A massive study of Upworthy headlines — remember Upworthy? — shows how a few emotionally charged words can mean the difference between viral and ignored.
One Redditor: “I actually enjoy reading my local newspaper when it’s on the Kindle as opposed to the paper’s poorly designed website and frequently broken app.”
Can “impartiality” be required from all actors, musicians, scientists, or sport pundits appearing on the BBC without thwarting the principle of free speech?
“Especially in circumstances when data is not accessible otherwise, finding an undocumented API can be the key to allowing us to do an investigation — by finding public access to the data.”
The pervasive amount of news media criticism in the U.S. has intensified the erosion of trust in American journalism, but such discussion can be seen as a sign of democratic health.
“I picture a Discord server like a room full of chairs and people sitting and talking to each other, while posting on Twitter is like putting up a banner at a corner of a street.”
“When people are in dialogue with each other in a group, and they outnumber the journalist, they feel comfortable,” Cornish said of her show’s format. The New Yorker describes the half-hour podcast, “The Assignment with Audie Cornish,” as “an insightful news show that delivers substance without a side helping of despair.”
The seasonal podcasts Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot, and Rough Translation have been canceled, along with a comedy podcast called Everyone & Their Mom.
“When was the last time you saw Twitch introduce something that revolutionized the live content community, the creator ecosystem or the content economy?”
“Publisher Jimmy Finkelstein has poached several current and former well-known staffers away from the New York Post to join the Messenger.” (Our story from yesterday about The Messenger here.)
“Leroy Chapman, 52, a managing editor, has been with the AJC since 2011. He shepherded coverage of a number of high-profile stories, including efforts to undermine Georgia’s 2020 election results and the court cases of teachers and administrators charged in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal.”
“Fox lawyers had submitted a letter to the judge on Monday asking that Mr. Murdoch and some other executives not be compelled to testify, saying that it would amount to ‘hardships’ on the witnesses and that their testimony would ‘add nothing other than media interest.'”
University of Chicago Institute of Politics (IOP) and our own Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are sponsoring. Travel stipends will be provided for some attendees from local news organizations.
New York Times / Wilson Andrews and Lisa Waananen Jones
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