Archives: February 2015

Ken DoctorFebruary 12, 2015
Newsonomics: Bill Keller’s Marshall Project finds its legs covering criminal justice
The Marshall Project is trying to get beyond the narrow newsroom focus on “cops and courts” and tackle the bigger systemic issues.
Joellen EastonFebruary 11, 2015
Here’s a recipe for successfully crowdfunding journalism in 2015
American Public Media has decided that Spot.us doesn’t work any more in today’s crowdfunding environment. But they also investigated what does — and laid out a model for others to use.
Joshua BentonFebruary 11, 2015
How involved has Jeff Bezos been at The Washington Post? Here’s one data point
Joseph LichtermanFebruary 11, 2015
A new Tow Center report looks at how news outlets help spread (or debunk) false rumors online
“Once a certain critical mass is met, repetition has a powerful effect on belief. The rumor becomes true for readers simply by virtue of its ubiquity.”
Caroline O'DonovanFebruary 11, 2015
Timeline is providing historical context to the news — but is there a business model to support it?
With successes in technology behind him and a career in venture capital in front of him, why did Tamer Hassanein decide to build a news app?
Caroline O'DonovanFebruary 10, 2015
Troll toll: Tablet is now charging its readers for the right to comment
In an unusual attempt to improve the quality of discourse, the Jewish site is putting a paywall around the comments, not the content.
Joshua BentonFebruary 9, 2015
The homepage is alive — or, at a minimum, here are 64 ideas for what it could become
Joseph LichtermanFebruary 9, 2015
Voice of San Diego, 10 years old today, is rethinking its editorial and tech around membership
“At the heart of it is to get more people to engage with us with their information so we can get them into the pipeline for potential membership.”
Lydia TomkiwFebruary 6, 2015
With aggregation and translation, Russia’s free-press-in-exile site Meduza is reaching English readers
“Meduza was never meant to be opposed to anything. We are strictly pro-common sense. Unfortunately, it’s no longer possible to maintain that in Russia anymore, and this is why we had to leave.”
Simon OwensFebruary 6, 2015
Slate’s podcast audience has tripled in a year, and its bet on audio over video continues to pay off
With 6 million downloads a month and a growing set of live events, Slate is showing one potential path for publishers in the post-Serial world: using conversation to build connection.
Caroline O'DonovanFebruary 5, 2015
Clicks, likes, and comments: A hacker looks into Facebook’s News Feed
Ken DoctorFebruary 5, 2015
The newsonomics of mixing old and new
News on digital platforms may feel like a revolution, but a lot of the underlying behaviors — by readers and by publishers — date back to an earlier era.
Joshua BentonFebruary 4, 2015
Amber, a new tool to prevent linkrot on websites, is out in beta
Joseph LichtermanFebruary 3, 2015
BuzzFeed grew its Latino audience the old-fashioned way: with content
“Our lists and quizzes, many of them focused on what it’s like to live one life or another, had mostly not been about growing up or being Latino.”
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