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More than 30 Colorado newsrooms, led by COLab, launch a statewide initiative to better cover the 2024 US elections by focusing on voter concerns (Corey Hutchins/Inside the News in Colorado)
https://coloradomedia.substack.com/p/could-colorados-political-jo…

🗳 Could Colorado's political journalism be the best in the nation in 2024?
The news behind the news in Colorado this week

Public Square Amplified teams up with NJ Urban News for a community forum on #protest, #democracy and #journalism
this Friday, March 8th!
IN perons and on-line: 5pm - 6:30 pm ET
Lawrence Ham…

More than 30 Colorado newsrooms, led by COLab, launch a statewide initiative to better cover the 2024 US elections by focusing on voter concerns (Corey Hutchins/Inside the News in Colorado)
https://coloradomedia.substack.com/p/could-colorados-political-jo…

🗳 Could Colorado's political journalism be the best in the nation in 2024?
The news behind the news in Colorado this week

Reach, Women in Journalism, and RSF propose a four-point plan for the UK police to help improve the safety of women journalists against rising online violence (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/women-journalists-abuse-letter-pol…

News industry urges police to 'break cycle of abuse' against women in journalism
100 journalists sign letter asking police to "do everything you can to break the cycle of abuse that risks sidelining women from journalism".

LGBTQ Migrants Find Community at Mexico’s “House of Women” - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2019/10/03/women-lgbtq-mexico-community-migrant-support

LGBTQ Migrants Find Community at Mexico’s “House of Women”
Discover insightful articles on LGBTQ Migrants Find Community at Mexico’s “House of Women”. Join us in exploring solutions for a just, sustainable, and compassionate world. #LGBTQ Migrants Find Community at Mexico’s “House of Women”

Survey: 48% of US adults prefer websites or social media for local news; 15% paid for local news in the last year; 63% believe local outlets do well financially (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/05/…

Americans’ Changing Relationship With Local News
More Americans now prefer to get local news online, while fewer turn to TV or print. And most say local news outlets are important to their community.

An interview with LinkedIn EIC Dan Roth on investing in journalism and news, work with over 400 news publishers globally, launching a podcast network, and more (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/linkedin-news-publisher-strategy
…

LinkedIn doubles down on news as social rivals retreat
Unlike Facebook and X, traffic referrals to news publishers have increased slightly from LinkedIn over the past three years.

#NPR is running their pledge drive. Please support them or other local journalism nonprofits.
You can find lots of local news outlets worth reading and supporting in our Local News Directory.
https://www.

Local Journalism Directory | Media And Democracy
We created a directory to help you find local journalism in your area worth reading and supporting.

The BBC (and other news orgs) claim they are respectable journalism organizations. Yet they put this crap on the top of their frontpages *above* the news.
Like... do they not go to their own webpage and wonder if this might reflect poorly or is the 0.02c/click worth it?
#Journalism #Web

Bravo @… for this well deserved Pulitzer Prize, exposing the bribery and corruption that continues to destroy the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
Congress? Your turn. https://

ProPublica (@ProPublica@newsie.social)
Attached: 1 image "Friends of the Court," ProPublica's investigation into Supreme Court justices' beneficial relationships with billionaire donors, has been awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for Public Service! Here are the highlights from the reporting (THREAD) #News #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #HarlanCrow #Law #Journalism

https://idi.provost.northeastern.edu/the-2024-computation-journalism-symposium/ The 2024 Computation Journalism Symposium will be held this fall in Boston!

I am loving the story of Road & Track taking down a fantastic article on Formula 1 and failing to provide any suitable explanation for doing so. The article is a wonderful piece of sports journalism, and if the aim is to expand the audience for F1, it achieves its goal. Road & Track is now experiencing the Streisand Effect in full. Anyway, I recommend reading the article (which is on the Internet Archive of course):

Behind F1's Velvet Curtain
If you wanted to turn someone into a socialist you could do it in about an hour by taking them for a spin around the paddock of a Formula 1 race. The kind of money I saw will haunt me forever.

