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    Marlee BaldridgeJune 7, 2019
    New unread message: El Tímpano listens to Oakland’s Spanish-speaking community
    A pilot aimed to engage Oakland’s Spanish-speaking residents with news via text.
    Laura Hazard OwenJune 5, 2019
    Americans think “made-up news” is a bigger problem than climate change
    Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to identify made-up news as a “very big problem.” They are also more likely to say that they see it “often,” and they are three times as likely as Democrats to blame journalists for creating it.
    Facebook is offering new subscription tools for publishers via Instant Articles
    Laura Hazard OwenMay 31, 2019
    What do we do about the “shallowfake” Nancy Pelosi video and others like it?
    Plus: A new raft of misinformation research to read, and the actual dollar cost of anti-vaxxing.
    Christine SchmidtMay 23, 2019
    News outlets post way more pictures of men than women to Facebook
    Also, men’s faces actually take up more space in the pictures.
    Laura Hazard OwenMay 17, 2019
    This is how an Iranian network created a “disinformation supply chain” to spread fake news
    Plus: Whether Americans believe climate change is caused by humans depends on how you ask the question, and WhatsApp clones are getting around some restrictions designed to limit the spread of fake news.
    Here’s the state of Hispanic media today — and where it goes from here
    Laura Hazard OwenMay 10, 2019
    Black female gun owners, moderate Republicans, and Jewish Americans are among the groups that may be particular targets of misinformation in 2020
    Plus: “Passive misinformation” is a problem for The Hill and other mainstream media outlets, and a closer look at some of the research projects Facebook is opening up to.
    Christine SchmidtMay 9, 2019
    Is your organization thinking about membership? Take some ideas (and maybe some money) from the Membership Puzzle Project
    “Subscribers pay their money and get access to a product. But members join the cause and participate because they believe in it.”
    Laura Hazard OwenMay 3, 2019
    “This world is just falling apart”: How actual news consumers grapple with fake news and (sometimes) tune out
    “Even facts are opinions.”
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