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.
“When I think about the kinds of stories I want us to do more of, it’s the kind of coverage that pushes people to have the conversations that lead to real change.”
“There’s a fair amount of climate coverage that is like a commuter leaning on their horn, in a traffic jam. It’s very loud. It tells everyone around them something they already knew. And, at the end of the day, nobody’s moved anywhere.”
A focus on big-swing stories and “high-intensity, highly fraught journalism” let the magazine put up traffic and subscription numbers more expected from a top national newspaper.
Owen, Laura Hazard. "The Atlantic’s new app takes a cue from email newsletters." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 12 Nov. 2019. Web. 21 Nov. 2023.
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Owen, L. (2019, Nov. 12). The Atlantic’s new app takes a cue from email newsletters. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 21, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/11/the-atlantics-new-app-takes-a-cue-from-newsletters/
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