Solutions Journalism Accelerator Freelance Call https://ejc.net/funding/solutions-journalism-accelerator-freelancers-call

Solutions Journalism Accelerator Freelance Call
The 2024 Solutions Journalism Accelerator Call delivers grant funding for freelancers and facilitates research opportunities to support solutions-focused…

It’s going to be a long, tiresome, not-journalism-at-all-not-really run for the Times, isn’t it?
From: @…
https://press.coop/@nytimes/1120506994726440…

The New York Times :press: (@nytimes@press.coop)
Attached: 1 image The Trump-Biden Rematch Is Here. Americans Are Processing. They’ve worked through denial, bargaining and grief over the 2024 matchup. Are discontented voters inching toward acceptance? #press https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/politics/trump-biden-presidential-campaign.html?utm_source=press.coop

There are commercial reasons why some newsrooms focus on spectacle and confrontation
– the old journalism adage of “if it bleeds, it leads” still prevails in many newsroom decisions.
For the initial weeks of the campus protests, this penchant for sensationalism has shown up in the focus on chaos, clashes and arrests.
But it is a decision that delegitimizes protest aims.
This delegitimization is aided by the sourcing routines journalists often fall back on to tell stor…

Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance
Analysis shows news stories on pro-Palestinian demonstrations at US universities spiked when they involved clashes.

The first week of April -- when scores of journalists gratuitously quote the opening line of The Waste Land.
#journalism
#tseliot
#modernism

Jude Doyle analysing Taylor Lorenz's recent stuff
Excellent rant about irresponsible journalism.
Partly about the death of Nex Benedict, so content warning for allusions to death, grief & anti-trans bullying.
#NexBenedict #journalism #TaylorLorenz

A practical approach to increasing diversity and representation in video journalism https://medium.com/journalism-innovation/a-practical-approach-to-increasing-diversity-and-representation-in-video…

A practical approach to increasing diversity and representation in video journalism
The digital era has seen a rise in remote reporting as newsroom travel budgets are cut and staff sizes shrink. In some ways this has presented new opportunities — journalists can hop on a call with…

A good article on recent media drama.
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/27/the-vice-media-collapse-was-entirely-the-fault-of-incompetent-fail-upward-brunchlords/

The Vice Media Collapse Was Entirely The Fault Of Incompetent, Fail-Upward Brunchlords
As we survey the rubble that once was the U.S. journalism industry, a common refrain involves lamenting that “online journalism just isn’t profitable.” But as the recent collapse …

Interest in policy interventions to protect journalism is exploding, but industry gatherings keep failing to include journalism labor advocates as strikes grow (Matt Pearce)
https://mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalisms-visionary-leaders-and
<…

Journalism's visionary leaders and the voices missing from the room
Somebody is missing from the upcoming International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas.

The #NewYorkTimes has been and will continue to be a far-right-wing rag in a business suit.
Please stop giving them your money or your attention.
#NYTimes #propaganda

Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image The fucking Times. It follows up yesterday's awful poll with another. That they even asked this question is evidence of the bias--the agenda--in their poll. Who made age an "issue"? The credulous Times falling into the right-wing's projection. This is not journalism. Shameful.

Agree with these colleagues. 👇🏼 #Gaza #journalism #freepress

Broadcast journalists send open letter calling for foreign media access to Gaza
The broadcasters represented are Sky News, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS.

Society for Professional Journalism and Prison Journalism Project Announce Inaugural Prison Journalism Awards
Nominations due by March 31
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/01/30/spj-pjp-stillwater-prison-journalism-awards/…

Society for Professional Journalism and Prison Journalism Project Announce Inaugural Prison Journalism Awards
The Florida Chapter of SPJ and Prison Journalism Project are proud to announce the inaugural SPJ Florida-PJP Stillwater Prison Journalism Awards.

The Offline with Jon Favreau and Max Fisher has some great thoughts about @… and her contentious interview.
Good journalism is hard and when done well it gets new and valuable information to the public.

