Archives: 2017

Joseph LichtermanMarch 1, 2017
This site is “taking the edge off rant mode” by making readers pass a quiz before commenting
“If everyone can agree that this is what the article says, then they have a much better basis for commenting on it.”
Shan WangFebruary 28, 2017
Donors and the newsrooms they fund don’t always agree on “the difference between acceptable involvement and interference”
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 28, 2017
Amazon just provided a nice little reminder of why it’s risky to build a journalism business on affiliate fees
Amazon is a powerful partner, but as book publishers have learned, it can also be a fickle one.
Nicholas QuahFebruary 28, 2017
Is Spotify’s move into original podcasts a pure platform play or something more open?
Plus: A new season of shows from Gimlet, award-winning audio fiction, and NPR’s Embedded returns.
Shan WangFebruary 27, 2017
Getting to the root of the “fake news” problem means fixing what’s broken about journalism itself
At MisinfoCon, stopping “fake news” wasn’t the only focus: Issues from news literacy to newsroom standards and reader empathy to ad revenue were all up for discussion.
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 27, 2017
The Atlantic brings readers into its archives with timelines based on their birthdays
Joshua BentonFebruary 27, 2017
Marc Andreessen is still an optimist about the future of news, three years post-tweetstorm
“I think I am more convinced that consolidation needs to happen (across broadcast TV, cable TV, newspaper, magazine, radio, wire service, Internet).”
Ricardo BiltonFebruary 24, 2017
Despite monetization concerns, many news orgs are still all-in on platforms, says new Tow Report
Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 24, 2017
3 (free) things that journalists can do right now to protect their data and their sources at the border
A guide for the slightly paranoid.
Ricardo BiltonFebruary 24, 2017
With truth and science under attack, Wired’s new editor Nick Thompson is planning a defense
“Wired is doing well, but this industry changes so fast that you have to be on top of all these opportunities and you have to look at ways you can evolve while staying core to what you really believe.”
Joseph LichtermanFebruary 23, 2017
This tool from Google parent Alphabet tries to tackle “toxic” comments through machine learning
Ricardo BiltonFebruary 23, 2017
The Ida B. Wells Society wants to build a better pipeline to connect news orgs with journalists of color
While investigative reporting is some of the most critical work journalists do, few of the people doing it are non-white.
Ken DoctorFebruary 23, 2017
Newsonomics: Softbank, Fortress, Trump – and the real story of Gatehouse’s boundless ambition
A leadership void in newspaper companies has opened up local journalism further to private equity firms looking to vacuum out profits.
Shan WangFebruary 22, 2017
Gather will offer a platform to explore questions around community engagement
Joseph LichtermanFebruary 22, 2017
This anti-Brexit newspaper first launched as a pop-up, but it’s doing well enough to continue indefinitely
“If I were a U.S. journalist, I would be looking to launch The Trump Watch.”
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