“An immediate drop in content”: A new study shows what happens when big companies take over local news
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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“An immediate drop in content”: A new study shows what happens when big companies take over local news“What was so shocking to me is that all the acquisitions led to staffing changes almost immediately and an almost immediate drop in content.” By Shraddha Chakradhar. |
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Your brain on red alert“In the 24-hour news cycle, a glut of crisis narratives keeps us on edge. How can we avoid cognitive burnout while getting the news we need?” By Elizabeth Svoboda. |
What We’re Reading
The New York Times / Steven Lee Myers and Cecilia Kang
Barack Obama takes on a new role: fighting disinformation →
“‘I saw it sort of unfold — and that is the degree to which information, disinformation, misinformation was being weaponized…I think I underestimated the degree to which democracies were as vulnerable to it as they were, including ours.'”
The Atlantic / Maria Repnikova
Russia’s isolation from the West will outlast the war →
“Restrictions on press freedoms are unlikely to be rolled back when the war in Ukraine finally ends.”
Associated Press / David Klepper
For Russian diplomats, disinformation is part of the job →
“With hundreds of social media accounts on every continent, Russia's diplomatic corps acts as a global network for propaganda, in which the same claims can be recycled and tweaked for different audiences in different nations. And, so far, steps to substantially curtail that effort have fallen short.”
Vox / Terry Nguyen
The hottest trend on TikTok? In-depth analysis. →
“‘When you're on TikTok, you don't want to see news anchors or expert sources explaining a situation,’ said Sam Ayele, an internet meme researcher and PhD student at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca in Italy. ‘You want to hear different opinions from sources you can trust and relate to. I think TikTok users like to live vicariously through the perspectives and experiences of others.’"
New Statesman / Emily Tamkin
Who has the right to be anonymous? →
“…there are legitimate questions around anonymity, and to whom it should be afforded. But while we're settling them, a good rule of thumb is this: If you're going to harass people, have the courage to do it under your own name.”
The New Yorker / Naaman Zhou
The Twitter account that collects awkward, amusing writing →
“When writers strive for elegant variations of the same word, the anonymous Second Mentions account takes note.”
The Guardian / Tom Phillips
A photojournalist’s killing amplifies fears for press in Mexico →
“‘Right now the Mexican press is caught in the crossfire between the threats and bullets of narco-traffickers and organised crime and the threats and verbal attacks and attempts to morally annihilate us from the federal and state governments.’"
Poynter / Jessie Shi
Four ways newsrooms can ramp up community engagement in 2022 →
“Reporters and editors must let communities help them reflect on bias, discover untapped story angles and lead them toward more inclusive coverage.”
Substack / Alex Pareene
They know how journalism works! They’re just against it! →
“It's not even that the right needs people to lose ‘trust’ in traditional news organizations to win elections or start wars. That already happened and they won. It's more like they need people to just randomly trust whatever bullshit feels right, to get them to fall for scams and believe propaganda.”
The Washington Post / Joseph Menn
For Russian tech firms, Putin’s crackdown ended their global ambitions →
“Yandex, VKontakte and Kaspersky all ran afoul of the Kremlin's need to control Internet access, despite the efforts of their founders.”
The New York Times / Michael M. Grynbaum
Newly appointed NYT executive editor Joseph Kahn announces his leadership team →
“Two veteran Times journalists, Marc Lacey and Carolyn Ryan, are to serve as managing editors, the newsroom's No. 2 role, starting on June 14.”
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