Yes, it is unfortunately via Substack, but this piece by Ken Klippenstein on leaving The Intercept offers yet more insight into the limitations of journalism in corporate cultures: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-im-resigning-from-the-intercept

Kyiv Independent editor-in-chief shortlisted for Gongadze Prize for journalism: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/18/kyiv-independent-editorinchief.html

Indian poultry giant Venky's is selling antibiotics to bird farmers which are contributing to spread of drug-resistant infections | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stor

Indian poultry giant selling antibiotics for growth promotion on farms

#Flux #MatthewSheffield
"The Republican party has become an authoritarian cult and mainstream journalism should stop pretending otherwise"
Ronna McDaniel and the twilight of fictitious Republicans

Interest in policy interventions to protect journalism is exploding, but industry gatherings keep failing to include journalism labor advocates as strikes grow (Matt Pearce)
https://mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalisms-visionary-leaders-and
<…

Journalism's visionary leaders and the voices missing from the room
Somebody is missing from the upcoming International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas.

Quote of the day
From: @…
https://journa.host/@w7voa/112361185072158857

@…
What? No close-up pictures of Bob Junior Joe? Mastodon LOVES frog photos.
#Frog #Journalism #ZachPlease

'Civil War' is terrifying not for what it says about America, but about journalism (Will Bunch/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/civil-war-movie-about-journalism-20240421.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/240422/p29#a240422p29

Trump’s threats to the rule of law continue
With powerful evidence, a conviction is likely.
If convicted, however, Trump will not be incarcerated (if at all) before all appeals are exhausted.
And that is unlikely to occur before the election.
If his conviction stands and he is elected, we face a constitutional issue:
Must a state “let him out” to serve as president?
Perhaps yes, but the remainder of any sentence would need to be served when (if!) he le…

Trump’s threats to the rule of law continue
I answer readers’ questions, sum up Trump’s threat to the rule of law and highlight an exquisite piece of journalism and an important court opinion.

I enjoyed this article about sport being the last hold-out area of journalism on the #birdsite. And that's gone now, too.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/articl…

Hot damn. Look at this org chart for The Intercept.
That's a lot of business-side people: the whole left side.
I get why they're needed in today's for-profit disastrous journalism industry.
But the problem is the for-profit disastrous industry.

Ken Klippenstein resigned from The Intercept to take his journalism to...Substack?
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-im-resigning-from-the-intercept

How investigative journalists in Ukraine face increasing intimidation, as some worry outlets are censoring themselves, seeing patriotism as trumping journalism (Jamie Dettmer/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-in…

Ukraine’s investigative journalists are facing intimidation
While the level of corruption in the country may be on the decline, it’s far from over — and pressure on journalists is only mounting.

Poetins regime gebruikt massaal camera’s met gezichtsherkenningssoftware om demonstranten op te sporen en te arresteren. Een Nederlands dochterbedrijf van het van oorsprong Russische Yandex helpt bij de ontwikkeling van die software. Mogelijk overtreedt het hiermee de sancties tegen Rusland. Dit blijkt uit onderzoek van Follow the Money, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism en Paper Trail Media.

Nederlands techbedrijf hielp Rusland met gezichtsherkenningssoftware voor het oppakken van demonstranten
Poetins regime gebruikt massaal camera’s met gezichtsherkenningssoftware om demonstranten op te sporen en te arresteren. Een Nederlands dochterbedrijf van het van oorsprong Russische Yandex helpt bij de ontwikkeling van die software. Mogelijk overtreedt het hiermee de sancties tegen Rusland. Dit blijkt uit onderzoek van Follow the Money, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism en Paper Trail Media.

Reporting from WKCR:
"A police officer entered the journalism building and said 'If you come out one more time you're going to get arrested.' This was directed at a number of student journalists and faculty."

Ronna's lack of integrity is just part of the problem. News organizations should not be siphoning off money that should be spent on journalism and using it to subsidize politicians. How did we get here? It all started with Rupert Murdoch's corruption. His damage of journalism is exceeded only by what he has done to democracy in every nation where he operates.

