Campbell Brown: Facebook has “been caught flat-footed” with the data scandal →

“Brown also acknowledged that it was a mistake for Facebook to threaten legal action against the U.K.'s Guardian prior to the newspaper publishing a story about Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Facebook data. ‘Not probably our wisest move,’ she said.”

The Membership Puzzle Project / Anika Gupta

On-air, online, and on demand: The changing face of public radio membership →

And see their database of 50 public radio stations’ membership pitches here.

Bloomberg / Firat Kozok

Turkey gives its aggressive TV censor control over the web →

“The regulation will require online video streaming companies and pay-TV services to apply for a license from the watchdog, known by its Turkish initials RTUK. Courts can block access for Turkish users if the necessary permits aren't secured. RTUK has become notorious for aggressively handing out penalties or banning broadcasts that it judges to be immoral, inconsistent with Turkish family values, or that stray from the government line on politics.”

Poynter / David Beard

Why CNN’s S. Mitra Kalita believes the homepage is not dead →

“In the rush to get our content on other platforms, let’s not forget about our own.”

Buzzfeed / Emily Dugan and Mark Di Stefano

This man’s gun-loving friends were kicked off Facebook. So he started Gunbook →

Gunbook “was set up by David Scott, a 57-year-old shooting instructor who lives in Kilsyth, 20 miles from Dunblane. It went live three weeks ago and he says it already has more than 1,000 members, around 60 of whom are from the US.”

Reuters

Meredith will cut about 1,200 jobs and sell Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and Money magazines →

Separately, in Politico’s Morning Media, Michael Calderone reported on Meredith CEO Tom Harty’s town hall meetings: “Harty took questions from employees, including whether Meredith would sell Time or Fortune to David Pecker, a Trump ally and CEO of National Enquirer parent company American Media, Inc. Harty said they would not, while stressing that Meredith would only work with buyers who similarly value editorial integrity and independence, according to staffers.”

Recode / Kara Swisher and Kurt Wagner

Here's the transcript of Recode's interview with Mark Zuckerberg about the Cambridge Analytica controversy →

Kara Swisher: What is "open," is that a "yes" or a "no"? Mark Zuckerberg: Well. Kara Swisher: They want you, Mark.

Kamis, 22 Maret 2018

Holding algorithms (and the people behind them) accountable is still tricky, but doable: The latest from Nieman Lab

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Holding algorithms (and the people behind them) accountable is still tricky, but doable

“We were able to demystify this black box, this algorithm that had very scary connotations, and break it down into what ended up being a very simple linear model.” By Christine Schmidt.

Fill in the blanks: What’s still missing from the study of fake news? (A whole lot.)

A big new report from the Hewlett Foundation pulls together existing research on social media, political polarization, and disinformation to show where we still need to know more. By Laura Hazard Owen.

“Longevity drops”? Sure. Climate change? Not so much: What are people getting from science Facebook pages?

What We’re Reading

Digiday / Lucia Moses

The Atlantic’s new family section is built for the post-news feed era (aka a Facebook group and a newsletter) →

“The section is the first big editorial initiative by The Atlantic, now majority owned by Laurene Powell Jobs, since the publisher announced plans to grow the staff by 100 people (30 percent) overall over the next year to 18 months, with as much as half going to editorial.”

Fast Company / Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

People are developing their own tools for investigating, nudging, and altering the world's largest social network →

“Across the web, #deletefacebook is trending–but another form of user dissent is as well. The work of researchers, designers, and artists interrogating the social media giant is reaching a new audience intent on understanding and influencing their own digital footprints.”

ProPublica / Adriana Gallardo

How ProPublica collected nearly 5,000 stories of maternal harm →

“Of all of the messages we targeted to black mothers in the database, the one that resonated the most was asking if they wanted to talk with their own mothers or daughters about their personal experiences of childbirth.”

The Conversation / Elissa Redmiles

Think Facebook can manipulate you? Look out for virtual reality →

“Combined, the intensity of virtual reality experiences and the even more personal data they collect present the specter of fake news that's much more powerful than text articles and memes. Rather, immersive, personalized experiences may thoroughly convince people of entirely alternate realities, to which they are perfectly susceptible. Such immersive VR advertisements are on the horizon as early as this year.”

Quartz / Joon Ian Wong

One WhatsApp founder says you should delete Facebook. The other uses it to share pro-Trump stories →

“WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014. One of the men who founded the chat app, Brian Acton, generated headlines by calling for people to #DeleteFacebook following news of the unauthorized use of 50 million users' personal data by Cambridge Analytica, a consulting firm that claims credit for Donald Trump's election victory. But Acton's WhatsApp co-founder, Jan Koum, seems to have no qualms using his Facebook account.”

