Archives: 2016

Fabiano MaisonnaveJanuary 13, 2016
From Nieman Reports: Startups are revitalizing journalism in Brazil’s challenging environment
Despite a fraught political and economic environment for journalists, new outlets in Brazil are now experimenting with fact-checking, longform narrative writing, and citizen media.
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 12, 2016
Reuters TV finds value not just in making its content free, but in giving it away to other publishers
Embracing distributed content: “Sometimes we’re going to reach consumers on our own platforms, and sometimes we’re quite happy for that to be on other people’s platforms.”
Nicholas QuahJanuary 12, 2016
Hot Pod: Charting the outflow of public radio talent to the new for-profit podcast industry
“Nick, you gotta realize: Our jobs are totally made up. I have some ideas as to what her job is going to be, but I have no idea what the day-to-day is going to be.”
Jonathan StrayJanuary 11, 2016
How much influence does the media really have over elections? Digging into the data
“My sense is that what we have here is a feedback loop. Does media attention increase a candidate’s standing in the polls? Yes. Does a candidate’s standing in the polls increase media attention? Also yes.”
Shan WangJanuary 11, 2016
Out of many, NPR One: The app that wants to be the “Netflix of listening” gets more local
A big update moves NPR One yet another step in the direction of becoming a one-stop shop for all audio content, from local newscasts to podcasts outside the NPR world.
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 11, 2016
Chris Hughes puts The New Republic up for sale: “I do not have the silver bullet”
A 91-year-old literary magazine is hosting a yearlong experiment in storytelling on Instagram
“When I look back at all the posts a year from now, I want to see that they reflect the editorial values of a great general-interest magazine.” Shan Wang
Shan WangJanuary 8, 2016
For McClatchy’s new head of news strategies, analytics and social traffic bolster good journalism
“It’s a beautiful thing when the powerful, public service, noble interests of journalism actually align with your business model.”
Shan WangJanuary 7, 2016
All your insights are belong to us: A new Tow Center report outlines the state of automated journalism
Shan WangJanuary 7, 2016
Schibsted wants to circumvent the mobile adblocking apocalypse by making better, more effective ads
The Scandinavian media giant surveyed thousands of its users to figure out characteristics of effective mobile ads. One finding: Static images were more effective than rich media or video ads.
Ken DoctorJanuary 7, 2016
Newsonomics: Setting the news table for 2016
The news business hopes it won’t end up one sandwich short of a picnic as the new year’s big trends unfold.
Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 6, 2016
The Wall Street Journal is the first American newspaper to get a spot on Snapchat Discover
It’s also the first business-oriented publication on the platform, which has a notably younger audience than the 126-year-old daily.
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 6, 2016
Built on passion: How Vox Media grew from its roots as an Oakland A’s blog into one of the Internet’s biggest publishers
In a Q&A, Vox Media co-founder Tyler Bleszinski reflects on his time at the company.
Joseph LichtermanJanuary 5, 2016
Months after Twitter revoked API access, Politwoops is back, tracking the words politicians take back
Shan WangJanuary 5, 2016
In rethinking the future of the Maynard Institute, there are no shortcuts and no direct answers
“If we were starting the Institute” — a major force for diversity in journalism — “today, what would it need to be, and how would it survive?”
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