'Audiences are making a rational decision not to consume news products' https://www.journalism.co.uk/news-commentary/-audiences-are-making-a-rational-decision-not-to-consume-our-products-/s6/a103367…

'Audiences are making a rational decision not to consume news products'
News avoiders are simply 'frustrated sense seekers' who do not see value in traditional journalism, says Shirish Kulkarni

"What if -- instead of seeing the process of creating clinical documentation as mere busywork -- the #techbros understood it as possibly part of the process of #care?
What if — instead of leading with the 'gee whiz AI' angle —

Daniel Nichanian from @… wrote a state-by-state guide to all of 2024's state supreme court races, icymi: 82 elections across 33 states.
Abortion, voting rights, civil rights keep coming down to who voters put on bench... These can be under-radar, but now you can prepare too.
THANK YOU!

A look at States Newsroom, a nonprofit network in all 50 US states focused on state politics and policy, with 220 full-time staff and a $22M annual budget (Cameron Joseph/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/states-ne…

This nonprofit has newsrooms in all 50 state capitals. Is it the future of state journalism?
In late January, after wrapping up his annual State of the State speech, North Dakota governor Doug Burgum (R) headed out to meet the press. Only two reporters awaited him: the North Dakota Monitor’s Amy Dalrymple and Michael Achterling. “Michael and I were the only ones that were there to ask him questions,” Dalrymple, a […]

New media company from Mehdi Hasan:
#MehdiHasan #media #journalism

A look at States Newsroom, a nonprofit network in all 50 US states focused on state politics and policy, with 220 full-time staff and a $22M annual budget (Cameron Joseph/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/states-ne…

This nonprofit has newsrooms in all 50 state capitals. Is it the future of state journalism?
In late January, after wrapping up his annual State of the State speech, North Dakota governor Doug Burgum (R) headed out to meet the press. Only two reporters awaited him: the North Dakota Monitor’s Amy Dalrymple and Michael Achterling. “Michael and I were the only ones that were there to ask him questions,” Dalrymple, a […]

Media and Democracy Project Asks the New York Times to Reinstate Public Editor Position
With fascism knocking at the door, our major press institutions must set the standard for journalism ethics.
The New York Times created its now defunct Public Editor position in 2003, in response to widespread criticism of its irresponsible Iraq War reporting.
In general, a public editor’s newsroom role is “to be responsible for
supervising the implementation of proper journalism et…

Media and Democracy Project Asks the New York Times to Reinstate Public Editor Position
With fascism knocking at the door, our major press institutions must set the standard for journalism ethics.

Google tests removing links to CA news sites to measure the impact of the California Journalism Preservation Act and pauses investments in the CA news ecosystem (Jaffer Zaidi/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/products/news/calif…

Why the California Journalism Preservation Act is putting support of the news ecosystem at risk
CJPA is unworkable and may result in changes to our services in California. As a result, we’re testing potential product implementations.

Agree with these colleagues. 👇🏼 #Gaza #journalism #freepress

Broadcast journalists send open letter calling for foreign media access to Gaza
The broadcasters represented are Sky News, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS.

ProPublica creates a dedicated newsroom team to sustain future investigative projects of current and prior Local Reporting Network partners (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/propublica-announc…

ProPublica Announces 50 State Initiative, Boosting Local Journalism Commitment
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

Why student journalism matters #Journalism #StudentJournalism

Why student journalism matters
I almost gave up on my one-week-old journalism career a few hours after I saw my first byline," writes a student journalist.

ProPublica creates a dedicated newsroom team to sustain future investigative projects of current and prior Local Reporting Network partners (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/propublica-announc…

ProPublica Announces 50 State Initiative, Boosting Local Journalism Commitment
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

'Diversity still not a priority in practice' in news industry, survey finds https://pressgazette.co.uk/diversity/ft-strategies-diversity-news-organisation/

'Diversity still not a priority in practice' in news industry, survey finds
Diversity and inclusion are “still not a priority in practice” in journalism, an FT Strategies survey of news organisation staff suggests.

