Archives: 2017

Laura Hazard OwenMay 17, 2017
“The choice of 2 very unhappy headlines”: ASNE will focus on newsroom diversity, not jobs lost
“We don’t want this to be a headline about ‘X number of jobs were lost this year in journalism.’ We kinda know that, unfortunately.”
Shan WangMay 16, 2017
The Associated Press is adding more user-generated social content (verified, of course) into its wire services
Nicholas QuahMay 16, 2017
Making Gay History’s podcast digs into interview archives to let voices “come to life again”
Plus: StartUp is becoming a TV show, Audible’s Ponzi Supernova gets released into the wild, and the semantics of windowing.
Mariana MarcalettiMay 16, 2017
Journey to the center of the Internet: How a viral site is helping Spain’s El País adapt to the Internet
“Verne has brought changes to the way we think about information at El País, and how we frame stories to make sure they have an impact on social platforms.”
Mariana MarcalettiMay 16, 2017
Viaje al centro de internet: cómo un sitio de virales ayuda a que El País de España se adapte a la web
“Verne ha traído cambios a cómo concebimos las informaciones en El País y cómo las titulamos para asegurarnos un mayor impacto en redes y plataformas sociales”.
Joseph LichtermanMay 15, 2017
Sharing skills, Vox and ProPublica are teaming up on video production
“Just like all of our story partnerships are each their own delicate flower, we do things opportunistically when it makes sense. This thing very much makes sense.”
Heidi TworekMay 15, 2017
Cambridge Analytica, Trump, and the new old fear of manipulating the masses
“Fears of mass manipulation by new media are as old as mass media themselves. Almost every expansion of media or new media technology provoked paranoia about the contagious emotions of ‘the masses.'”
Ricardo BiltonMay 15, 2017
Australia’s kid-focused newspaper Crinkling News wants to teach media literacy to young readers
Creating a newspaper for kids means “allaying fears while at the same time explaining in the most basic terms what’s going on.”
Laura Hazard OwenMay 12, 2017
Local news doesn’t seem to be getting a Trump bump
Laura Hazard OwenMay 12, 2017
“Anger is a useful metric” and other evil tips for making money off hyper-partisan content
Plus: A quick way to make money off other people’s content, an invitation to fact-check U.K. local news, and BuzzBeed vs. BuzzFeed.
Rob SharpMay 12, 2017
These Slovak journalists quit their paper and built an independent rival with 23,000 digital subscribers
“We were scared to start a newspaper. We started small…We started with people who were ready to act very honestly and bravely. And then we realized there is a place for us.”
Ricardo BiltonMay 11, 2017
The New York Times continues to experiment with the Sunday paper, this time with a special kids’ section
“We do so many amazing things digitally with things like 360 video and VR and interactives and animation. The idea with this was to do something for print that felt equally special.”
Ricardo BiltonMay 11, 2017
El New York Times sigue experimentando con su diario dominical, esta vez con una sección especial para niños
“Como organización hacemos muchas cosas maravillosas en nuestra plataforma digital, como por ejemplo los videos 360 y la realidad virtual, con animaciones interactivas. La idea con esto era hacer algo que se sintiera igual de especial”.
Shan WangMay 11, 2017
Investigative outlet Correctiv crowdsourced data collection with the help of a local newsroom
Using its Crowd Newsroom platform, the German nonprofit teamed up with Ruhr Nachrichten, the daily newspaper in the city of Dortmund, to get residents to enter information on canceled classes in schools.
Laura Hazard OwenMay 11, 2017
Fatherly wants to build “the leading digital site for parents” — and is counting on mothers to get it there
“For every mom that signs up, they’re gonna sign up their spouse or partner.”
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