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Sophie CulpepperOctober 18, 2023

The New Bedford Light and The Newton Beacon are just part of a new wave of local news in Massachusetts

“People in Massachusetts once had more journalism available; they’ve lost more, they have grieved more; they have hungered for what they had. So, they now have been quick to embrace a rebirth of journalism that matters.”

Hanaa' TameezSeptember 21, 2022

“You don’t know which side is playing you”: The authors of Meme Wars have some advice for journalists

“The media treating Twitter like an assignment editor is one of the fundamental errors that enabled meme warriors to play everyone.”

As the Taliban becomes increasingly hostile towards the Afghan press, international aid needs to step up to preserve it, a new report says

Joshua BentonOctober 23, 2020

As they shrink, are local newspapers protecting their “iron core” of local government coverage? This paper says no

Newspapers have all had to make cuts. But it doesn’t look like they’ve favored the beats that are most important to democracy — watchdog coverage of local governments — over other kinds of news.

Overwhelmed by covering organized misinformation campaigns? The Media Manipulation Casebook is a great place to start

Laura Hazard OwenJune 26, 2020

The little things — pop-ups, notifications, warnings — work to fight fake news, new evidence shows

Plus: A look at COVID-19 misinformation in Black online communities, and how conservative media may have made the pandemic worse.

Laura Hazard OwenJanuary 17, 2020

Instagram is busy fact-checking memes and rainbow hills while leaving political lies alone

Plus: Emphasizing a publisher’s name on social doesn’t seem to impact readers’ misinfo radar much one way or the other.

Four ways Mother Jones became profitable in this turbulent industry

Laura Hazard OwenAugust 13, 2019

Tighten up that paywall! (And some other lessons from a study of 500 newspaper publishers)

“The publishers that reported more than 6 percent of unique visitors reaching their stop threshold had ‘thriving’ digital subscription businesses.”

Christine SchmidtJuly 11, 2019

Here’s how some for-profit local news outlets are building subscriptions

Sixteen percent of Americans pay for news, a report earlier this year found. It’s not exactly trickling down to local outlets.

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