Q&A with Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on the necessity and the difficulty of writing about structural issues like dark money, the change in SCOTUS coverage, and more (Kevin Lind/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/qa_dah

Q&A: Dahlia Lithwick on the Colorado case, the election, and the press
In 1999, Dahlia Lithwick happened to be in Washington, DC, when the federal government was suing Microsoft over antitrust violations. Lithwick had studied English at Yale, then law at Stanford, but was not finding success as a family lawyer when she received a call from a friend of a friend suggesting that she cover the […]

How the mighty have fallen.
I remember c|net as a standard-bearer of tech journalism back in the 1990s. Theirs was one of the few bookmarks I opened regularly to read about tech news.
Red Ventures has destroyed its reputation, along with all their other properties’ like ZDNet (the other fantastic tech news site). RV’s decisive pivot to AI is likely fatal; they will accelerate the descent of all their outlets into a content swill mill fit only for your blocklist.

Wikipedia No Longer Considers CNET a "Generally Reliable" Source After AI Scandal
Conversations between Wikipedia editors following CNET's AI scandal reflect the reputational hazards of AI content and dubious ownership.

I enjoyed this article about sport being the last hold-out area of journalism on the #birdsite. And that's gone now, too.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/articl…

First part of this quote sounds … familiar.
The second part … they’re on to something.
“#Twitch could be a boon to traditional news organizations for additional income and audience engagement. Our research shows journalists could embrace new practices that are increasingly important to build public trust.”

Ken Klippenstein resigned from The Intercept to take his journalism to...Substack?
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-im-resigning-from-the-intercept

Inauguration of the Linkiesta.it Academy, created to improve the level of awareness of young people in the field of journalism, security and international law: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/22/inauguration-of-the.html

Poetins regime gebruikt massaal camera’s met gezichtsherkenningssoftware om demonstranten op te sporen en te arresteren. Een Nederlands dochterbedrijf van het van oorsprong Russische Yandex helpt bij de ontwikkeling van die software. Mogelijk overtreedt het hiermee de sancties tegen Rusland. Dit blijkt uit onderzoek van Follow the Money, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism en Paper Trail Media.

Nederlands techbedrijf hielp Rusland met gezichtsherkenningssoftware voor het oppakken van demonstranten
Poetins regime gebruikt massaal camera’s met gezichtsherkenningssoftware om demonstranten op te sporen en te arresteren. Een Nederlands dochterbedrijf van het van oorsprong Russische Yandex helpt bij de ontwikkeling van die software. Mogelijk overtreedt het hiermee de sancties tegen Rusland. Dit blijkt uit onderzoek van Follow the Money, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism en Paper Trail Media.

Google tests removing links to CA news sites to measure the impact of the California Journalism Preservation Act and pauses investments in the CA news ecosystem (Jaffer Zaidi/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/products/news/calif…

Why the California Journalism Preservation Act is putting support of the news ecosystem at risk
CJPA is unworkable and may result in changes to our services in California. As a result, we’re testing potential product implementations.

Student Reporters Offer a Lesson on World Press Freedom Day
#Journalism

Student Reporters Offer a Lesson on World Press Freedom Day
Student-run news outlets have covered the often brutal police crackdowns against pro-Palestinian encampments on college campuses.

Sources: Chinese-owned media stopped submissions to Asia's highest-profile journalism prize SOPA due to Chinese government pressure to avoid foreign "collusion" (Nikkei Asia)
https://t.co/p9W1wQmyP8

Chinese media withdraw from regional journalism competition
Outlets stop SOPA submissions under pressure to avoid foreign 'collusion

A Free Press Needs a New Kind of Journalism - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly https://nonprofitquarterly.org/a-free-press-needs-a-new-kind-of-journalism/?utm_…

A Free Press Needs a New Kind of Journalism - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Most media in the United States is owned by a handful of corporations or is being bought up by billionaires. Can nonprofits take it back?

