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    Archives: April 2021

    Joshua BentonApril 26, 2021
    No explaining allowed! A new journal promises just-the-facts description, not theory or causality
    “First and foremost, we respond to an undersupply of quantitative descriptive research in social science. Causal research that asks the question why has largely taken the place of descriptive research that asks the question what.”
    Hanaa' TameezApril 26, 2021
    With Trapital, Dan Runcie found a way to cover the business of hip-hop and make it sustainable
    “It’s easy for the media and others to dismiss entertainers as just being famous, and whatever they sold was a benefit of their fame — and not necessarily the business insights that came from that.”
    Benjamin Toff, Sumitra Badrinathan, Camila Mont'Alverne, and Amy Ross ArguedasApril 23, 2021
    How do audiences decide what news to trust? Fairness and accuracy aren’t the only things that matter
    A new Reuters Institute report finds that editorial standards and journalistic practices may be less important for trust in news than audience impressions about brand reputations and the look and feel of how information is presented.
    The Objective StaffApril 23, 2021
    Centering journalists over protestors makes no sense
    Plus: The Kentucky Lexington Herald-Leader’s “Clean Slate” trial, journalism as infrastructure, and the spectacle of anti-Asian violence on Instagram.
    Sarah ScireApril 22, 2021
    Facing “unprecedented demand,” The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma expands (and adapts) its offerings
    “We were changed by the practicalities of the pandemic. But we’re also changed by a radical shift of awareness in journalism of the challenges of covering these events, and the psychological costs to journalists of unremitting stress.”
    Joshua BentonApril 22, 2021
    Facebook is going to ask you more often what you want in your News Feed
    “Is this post worth your time?” (Or is it at least a picture of people hugging?)
    Joshua BentonApril 21, 2021
    No, Americans haven’t abandoned journalism values like transparency and oversight
    A study that seemed to claim they had was treated as “bad news for journalists: the public doesn’t share our values.” The reality is a few arbitrary research design decisions put a thumb on the scale.
    Brad EspositoApril 21, 2021
    “I have always been obsessed with this idea of getting people to care”
    An interview with Sara Yasin, the managing editor of BuzzFeed News.
    Sara Torsner and Jackie HarrisonApril 21, 2021
    Governments are using Covid-19 as an excuse to crack down on press freedom
    Cases abound of how the “Covid-19 excuse” has led to the inability of journalists to do their job of reporting medically endorsed effective public health measures, or to challenge lethal disinformation.
    Joshua BentonApril 20, 2021
    Apple wants you (and it) to get paid for your premium podcasts
    There’ll now be a dead-easy way to pay for a podcast on your iPhone. Will there be a market, and is this the end of the open podcasting ecosystem?
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