For local newspapers, print circulation has collapsed for every audience except retirees. That’s why the daily paper in The Villages, Florida (metro population 129,752) prints as many copies as the one in Atlanta (metro population 6,930,423).
Staffers will take part in making collective decisions about the organization, from hiring and compensation to developing the budget, along with their journalistic work.
Anyone who tells you they know what digital news will look like in 50 years is lying. But the Post — with an owner rich enough to allow a decades-long time horizon — says it’ll still only cost you $50 a year.
Using public documents and crowdsourced data, supported by shoe-leather reporting, Watchdog hopes to arm citizens with information that can effect real change.
Out of every 1,000 times someone sees a post on Facebook, how many of them include a link to a news site? Four. No wonder Facebook doesn’t want to write publishers big checks anymore.
“The ad, posted to The [Austin] Chronicle’s website June 24 as sponsored content, included links to several websites claiming to connect customers to tens of thousands of Asian women. It also ranked five countries for having the ‘best’ Asian brides and included racist and misogynistic statements describing Asian women’s appearances and gender roles.”
New York Times / Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter
“In many communities, putting books on the shelves has become a polarizing act and has ‘turned librarians into this political pawn,’ said Ami Uselman, the director of library and media services for Round Rock Independent School District, in Texas.”
“The obligation to work around a reluctant subject also forces you to do more reporting than you otherwise might. Most access-driven profiles involve an interview or two with the central figure, and then some secondary interviews, which are often facilitated by the subject of the story (‘Here’s a list of people who will tell you wonderful things about me. I’ve told them to expect your call.’)”
“The lawsuit comes after Twitter was ordered to remove a series of accounts and posts that violate Indian obscenity and defamation laws … Twitter has now removed the posts, but is seeking judicial protection from such orders in the future.”
“This case is about the rightful and legal ownership of Newsweek” … but also about a “made-up” purchase price of $5,000, a money-laundering probe, and the followers of a Korean American cleric.
“Twelve AP staffers and freelancers were inside on May 15, 2021, when the Israeli military telephoned a warning, giving occupants of the building one hour to evacuate. AP journalists rushed to a neighboring tower to capture live video of the building crumbling.”
“Republican politicians and cable outlets like Fox News have carried the torch for Mr. Trump’s conspiracy theories ever since. But the loudest and most consistent booster of these unfounded claims has been talk radio, where conservative hosts reduce the jumble of false voter fraud theories into a two-word mantra: ‘Democrats cheat.'”
“Over the course of more than a decade, the Haqnazarov reports helped trigger international investigations and the seizure of almost $1 billion in what US law enforcement officials say were ill-gotten gains.”
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