A group of researchers say Twitch is increasingly becoming a news source, and traditional news outlets could use it for added income and audience engagement (Matt Cooper/University of Oregon)
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/twitch-app-mov…

Twitch app moves into news coverage, redefining journalism | Around the O
The gamer site could be a boon to news outlets, reaching new audiences and building trust

Canada's heritage minister announces CA$58.8M to extend the Local Journalism Initiative for three years; the program funded 400 journalism jobs in 2023-2024 (Government of Canada)
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage

It was funny when Will Ferrell did it in a movie, and his boss, Michael Keaton, took his weapon away.
This is idiotic.
“… the officer was attempting to navigate through an area barricaded by students while using a firearm “equipped with a flashlight” to illuminate his way when he shot his gun “accidentally.” The bullet struck a wall, and the spokesperson reiterated that the shooting occurred in the presence of police officers only.”
From: @…

Journa.host
The server for working journalists and news outlets on Mastodon. Home to active & retired journalists, media scholars, and a variety of news and journalism adjacent professionals. #Newstodon

Abuse of women in journalism is a huge issue that needs tackling but I don't think it should be a police issue https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/women-journalists-abuse-letter-police/

News industry urges police to 'break cycle of abuse' against women in journalism
100 journalists sign letter asking police to "do everything you can to break the cycle of abuse that risks sidelining women from journalism".

Our Local #Journalism Directory is a year old and better than ever!
Find state and local news outlets worth reading and supporting.
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/j

Local Journalism Directory | Media And Democracy
We created a directory to help you find local journalism in your area worth reading and supporting.

Beginning in early 2022, and intensifying in 2023, a range of so-called “#election #integrity” groups, from 💥Leonard Leo’s Honest Elections Project 💥to 🔥Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network🔥, have made #stopping

Ranked-Choice Voting is MAGA’s Latest Target
Documented is an investigative watchdog and journalism project committed to holding the powerful interests that undermine our democracy accountable.

We've just started reading "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" by Maria Ressa.
"What you do matters in this present moment of the past, when memory can be so easily altered. Please ask yourself the same question my team and I ask every day."
"What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?"
#Journalism

Over 50 journalism professors call on the NYT to address questions on its report that described a "pattern of gender-based violence" in Hamas' October 7 attack (Laura Wagner/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media<…

Journalism professors call on New York Times to review Oct. 7 report
“Screams Without Words,” a New York Times report into sexual violence in the Hamas attack on Israel, has drawn criticism from journalism professors and other.

Tech journalism is often characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research, and publishers are reluctant to invest in it without a clear ROI (Timothy B. Lee/Asterisk)
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/06/debugging-tech-journalism

Debugging Tech Journalism—Asterisk
A huge proportion of tech journalism is characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research. Can we fix it?

This is nice, Pulitzer, but the journalists on other campuses, and not just your own, also deserve respectful and individual attention.
“As we gather to consider the nation’s finest and most courageous journalism, the Pulitzer Prize Board would like to recognize the tireless efforts of student journalists across our nation’s college campuses, who are covering protests and unrest in the face of great personal and academic risk.”

An interview with LinkedIn EIC Dan Roth on investing in journalism and news, work with over 400 news publishers globally, launching a podcast network, and more (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/linkedin-news-publisher-strategy
…

LinkedIn doubles down on news as social rivals retreat
Unlike Facebook and X, traffic referrals to news publishers have increased slightly from LinkedIn over the past three years.

Journalists are under attack.
There's a bill in the U.S. Senate to strengthen shield laws. If you think that's a good thing, please contact your senators.
You Can Help Protect Journalists https://open.substack.com/pub/mediaand

You Can Help Protect Journalists
A bill to protect journalists has passed the House with strong bi-partisan support. Please let your Senator know you care about journalism, and the PRESS Act.

The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/p/moral-panic-journalism

The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism
Scare stories on "left-wing illiberalism" display a familiar pattern.