Columbia Journalism Review / Mathew Ingram

'It just felt right': David Carroll on suing Cambridge Analytica →

“When I learned of the military work of the parent company [SCL Group] there was this idea that there was no longer a boundary between civilian and military sectors of this business. The data itself is intermingled, so there's election campaign data being used for other unknown, potentially clandestine, covert purposes.”

Recode / Peter Kafka

Google and Facebook can't help publishers because they're built to defeat publishers →

“Not a coincidence: Both Google and Facebook say they want to help publishers sell subscriptions to their stuff. And both Google and Facebook range from uninterested to barely interested in selling subscriptions to their own stuff.”

Journalism.co.uk / Caroline Scott

How 45 journalists started again, and built a profitable news business from scratch →

“Fifty per cent of the company is owned by the reporters, so it’s in their interest as it is their money – they are all shareholders in the paper, and are able decide what they want to write about.”

Rabu, 21 Maret 2018

Google announces a $300M ‘Google News Initiative’ (though this isn’t about giving out grants directly to newsrooms, like it does in Europe): The

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Google announces a $300M ‘Google News Initiative’ (though this isn’t about giving out grants directly to newsrooms, like it does in Europe)

Also: an easier subscription flow, $10 million for media literacy in U.S. high schools, fact-checking efforts in search around health issues, and more. By Shan Wang.

The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica fallout continues. Data breach? No. Pretty bad? Yes

Hidden cameras. Leadership disagreements. And, oh yeah, misinformation is still a problem. By Christine Schmidt.

This Indian startup wants to free — and find stories in — public data that’s messy and inaccessible

What is the state of philanthropy in India? Why are girls dropping out from certain schools at higher rates? How India Lives looks for the answers to these types of questions other organizations have, in publicly available data. By Gangadhar Patil.

What We’re Reading

Poynter / Daniel Funke

Snopes has its site back. But the legal battle over its ownership will drag on for months →

Now, Snopes is asking its readers to contribute $2 million to stay afloat.

The Atlantic / Robinson Meyer

YouTube decided an exclusive news video by The Atlantic was “borderline” hate speech and removed it from YouTube search results →

"It is up to YouTube to hire people who can tell the difference between videos made by Nazis and videos about Nazis," said Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic.

Axios / Erica Pandey

With iHeart Media and Cumulus Media preparing for bankruptcy — but 93 percent of adults tuning in each week — what’s next for terrestrial radio? →

“The future of terrestrial radio is grim because it has failed to engage the newest generation of consumers, Miller says. Even the older, more engaged consumers of radio could slip away as automobile dashboards add options for on-demand, voice-activated content in addition to linear AM/FM radio.”

Columbia Journalism Review / Andrea Wenzel and Sam Ford

Why the Ohio County Monitor is breaking bread at “liars tables” →

"They have an opportunity there to build a site that people frequent for more than just what's going on in the community from a news standpoint, but also what's going on from a social standpoint or what's going on and how people can get involved a little bit more on some of the more current events—how that actually relates to people throughout the community."

Digiday / Lucia Moses

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica revelations cast a shadow on online ad practices →

“I do not think the world is going to end, but I do think the industry will have to button up a bit."

The Wall Street Journal / Benjamin Mullin

Cheddar raises $22 million for international expansion →

“Some of the money from the raise will go toward building a second news network, called Cheddar Big News. The streaming network will focus on general-interest happenings in the mode of local TV news. The network, which will cost between $1 and $1.5 million to launch, is scheduled to debut in April, Mr. Steinberg said. The company is also planning to launch a channel on Snapchat Discover in April focused on business and tech news.”

Fortune / Kristen Bellstrom and Beth Kowitt

Women accuse Tronc’s retiring chairman of inappropriate advances →

“Allegations of questionable behavior by Ferro come as little surprise to some who previously worked with him in his media ventures. Fortune spoke with nine former staffers at the magazines Splash and Grid, who were employed by the Sun-Times publications during Ferro's ownership of the paper (Ferro ceded control of the Sun-Times in 2016). These former employees say Ferro was heavily involved with both magazines and the encounters they describe with him suggest an uncomfortable workplace for women.”

