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Stefanie Murray and Joe AmditisMay 21, 2020

Here’s (exactly) how we organized one of the largest virtual U.S. journalism events to date

Once we announced we would host in place instead of in person, registrations shot through the roof; we ended up with just under 750 registrations by the time the conference began. Typically, the summit attracts 150 to 175 people.

Michael J. SocolowMay 21, 2020

Aiming for novelty in coronavirus coverage, journalists end up sensationalizing the trivial and untrue

Sometimes the biggest story does not advance as quickly as journalists might hope. It is in these moments of seeming stasis that journalistic repetition can become more powerful and serve as a way to hold government accountable.

Sarah ScireMay 20, 2020

Americans who turn to the White House for coronavirus news tend to think the media’s pandemic coverage is overblown

A new Pew Research Center report found Americans’ views of the media’s coronavirus performance differ substantially depending on which sources they rely on most for news about the pandemic.

Nicholas QuahMay 20, 2020

By securing Joe Rogan’s insanely popular show, Spotify gets closer to complete domination of the podcast space

The terms for the Spotify licensing deal were not disclosed, but I imagine a crap-ton of money was involved in this arrangement.

“The news currently makes me feel incredibly stressed”: After initial surges in attention to pandemic news, UK readers have started avoiding the news altogether

Laura Hazard OwenMay 19, 2020

They’re not “the other,” they’re our readers: How one site is helping its aging audience through the pandemic

The older you are, the more dangerous COVID-19 is. Next Avenue, a news site aimed at “America’s booming older population,” is changing the way it serves its readers — who may have to continue to isolate themselves even if the rest of the U.S. opens up.

Nicholas QuahMay 19, 2020

We’ve finally got some hard numbers from Luminary (and they aren’t great)

Plus: The private paid podcast tech stack gets more crowded, and podcast listening apps run up against Google’s COVID-19 rules.

Laura Hazard Owen and Sarah ScireMay 15, 2020

“Prior assumptions about our business no longer apply”: Cuts pile up at Vice, Quartz, The Economist, BuzzFeed, and Condé Nast

And that was just this week.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 15, 2020

Unvetted scientific research about COVID-19 is becoming a partisan weapon

Plus: Conspiracy theories on TikTok, and “over one-quarter of the most viewed YouTube videos on COVID-19 contained misleading information.”

Sarah ScireMay 14, 2020

The Atlantic’s executive editor talks conspiracy theories, journalistic norms, and new products for all those new subscribers

“I had people believing outlandish, harmful things who were repeating back to me the values that I, as a journalist, have. Your mind melts.”

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