The BBC commissions a study to show what life without the BBC would be like
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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The BBC commissions a study to show what life without the BBC would be likeAfter just nine days of living without any BBC services, 70% of the households hostile to paying the full license fee had changed their minds. “I was quite surprised at how much I missed it.” By Sarah Scire. |
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Don’t call it crazy: How the media “wraparound” effect cements people’s beliefs“If you are surrounded on all sides by information that seems to confirm this particular belief that you have, and every time you search for something you get information that confirms your beliefs, it would actually be illogical for you to say, ‘You know what, I reject this.'” By Dan Falk. |
What We’re Reading
CNBC / Kevin Breuninger
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts launches an investigation into the leaked draft opinion →
The opinion, which is not final, would overturn abortion rights enshrined by Roe v. Wade. “This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here," Roberts said.
The Business of Fashion / Lauren Sherman
How Vogue monetizes the Met Gala →
“For the second year in a row, Vogue is livestreaming the event, this time across several social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. (Instagram is also a sponsor.) Vogue is charging $1 million for two six-second spots over the course of two hours.”
UNC Center for Innovation & Sustainability in Local Media / Sarah Vassello
Precarity in the journalism industry is driving local journalists to unionize →
A new study shows 108 local news organizations have unionized in the past five years.
Accessible Social
Here’s a bunch of free resources for making your social media content accessible to people with disabilities →
From the FAQ: “Someone is repeatedly creating inaccessible content despite me telling them why it’s bad. Is there anything I can do?”
Report for the World / Michael Karam
Report for the World will open to local newsrooms in any country →
The program — which currently supports 15 local reporters in six newsrooms across Brazil, India, and Nigeria — will expand the program to include 30 reporters by the end of the year.
WRAL.com / Cullen Browder
The agency responsible for accrediting journalism programs has downgraded UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media →
“The UNC Hussman School is dealing with an existential crisis both internally and externally,” the accrediting team found. “The controversy surrounding the decision by Nikole Hannah-Jones to turn down a tenured, endowed chair at the school exposed long-standing problems. Many stem from inconsistencies in executing the goals in the 2016 Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan.”
RSF
Press freedom is "very bad" in a record number of countries, according to the 2022 World Press Freedom Index →
The situation is classified as "very bad" in 28 of the 180 countries and territories ranked. The “very bad” situations include Belarus (153rd) and Russia (155th).
Axios / Sara Fischer,Kerry Flynn
Lee Enterprises, one of the last remaining independent local newspaper companies, is expected to cut as much as 10% of staff →
“One source said more than 400 roles are expected to be cut in total this year across at least 19 Lee-owned local papers and corporate functions.”
Axios / Sara Fischer
G/O Media paid less than $10 million for Quartz →
“Quartz was once billed as the future of journalism, experimenting with innovative formats and new technologies as a way to drive engagement and community around high-profile business news. Its business survival story shows how difficult it’s been for digital news startups to thrive in an era of relentless digital disruption.”
Bloomberg / Ashley Carman
Facebook has pulled the plug on its podcast efforts after only one year →
“Facebook will stop letting people add podcasts to the service starting this week, according to a note sent to partners…Facebook said it doesn't plan to alert users to the fact that podcasts will no longer be available, leaving it up to the publishers to decide how they want to disclose that information.”
Washington Post / Erik Wemple
NBC News says unattributed passages in 11 articles was “supplemental” material →
Teaganne Finn, whose byline was atop all of the pieces, resigned Monday from NBC News. NBC News said this about the passages themselves: "In all cases, the passages were not central to the stories, but instead contained supplemental or background material that did not represent original reporting."
CNBC / Alex Sherman
Vice Media has hired financial advisors to seek a buyer, either for the entire company or parts of its business →
“Vice is considering a sale as it seeks liquidity for investors and to help pay back about $1 billion in debt.” An attempt to go public through a special purpose acquisition company last year stalled out.
Poynter / Tom Jones
A draft Supreme Court opinion has never been disclosed publicly. Politico editors said one striking down Roe v. Wade is “plainly news of great public interest.” →
Politico's Josh Gerstein said, "We're very confident in the authenticity of this draft majority opinion … both in the way in we obtained it and other information that we got that supports its authenticity and makes us believe that it is genuine."
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