Archives: 2016

Joseph LichtermanFebruary 22, 2016
Using the new app Anchor, WNYC is experimenting with social audio
“It’s very hard to share audio on social media, and now we have a place to go and share our voices and hear the voices of our fans too.”
Joshua BentonFebruary 22, 2016
A call for better journalism research, with more consideration for technology and audiences
Ken DoctorFebruary 19, 2016
Newsonomics: The financialization of news is dimming the lights of the local press
As single-minded, profit-driven management drives down the local news business, where is its moral center — the one that long rested, if sometimes uncomfortably, alongside the demands of running a successful business?
Shan WangFebruary 19, 2016
The who, what, when, where, and why of news products for the future
Shan WangFebruary 19, 2016
How The Washington Post built its tool to “re-engage” the attention of distracted readers on mobile
“It makes sense to me as a consumer of content to have this feature — so why doesn’t it exist yet?”
Madeline WelshFebruary 18, 2016
What The Guardian learned from comparing Facebook Live and Periscope for event coverage
For its latest experiment, the newspaper’s Mobile Innovation Lab compared the two livestreaming platforms and the engagement generated on each.
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 18, 2016
Here are a bunch of fascinating tidbits about BuzzFeed
Shan WangFebruary 18, 2016
Jose Antonio Vargas is launching #EmergingUS outside the L.A. Times, aiming to crowdfund $1M
The platform Beacon will match the first $500,000 Vargas can raise to support #EmergingUS, a news site that “lives at the intersection of race, immigration, and identity in a multicultural America.”
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 17, 2016
Facebook Instant Articles will open up to all publishers in April
Users “look for that lightning bolt and want every article to be an Instant Article.”
Shan WangFebruary 17, 2016
Bill Simmons’ new digital venture, The Ringer, will launch in mid-March as an email newsletter
Dan KennedyFebruary 17, 2016
Thinking outside the (newspaper) box: The Local News Lab seeks to revive community news
“For someone just starting out with a local news project, the most important takeaway from our report — and our work in general — is that we are stronger working together than we are working alone.”
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 16, 2016
With a quarter of its readers coming from abroad, Stat launches a daily Zika email update
Nicholas QuahFebruary 16, 2016
Hot Pod: This American Life is plotting new shows to join Serial
Plus: Google plans its podcast play, Anchor joins the social-audio game, and SoundCloud’s financial numbers raise questions about viability (or acquisition).
Joshua BentonFebruary 16, 2016
Brain food: Here are 15 smart people talking for 5 minutes each about journalism’s future
Smart people talking about building a startup culture, the value of small projects, the curse of expertise, and more.
Shan WangFebruary 12, 2016
BuzzFeed launches Pero Like, a distributed project for the “English-speaking Latinx” community
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