STAT News / Helen Branswell

When towns lose their newspapers, disease detectives are left flying blind →

"We rely very heavily on local news. And I think what this will probably mean is that there are going to be pockets of the U.S. where we're just not going to have a particularly good signal anymore," said Maia Majumder, a Ph.D. candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Selasa, 20 Maret 2018

Newsonomics: “Retiring” from Tronc, what is Michael Ferro up to?: The latest from Nieman Lab

Monday, March 19, 2018

Newsonomics: “Retiring” from Tronc, what is Michael Ferro up to?

Three possibilities: Tronc merges with Gannett, Ferro tries to take the company private, or — maybe — Tronc begins to act more like a normal company. By Ken Doctor.

Live life like a local: Whereby.Us adds two more cities to its growing roster

“I want people to enjoy the newsletter like they would a nice conversation over coffee or a cocktail or while sitting in a wooden swing on a porch.” By Christine Schmidt.

How digital leaders from the BBC and Al Jazeera are planning for the ethics of AI

“We have to remember, as media, we are gatekeepers to people’s understanding of the modern world.” By Christine Schmidt.

Facebook: The Cambridge Analytica thing wasn’t a “data breach,” it’s just totally how our platform works

What We’re Reading

Buzzfeed / Craig Silverman

How Facebook Groups are being exploited to spread misinformation, plan harassment, and radicalize people →

“Mark Zuckerberg wants to get a billion people in ‘meaningful’ Facebook groups. But to get there he'll have to battle the spammers, hackers, and trolls who exploit and hijack groups to make money or sow chaos.”

The New York Times / John Herrman

An argument that tech companies like YouTube are taking advantage of nonprofit Wikipedia →

“A cross between a piece of infrastructure, a public commons and an online community, Wikipedia has been a boon to some of the largest companies in the world. Whatever benefit Google, the owner of YouTube, hopes to wring from the crowdsourced encyclopedia is likely to pale in comparison with the value it receives from including Wikipedia entries in its search results.”

Columbia Journalism Review / Amanda Palleschi

A profile of New York’s The Cut →

“I've had editors at glossy women's magazines say to me, ‘Forget the nuance. We're trying to make a really clear argument here.’ No editor at The Cut has asked me to forget the nuance,” [Ann] Friedman says. “Internet conventional wisdom is you need a very clear take that can be put into a clicky headline. Some of the worst #MeToo writing and response has been that — ‘Here's why so-and-so is bad.’ That is just not The Cut's M.O.”

eMarketer

Emarketer: Google and Facebook’s digital ad power will decline (slightly) in 2018 →

“eMarketer estimates the two companies will capture a combined 56.8% of US digital ad investment in 2018, down from 58.5% last year. These figures have been adjusted downward, as smaller players such as Amazon and Snapchat are experiencing faster-than-expected growth. Importantly, Google and Facebook’s share of new digital ad dollars is declining as well. This year, they will garner nearly 48% of new expenditures. By comparison, that figure was nearly 73% in 2016.”

Recode / Kurt Wagner

In non–Cambridge Analytica Facebook news, FB will start letting video creators charge $5/month →

“The subscription will cost $4.99 a month, and Facebook won't take a cut. But Apple and Google, which will process the transactions on their respective platforms, will take the standard 30 percent cut they take for all in-app purchases they facilitate. That means creators will get about $3.50 for each subscription.”

Splinter / David Uberti

How the old bosses won at the new Gothamist →

“‘The public narrative has its bad guy, and it's the perfect bad guy: Joe Ricketts,’ a former DNAinfo staffer told me Wednesday. ‘He's rich, he owns the Cubs, he likes Trump. But in real life there are a lot of villains. And there are a lot of losers, too.'”

First Draft News

First Draft launches a free online course on identifying misinformation →

“Our free, one-hour course teaches journalists and the general public how to verify online media, so that they don’t fall for hoaxes, rumors and misinformation.”

Reuters

Meredith reportedly moves to sell Time, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated →

“The move illustrates how Meredith sees some of Time Inc.’s titles that attract primarily male readership as not playing to its core strength in women’s magazines, which include Better Homes & Gardens, Family Circle and Martha Stewart Living.”

NPR / Jolie Meyers and Monika Evstatieva

How a freelance investigative journalist embedded herself inside Russia’s “troll factory” →

“My friend taught me the ropes. She told me that I had to write posts that were natural — like, for example, ‘I am cooking or I am walking down the street and I had this thought about how bad the [pro-Western] Ukrainian president is.’ ”

Business Insider / James Cook

The YouTube Kids app has been suggesting a load of conspiracy videos to children →

“The app suggested several videos from prominent conspiracy theorist David Icke in which he claimed that the world is ruled by reptile-human hybrids.”