A look at 1440, a media brand with a single daily newsletter that aggregates news and has 3.5M subscribers, 15 staff, and ~$15M in annual revenue (Jim Edwards/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/1440-media-intervie…

The media brand with one email newsletter, 15 staff and $15m revenue
1440 may be the biggest media brand you’ve never heard of. It has an email list of 3.5m and is growing at a rate of 250,000 readers a month.

RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place (Tom McArthur/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy73gq39219o

World Press Freedom Day: Journalism not being protected, report says
Governments are failing to protect journalism from political attacks, according to Reporters Without Borders.

A look at the use of satellite imagery for investigative journalism by outlets including Reveal, Bellingcat, The New York Times, and ProPublica (Robert Simmon/Global Investigative Journalism Network)
https://gijn.org/stories/from-space-to-story-in-data-journalism/…

From Space to Story in Data Journalism
Over the past 10 years satellite imagery has become an important component of data journalism. In the next 10, it will likely evolve further, from a tool used primarily for illustrating stories to an integral part of research and investigative reporting.

Kim Godwin steps down as ABC News' president, a role she has held since 2021, and says she will "retire from broadcast journalism"; no successor has been named (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/abc-new…

Semafor media reporter Maxwell Tani talks about cord-cutting, the importance of niches for digital media, threats from AI, and how it feels to break bad news (Scott Nover/Slate)
https://slate.com/business/2024/03/media-layoffs-max-tani-sema…

How It Feels to Be the Go-To Guy for News About Media Layoffs
Also: what he thinks will be the future of media.

Semafor media reporter Maxwell Tani talks about cord-cutting, the importance of niches for digital media, threats from AI, and how it feels to break bad news (Scott Nover/Slate)
https://slate.com/business/2024/03/media-layoffs-max-tani-sema…

How It Feels to Be the Go-To Guy for News About Media Layoffs
Also: what he thinks will be the future of media.

BBC ex-Director of News and Current Affairs James Harding says the BBC "will drain advertising away from journalism" if the broadcaster runs ads on its podcasts (Bron Maher/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/ja…

James Harding warns BBC podcast ads will ‘drain advertising away from journalism’
Former BBC director of news James Harding says the BBC “will drain advertising away from journalism” if it allows ads alongside its podcasts.

A look at The Cool Down, a climate-focused news outlet that makes $5M in programmatic advertising per year and aims to increase it to $12M per year in 2025 (Clara Aberneithie/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/

The US website making ad-funded journalism about the environment work
How has The Cool Down seen such high visitor rates and how will its business model move to providing a consultancy platform?

Guardian journalist Hella Pick dies at 96; she spent seven decades as a foreign correspondent and diplomatic editor after fleeing Nazi-annexed Austria in 1938 (Harriet Sherwood/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/apr

Guardian journalist Hella Pick dies at 96; she spent seven decades as a foreign correspondent and diplomatic editor after fleeing Nazi-annexed Austria in 1938 (Harriet Sherwood/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/apr

How newspaper leaders tried and failed to see how tech would change the business of journalism, framed by the career of digital newspaper pioneer Roger Fidler (David Streitfeld/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2…

How the Media Industry Keeps Losing the Future
Roger Fidler tried his best, but the excellent business of journalism is gone for good. Can the idea of “news” survive in a digital world?

Julia Angwin says Proof News aims to use "the scientific method" for investigative journalism, and expand beyond tech to cover corporate accountability, more (Neel Dhanesha/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/p…

Proof News is Julia Angwin’s attempt to bring the scientific method to investigative journalism
The cofounder of The Markup wants to expand beyond tech with her new publication.

A look at the YouTube series Herne Katha, which became one of Nepal's most popular journalistic endeavours in recent years by focusing on "unexplored" regions (Bibek Bhandari/South China Morning Post)
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YouTube series aims to change face of Nepali journalism through human stories
Since 2018, documentary series Herne Katha has been travelling to ‘unexplored places’ in Nepal to tell deeply personal stories of people who rarely receive prominent media coverage

A look at the YouTube series Herne Katha, which became one of Nepal's most popular journalistic endeavours in recent years by focusing on "unexplored" regions (Bibek Bhandari/South China Morning Post)
https://www.

