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Mark FrankelJuly 10, 2018

The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide

News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.

Nicholas QuahJuly 10, 2018

The Washington Post wants to figure out the best places to put ads in your favorite podcasts

Plus: Crooked Media goes audio doc, Maximum Fun goes scripted fiction, and The Pub goes the way of all flesh.

With a registry for news sites and fines for “fake news,” Cambodia’s press freedom slides further

Shan WangJuly 9, 2018

More than 11,000 people are paying (yes, paying) for email newsletters on Substack’s platform

On average, they’re paying just under $80 per year. About 40 or so indie publishers with paid offerings are making what Substack calls “meaningful money.”

Marlee BaldridgeJuly 9, 2018

A couch to crash on: PressPad aims to tackle one small part of journalism’s class diversity problem

It’s a longstanding quandary for aspiring journalists: How can I get housing in the big city for just a few weeks, while I’m paid nothing or close to it? PressPad wants current journalists to help out the next generation.

Spencer TurcotteJuly 4, 2018

Tell me more: The Globe and Mail is slipping a little extra context into its stories (while explaining its editorial thinking along the way)

“As a news organization, it’s perhaps an opportunity for us to be helping people fill those gaps without forcing them to go to Wikipedia or start Googling things, just to try to get the background they crave on a story.”

Marlee BaldridgeJuly 3, 2018

Water in a news desert: New Jersey is spending $5 million to fund innovation in local news

The dollar amount isn’t huge, and it will barely put a dent in the crisis of local news. But it’s also an official statement that communities’ information voids are a problem worthy of government attention.

Shan WangJuly 3, 2018

Thanks to California, a news site (or other business) now has to let you cancel your subscription online

Power to the people (who hate talking on phones).

Nicholas QuahJuly 3, 2018

Enough with the “Netflix for audio.” Podcast companies should take a cue from meditation apps instead

There’s a lot that subscription on-demand audio gambits can learn from the increasingly formidable world of mindfulness apps.

Ken DoctorJuly 2, 2018

Newsonomics: Atlantic Media’s Quartz sale is as quirky and quartzy as the site itself

Its Japanese buyer Uzabase promises to speed up expansion possibilities for Quartz — and to help build out subscription products.

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