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Independent outlets explain how traffic and engagement have plummeted overnight after Meta blocked news from its platforms.
We talked to the Financial Times, La Nación, The New York Times, Vox, Chilango, the Times of India, and others about their early experiments sharing news on the world’s favorite messaging app.
“At the time of this writing, it is difficult to avoid the realization that one side of politics — mainly in the U.S. but also elsewhere — appears more threatened by research into misinformation than by the risks to democracy arising from misinformation itself.”
After hearing from newsrooms disappointed by the overrepresentation of white, older readers in surveys, the Institute of Nonprofit News developed their own tools.
“Unsubscribe from antiquated notions about Philly and antiquated notions about the news, and subscribe to a more authentic Philly today and tomorrow and what your news can be — multi-platform.”
COVID-19 wasn’t the most common issue that workshop participants brought up. Neither was politics. What was? Consumer fraud.
CBC’s Because News spent seven years making content for Instagram and YouTube. They got more views on TikTok within two months.
People were often clear about distinguishing between the healthcare system, which they tended to describe with disdain, and their individual doctor. There was no equivalent distinction made in journalism.