“We ask”: How the bilingual Cicero Independiente taps the community to identify information needs
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Thursday, March 17, 2022
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“We ask”: How the bilingual Cicero Independiente taps the community to identify information needs“We want to serve people like our parents: Immigrants, monolingual Spanish speakers who have specific needs and many stories to tell but who are often left out of mainstream media.” By Sara Shahriari Emily Roseman. |
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“Beyond political correctness”: The exclusionary messaging of gendered language in journalism“Speaking to and incorporating more diverse experts and sources can address a lot of the disparities that exist in talking about people, but more than that, it can work to achieve a higher healthcare standard for a lot of people.” By Liana DeMasi. |
What We’re Reading
Charles River Regional Chamber / Greg Reibman
Gannett quietly announced at least 20 local newspapers in the Boston area will stop publishing →
“The truth is none of the papers covering our four chamber communities have had much local news in them for quite some time.” (Here’s an informal list of newspapers that will stop the presses.)
AP NEWS / MSTYSLAV CHERNOV, EVGENIY MALOLETKA, and LORI HINNANT
Two Associated Press journalists have been the only international media present in Mariupol. This is what they’ve seen. →
For nearly three weeks, the journalists have been chronicling life — and death — in the besieged city.
Washington Post / Sarah Ellison and Elahe Izadi
“Is this the end of Meduza?” Hobbled by sanctions, Russian journalists seek Western donors. →
Meduza signed up about 1,000 new contributors within 24 hours of launching the new crowdfunding campaign.
Washington Post / Jeremy Barr
Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo wants $125 million in compensation →
Cuomo only had $15 million remaining from his CNN contract but he’s demanding future "decades of earnings" because "CNN's calculated efforts to tar and feather him" left him "untouchable in the world of broadcast journalism."
The Guardian / Denis Kataev
Marina Ovsyannikova broke a long silence when she protested war and state propaganda — and other Russian journalists are following her example →
“At least two important correspondents, one from Channel One and one from NTV – Zhanna Agalakova and Vadim Glusker – have handed in their notice. A source I know at VGTRK, the state media holding company, has said that many others at the main news programme were considering resigning.”
Muckrack
The average journalist covers 4 beats, according to a “State of Journalism” survey →
“The majority of journalists surveyed create content primarily online. However, most (74%) create content in a secondary medium monthly, with many creating content for newsletters (17%) and podcasts (15%).”
Global Investigative Journalism Network / Marthe Rubio
How France’s Mediapart built a successful business model around investigative journalism →
“[Mediapart] succeeded in showing that an independent news site can be profitable without relying on advertisers, the state, or Google, but only on its readers."
Poynter / Kathleen McElroy
Looking for a new journalism gig? Poynter suggests you consider small newspaper ownership. →
"Everyone's so focused on creating something new, going the startup route.”
Teen Vogue / Alejandra Caraballo and Heron Greenesmith
Right-wing media is still shaping the narrative on trans rights →
“The tactic of promoting fear of transgender people has served right-wing media well on social media. According to a Media Matters study, which looked at a year of Facebook interactions, right-leaning news stories featuring transgender topics received over 82% of the interactions of top transgender content on Facebook. This far outpaces positive trans content, whether by LGBTQ-specific or left-leaning news outlets, or even mainstream media.”
Press Gazette / Andrew Kersley
The Times of London gained an average of 1,000 digital subs every day during the first two weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine →
“The Times surpassed 400,000 digital subscribers earlier this year after gaining 60,000 digital subscribers in 2021.”
New York Times / Michael M. Grynbaum
Justin Smith and Ben Smith will name their media start-up after a word that’s the same in “25 or 35 different languages” →
The Smiths did not reveal the name that they had selected. “English words that are the same or similar in many other languages include taxi, tea, coffee, chai, sugar, pajama, radio and soup.”
The Verge / Makena Kelly
Facebook has removed a “deepfake” video of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy →
“Earlier this month, the Ukrainian government issued a statement warning soldiers and civilians to take pause when they encounter videos of Zelenskyy online, especially if he announces a surrender to Russian invasion. In the statement, the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communications said that the Russian government would likely use deepfakes to convince Ukrainians to surrender.”
AP
The AP launches free “AI Readiness Workshops” for local newsrooms →
“Get your newsroom ready to incorporate technologies that include artificial intelligence to support and grow all aspects of your news operation. AP will walk you through how to build a technology strategy across newsgathering, production, distribution and business operations.”
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