The $399-a-year site covering the tech industry expects subscribers to pay their own way, but promises access to “people only the most well-known execs typically meet.”
It’s an effort to find international growth through translation: “Cobertura global de The New York Times en español. Noticias, arte, negocios, tecnología y más.”
The BBC is on WhatsApp, WeChat, BBM, and Mxit, doing reporting and reaching new audiences. Can news organizations scale chat apps up from one-to-one to one-to-many?
“Compared to other enterprises, which make commercial interests the top consideration, media organizations should care more about their responsibility to social and public interests.” Hu Shuli
“Fished out of the shadows, old news coverage in China’s media can provide clues to the family connections of government officials as reporters investigate their financial dealings.” Qian Gang
“Am I doing enough? Am I pushing the line rather than just flirting with it? Speaking truth to power is the media’s reason for being, nowhere more so than in China.” Yang Xiao
“Lacking a free marketplace of ideas, China does not have the ability to renew itself or ensure long-term competitiveness. The prerequisite to creating such a marketplace is to smash the monopoly of information held by the state.” Luo Changping
Changping, Luo. "From Nieman Reports: Weibo and WeChat have brought a degree — a degree — of freedom to Chinese political discourse." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Feb. 2014. Web. 26 Jul. 2024.
APA
Changping, L. (2014, Feb. 11). From Nieman Reports: Weibo and WeChat have brought a degree — a degree — of freedom to Chinese political discourse. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/02/from-nieman-reports-weibo-and-wechat-have-brought-a-degree-a-degree-of-freedom-to-chinese-political-discourse/
Chicago
Changping, Luo. "From Nieman Reports: Weibo and WeChat have brought a degree — a degree — of freedom to Chinese political discourse." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 11, 2014. Accessed July 26, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/02/from-nieman-reports-weibo-and-wechat-have-brought-a-degree-a-degree-of-freedom-to-chinese-political-discourse/.
Wikipedia
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