YouTube series aims to change face of Nepali journalism through human stories
Since 2018, documentary series Herne Katha has been travelling to ‘unexplored places’ in Nepal to tell deeply personal stories of people who rarely receive prominent media coverage

The cost of a journalism education has become an insurmountable barrier for just the kind of people the industry needs most; j-schools need to go tuition free (Graciela Mochkofsky/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/opinion/free-tui…

Opinion | One Way to Help a Journalism Industry in Crisis: Make J-School Free
We need mission-driven, imaginative news leaders who are not bound by the models of the past.

For weeks, graduate students at The Columbia Journalism School chronicled protests, and professors worked to ensure access and safety as the campus locked down (Charlotte Klein/Vanity Fair)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/columbia-protests-student…

“Everything Felt Really Dystopian”: Columbia Student Journalists on the Front Lines of Gaza Protests
They’ve gotten a crash course in breaking news, capturing the Hamilton Hall occupation and the NYPD’s crackdown, while surviving on pizza and operating on little sleep. The students, says one professor, have “become professional journalists reporting on the biggest story right now, not only in the city, but in the nation.”

Major South African outlet The Daily Maverick takes down its site for a day to alert readers to ad revenue, grant funding, and philanthropic support "drying up" (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/ne…

Major South African news site 'shuts down' for a day to alert readers to 'crisis in journalism'
A leading South African news site has taken "drastic" action to raise awareness of the "crisis in journalism" by shutting down for 24 hours.

Major South African outlet The Daily Maverick takes down its site for a day to alert readers to ad revenue, grant funding, and philanthropic support "drying up" (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/ne…

Major South African news site 'shuts down' for a day to alert readers to 'crisis in journalism'
A leading South African news site has taken "drastic" action to raise awareness of the "crisis in journalism" by shutting down for 24 hours.

A profile of Dale Anglin, first director of Press Forward, a philanthropic effort to invest $500M over five years in local news and aiming to raise $500M more (Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/dale-anglin-profile-press-fo…

A new leader for Press Forward, at a pivotal moment for journalism
Dale R. Anglin has spent more than twenty years in the nonprofit sector, channeling millions of dollars to social service organizations. Among those projects was Cleveland Documenters, a local initiative that paid hundreds of residents to take notes at government meetings and then expanded to regular reporting and investigative pieces as the nonprofit news outlet […]

Excerpts from an analysis of the California Journalism Preservation Act, which has yet to pass the state Senate, including its many weaknesses and alternatives (Jeff Jarvis/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org…

The California Journalism Preservation Act would do more harm than good. Here’s how the state might better help news
"If there are resources to be put to work, we must ask where those resources should come from, who should receive them, and on what basis they should be distributed."

A look at US investigative outlet The Lever, which has 19 staffers after launching in 2022 with two staff, 112K subscribers, and paying subscribers up 16.5% YoY (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/

The Lever gets reader backing to expose corporate corruption and grows editorial team
US investigative news outlet The Lever, which has hired nine new journalists, put its ability to expand down to its subscriber strategy.

Paste co-founder and EIC Josh Jackson, whose company bought Jezebel in November 2023, says that overly broad brand safety efforts are hurting journalism (Check My Ads Institute)
https://checkmyads.org/branded/jezebel-paste-advertising-blocklist/

Jezebel’s new owner has a request for advertisers: Please stop hurting journalism
Josh Jackson was shocked when he found out what term, if used in the music publication he co-founded, could automatically strip an article of ad revenue. It was the word “song.” That was just one of more than 4,000 “negative keywords” a major advertiser looking to run ads on

PressPad, which arranged housing for interns in London by asking established journalists to offer up their spare rooms, starting in 2018, is shutting down (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/04/presspad…

PressPad, an attempt to bring some class diversity to posh British journalism, is shutting down
"While there is even more need for this intervention than when we began the project, the initiative needs more resources than the current team can provide."