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“University-produced journalism is not new, but it is growing. Over the past decade, the Cronkite School alone has launched a dozen programs that model the design of a teaching hospital in medical education, where top professionals join the faculty to lead bright young students in professional centers, creating immersive learning environments while serving a larger community outside of the university. For medical schools, the service is health care; for journalism schools, it is news and information.”

“BBC Ideas launched in January after the BBC did research showing that people between 22 and 44 are looking for short-form content that is thought-provoking and factual. The videos are also well suited to YouTube, which according to the Enders Analysis forecast from May represents 22 percent of video viewing for 16- to 34-year-olds.”

“Any channel that can monetize its videos will soon be able to implement non-skippable ads. Previously, only select YouTube channels were able to run non-skippable ads.”

“The organic content testing tool lets publishers test up to four versions of a piece of content, with variations in elements like headline, description and image, in real time — something publishers would otherwise have to pay for by boosting a post. Using the tool, the publisher can see data like interactions and click-through rate and predictions of those metrics in real time so it can pick the best-performing version to show all its followers.”

“Newmark’s theory on funding is to create a multiplier effect to do good, funding people and organizations with solid track records. ‘I want to help journalists hit a tipping point where they get tired of the misinformation and fight back,’ he says.”

“A quarter of Americans say they paid a lot of attention to the news on Tuesday, with 32 percent paying just some attention, 26 percent paying not very much attention and 18 percent paying no attention at all. Forty-seven percent thought the news was at least a little busier than average.”

“Facebook said that the ban applied to Myanmar Commander-in-Chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing as well as a military television network. An independent United Nations investigation released earlier Monday called on military leaders in Myanmar to be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The report contains allegations of murder, imprisonment and sexual violence against Rohingya Muslims in the country.”

“BuzzFeed News is working with Google to pilot a membership model that will ask readers to contribute to the news outlet. Similar to The Guardian, which has had success soliciting donations from readers, BuzzFeed News is adding messaging to pages that solicits small donations of $5-$100.”