Yet again, newsrooms aren’t showing up to the industry’s largest diversity survey
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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Yet again, newsrooms aren’t showing up to the industry’s largest diversity surveyMeredith Clark, who has led the News Leaders Association’s diversity survey in recent years, has resigned from the project. “You don’t get to transparency about diversity by relying on people’s goodwill.” By Sarah Scire. |
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Journalism at small liberal arts colleges shouldn't be inaccessibleSome student newspaper positions — especially editorial ones — at many liberal arts colleges are unpaid, which perpetuates the continued overrepresentation of upper-middle class, often white, reporters. By Hannah Docter-Loeb. |
What We’re Reading
The Washington Post / Paul Farhi and Robyn Dixon
Washington Post columnist Vladimir Kara-Murza arrested in Moscow after criticizing Putin →
“Kara-Murza was arrested outside his home in Moscow, the same day CNN aired an interview in which he predicted that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would lead to the downfall of President Vladimir Putin's government.”
Grid News / Steve Reilly, Matt Stiles, Anya van Wagtendonk, Alex Leeds Matthews and Justin Rood
QAnon candidates are on the ballot in 26 states →
“With millions in funding and the support of prominent Republicans, the conspiracy theory movement is one of the fastest-growing forces in American politics, a Grid investigation finds.”
Axios / Sara Fischer
Snapchat is partnering with more than 40 newsrooms on a new automated product →
“Beginning Tuesday, more than 40 news publishers from around the world will begin using a new feature called Dynamic Stories that lets them publish stories to Snapchat using RSS feeds, a spokesperson told Axios.”
Axios / Sara Fischer
NPR touts diversity milestones following high-profile departures →
“More than half of NPR’s leadership team (53%) is comprised of non-white executives, up from 9% in 2019, NPR CEO John Lansing tells Axios.”
Intelligencer / Olivia Nuzzi
Nicholas Kristof’s botched rescue mission →
“‘I thought it was a genuine disadvantage not having political experience… but I thought that was compensated to some degree by having good communications skills and a vision for the state.’"
The Verge / Aude White
Ariel Shapiro is the new lead reporter for The Verge’s Hot Pod →
“Beginning her role on April 25th, Shapiro will write Hot Pod's paid and free newsletters. Continuing The Verge's investment in Hot Pod, she'll be joined by an additional reporter in the coming months.”
The Washington Post / Naomi Nix
In Ukraine, Facebook fact-checkers fight a war on two fronts →
“Before the war, there were no groups assigned to fact-check posts in Russia, according to a Washington Post review, and only two examining content in Ukraine: VoxUkraine and StopFake. Now, there are eight additional groups policing misinformation in the region.”
The New Yorker / Sam Knight
Can the BBC survive the British government? →
“The classic private-sector argument against the corporation is that it is an inefficient behemoth that somehow squeezes the life out of other British creative, or journalistic, enterprises. The opposite is nearer to the truth.”
Vox / Kelsey Piper
What the media needs to get right in the next pandemic →
“One recurring theme in the media missteps over the pandemic is a failure to think through and convey uncertainty to readers.”
The Washington Post / Kim Bellware and Andrew Jeong
Russian journalist who protested Ukraine war on TV hired by German outlet Die Welt →
"’WELT stands for what is being so vehemently defended by the courageous people of Ukraine on the ground right now: freedom,’ she said in a statement announcing her hiring. ‘I see it as my duty as a journalist to defend that freedom.’"
The Washington Post / Elahe Izadi
Newspapers keep eliminating print days. They say it’s for the best. →
“Gannett, the largest chain in the country, last month eliminated one day of print per week at 136 of its newspapers, including at the [Akron] Beacon Journal. Another 50 will make the change by June, with most losing Saturday print editions. Subscribers can download digital copies of the print paper, or e-editions, on those days. And the company touted online perks, saying it was ’embracing our digital future with this evolved experience.’"
Poynter / Alex Sujong Laughlin
In a vulnerable media economy, journalists are demanding ownership of their work →
“Intellectual property ownership is the path to stability in an unstable media environment.”
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