Journalists are increasingly partnering with outside organizations. A new report offers a glimpse at how that’s going
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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Journalists are increasingly partnering with outside organizations. A new report offers a glimpse at how that’s going“Impact is often many years or miles away.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
What We’re Reading
New York Times / Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel
Meta’s policies on Ukraine content are changing daily. Even its own content moderators are confused. →
“The policy changes were onerous because moderators were generally given less than 90 seconds to decide on whether images of dead bodies, videos of limbs being blown off, or outright calls to violence violated Meta's rules, they said. In some instances, they added, moderators were shown posts about the war in Chechen, Kazakh or Kyrgyz, despite not knowing those languages.”
Wait, What? / Molly Jong-Fast
“How should the media cover the political landscape when one party has gone full arsonist?” →
“Opinion writers like myself don't need to worry about presenting a balanced view (or more to the point, maybe, the appearance of a balanced view). But what about reporters? They are supposed to invoke neither fear nor favor. How do they navigate the sticky wicket of a two-party system in which only one party seems to value the truth?”
Mediapost / Wayne Friedman
Fox News was the only cable TV news network to gain viewers in the first quarter of 2022 →
“For MSNBC, prime-time viewing was down 46% to 1.2 million and falling 48% in total day viewing to 712,000. CNN declined a massive 56% in prime time to 857,000, while total day viewing sank 52% to 653,000.”
NBC New York / Chris Glorioso and Courtney Copenhagen
A New Jersey town has sued an 82-year-old retired school teacher for filing too many public records requests →
Elouise McDaniel said she had every right to request records and investigations into the mayor's administration. “I'm a homeowner. I pay tax dollars. So I think I am entitled to know how my hard earned tax dollars are being spent.”
The New York Times Company
The New York Times announces a new team to experiment with personalizing the homepage for readers →
“With input from desks and product teams, they will test myriad hypotheses, with a focus on engaging our subscribers and getting them to come back to us more frequently. These experiments will include things like targeting readers based on location or reading history or testing new kinds of content packages.”
Poynter / Rick Edmonds
Hopes were high that Congress would pass a federal subsidy for local journalism. Now? The measure is “in a coma.” →
“The Local Journalism Sustainability Act would have provided a credit for half the salary of local journalists on earnings up to $50,000 … Absent federal action, several state legislatures have taken up (but not yet passed) adaptations of the bill.”
Axios
Axios acquires The SF Minute, a local news Substack launched in 2020 →
The SF Minute editor Nick Bastone will join Axios as a writer and the newsletter will be relaunched as Axios San Francisco.
Variety / Naman Ramachandran
BBC sets goal for 25% of staff to come from a low socio-economic background by 2027 →
The BBC wants to “ensure our workforce is more representative of the audiences we serve,” according to its new Annual Plan.
Axios / Sara Fischer,Kerry Flynn
Lee Enterprises is quietly laying off top editors and other staff across its local papers →
“Former Lee employees told Axios and have publicly expressed their frustration over payouts to Lee management amid the newsroom cuts. The Omaha World-Herald Guild tweeted, ‘Rational folks would be right to question why Lee is dolling out that much money to executives during a hostile takeover attempt, let alone while they gut newsroom and newspapers.'”
The Philadelphia Inquirer / Layla A. Jones
How Philly reinvented TV news and harmed Black America →
“More than half a century later, the impact of this efficient and pioneering approach remains, but continues to be condemned as harmful, as critics call for a reimagining of stories that tell a fuller story of communities, one that more accurately captures the humanity and dignity of all who live there.”
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