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About a quarter of American adults get news from YouTube

Sarah ScireSeptember 29, 2020

The election could be contested and last for weeks after Nov. 3. Here’s what experts think journalists should know.

“Newsrooms need to prepare for a political environment in which mainstream political figures, most notably the President of the United States, are going to promote false and unsupported claims about the election. They need to prepare for that now.”

Curd Knüpfer and Robert Mathew EntmanSeptember 29, 2020

Fox News uses the word “hate” much, much more often than MSNBC or CNN

“Fox’s use of ‘hate’ really took off when Trump’s presidency began. Beginning in January 2017, the mean usage of ‘they hate’ on the network doubled.”

Joshua BentonSeptember 28, 2020

A new set of threats to the BBC — internal and external — challenges its role as anchor of U.K. media

The BBC functions as a heat sink for polarization — converting potentially dangerous energy into something the system can more easily deal with. A new group of broadcast competitors and its likely new set of bosses see it differently.

Hanaa' TameezSeptember 28, 2020

Allissa Richardson thinks it’s time to shatter a few myths about citizen journalism

“None of us could have predicted the impact of police body cams as conflicting narratives that continue to compete for the accurate portrayal of what happened.”

Jillian KramerSeptember 25, 2020

“‘Warp speed’ was an unfortunate term”: With Covid-19, vaccine messaging faces an unprecedented test

A Covid-19 vaccine is coming. Will public health messaging be enough to convince Americans to get it?

Following successful experiments, Twitter will prompt all users to read the articles they’re about to retweet

The Objective StaffSeptember 25, 2020

The fight over racism, sexism, and other misconduct in public radio isn’t going away

Plus: Unions at HuffPost, Wired, and the Dallas Morning News continue to fight for pay equity and recognition; how “objectivity” has played into immigration reporting; and a new Python script helps reporters keep diversity in style.

Hanaa' Tameez and Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 24, 2020

As local news outlets shift to subscription, they wonder: What should Facebook’s role be?

“Look, I know you got that Facebook comment, but it’s the vocal minority. There’s a silent majority who are actually paying for our work.”

JulieAnn McKelloggSeptember 24, 2020

The new folks in town are an untapped audience for local news (even if they don’t stay forever)

“I started to recognize the value of local news as a journalist, yet spent no time on it as a local resident of Washington, D.C.”

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