Russia blocks TV Rain, its last independent TV channel, and Echo of Moscow airs its last broadcast
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Thursday, March 3, 2022
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Russia blocks TV Rain, its last independent TV channel, and Echo of Moscow airs its last broadcastAt the time of its shutdown, TV Rain had at least 80,000 paying subscribers. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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"If you try to do this with email, you'll fail": How Dallas Free Press uses text messages to reach communities of color“Before we even had a website, we launched our texting service in both neighborhoods, and in both English and Spanish for West Dallas.” By Sara Shahriari Emily Roseman. |
What We’re Reading
Vulture / Nicholas Quah
The Trojan Horse Affair swiftly became a hit. But as impact journalism, the podcast appears to have run into a wall. →
“You have a years-long investigative project — deeply researched, evidence-driven, legally verified, fact-checked — essentially being treated as equivalent to one opinion piece.'”
Washington Post / Elahe Izadi
This is how journalists figure out if all those Ukraine videos are real →
The process begins with geolocation: pinpointing exactly where an image was recorded on a map, called "the bread and butter" of verification. “We'll never publish a clip in our blog updates or tweets if we haven't located it.”
NBC News / Patricia Guadalupe
Political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz becomes first Latino to win the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning →
The Los Angeles-based political cartoonist became the first Latino recipient of the prestigious 2022 Herblock Prize in recognition of his editorial cartooning and his “passion, dedication and brilliance” in covering civil rights and other issues.
The New York Times Company / Dean Baquet, Lisa Chow, Sam Dolnick and Paula Szuchman
The New York Times names Sabrina Tavernise as the second host of “The Daily” →
“Sabrina will become the second host of ‘The Daily,’ sharing hosting duties with Michael [Barbaro]. They will take the reins on different episodes each week and allow the show to further its ambitions and reach.”
The Washington Post / Will Oremus
To fight misinformation, Twitter expands project to let users fact-check each other’s tweets →
“For the first time, some ordinary users will see fact-checking notes written by volunteers in the site's Birdwatch program.”
Discourse Blog / Jack Mirkinson
After switching from Substack to Lede, Discourse Blog is going back to Substack →
“Maintaining the site and its myriad operations, posting blogs every single day, running our newsletters, juggling Discourse Blog with our other responsibilities, all while trying to keep our collective sanity amid the maelstrom of the past 18 months — have you heard it's been a little intense out there recently? — well, to put a long story short, it all became a bit much.”
Voice of America
Russia plans to block the Voice of America’s Russian-language website →
“Today the Russian government warned the Voice of America of its intention to block the VOA Russian language service's news website, www.golosameriki.com, unless it removes coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine…’The Russian people deserve unfettered access to a free press and, therefore, we cannot comply with the Roskomnadzor’s request,’ said Acting Director [Yolanda] López.'”
Press Gazette / Andrew Kersley
There aren’t enough bulletproof vests for all the freelance journalists at risk in Ukraine →
“Two Danish freelance journalists reporting for The Daily Beast were shot near the town of Okhtyrka in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. Both survived the attack after driving their damaged car to a nearby hospital. On Tuesday cameraman Yevhenii Sakun, who worked for Ukrainian television station Live, died during the Russian attack on a TV tower in Kyiv. He is believed to be the first journalist to be killed as a result of the war.”
The Charlotte Observer
McClatchy has voluntarily recognized the newsroom union at The Charlotte Observer →
“Voluntary recognition of the Charlotte Observer News Guild allows us to quickly begin negotiations and ensure our shared steadfast commitment as public servants to our communities remains strong.”
The Wrap / Sharon Knolle
The New York Times ran a Venus Williams photo in a story about her sister Serena Williams →
“Serena shared a snap of the photo mix-up with the caption, ‘No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it's not enough. This is why I raised $111M for @serenaventures. To support the founders who are overlooked by engrained systems woefully unaware of their biases. Because even I am overlooked.'”
New Hampshire Public Radio
How New Hampshire Public Radio reported on the Oath Keepers — including those allegedly serving in elected office and law enforcement in the state →
“NHPR recently reported on the presence of nearly 300 New Hampshire-related names found on a leaked Oath Keepers database … Highlighting extremism and the risk it poses to the state and the country's democracy is an essential role for media outlets including NHPR.”
CNN
CNN+ will offer a permanent 50% discount to anyone who signs up within the first four weeks →
The new streaming service will cost $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year. Early subscribers will get what CNN is calling the "Deal of a Lifetime," or 50% off the monthly plan as long as they remain subscribers.
The Atlantic / Amanda Mull
This is peak subscription →
“The pandemic has been a boom time for subscriptions; not only have flashy streaming services for all kinds of video and audio content proliferated and grown, but delivery memberships for takeout, groceries, cleaning supplies, toys, supplements, raw meat, and virtually everything else have seen their subscriber bases swell. The same is true for some publications.”
The Atlantic / Graeme Wood
Mohammed bin Salman said it was “obvious” he had not ordered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder →
"If that's the way we did things, Khashoggi would not even be among the top 1,000 people on the list" … "It hurt me and it hurt Saudi Arabia, from a feelings perspective," the Saudi Arabian crown prince said of the allegations.
Variety / Naman Ramachandran
The BBC launched two shortwave frequencies that can be heard clearly in Kyiv and parts of Russia →
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to record audiences for the BBC's Russian and Ukrainian language news service websites. The BBC Russian news website more than tripled its year-to-date weekly average, with a reach of 10.7 million people in the last week, compared to 3.1 million.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Savannah Jacobson
WNYC sought change. It got turmoil. →
“No one really understood what it meant to be the ‘newsroom of record.’ (I asked [WNYC president Goli] Sheikholeslami if she could offer specifics about what it entails; she said, ‘Our vision is that we really want to approach this very holistically.’)”
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