“We need to be interesting”: Editors of metro dailies talk about their biggest opportunities and challenges now
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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“We need to be interesting”: Editors of metro dailies talk about their biggest opportunities and challenges now“Instead of focusing on one very small geographic area, that same reporter may look for commonalities and trends across multiple areas.” By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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Revenue for hundreds of local news orgs went up in 2021, according to new dataMore than 50 local newsrooms with just one or two full-time employees made more than $100,000 in annual revenue in 2021. By Sarah Scire. |
What We’re Reading
Gawker / Tarpley Hitt
It sure seems like this beloved literary magazine has been purchased by a sex toy company →
“A former Believer staffer noted that new material had popped up: an SEO-bait article titled ’25 Best Hookup Sites for Flings, New Trysts, and Casual Dating.'”
The Washington Post / Faiz Siddiqui
Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump →
“‘I think it was a morally bad decision to be clear and foolish in the extreme,’ he said at a Future of the Car event hosted by the Financial Times.”
The Daily Beast / Noah Kirsch and Andrew Kirell
Things just went to hell at pharma bro ex’s newsroom →
“Employees still have no idea if the outlet is liquid or whether they'll receive the money owed to them.”
AP / Fernanda Pesce and Christopher Sherman
Two more journalists have been killed in Mexico, bringing the total this year to 11 →
“The Veracruz State Prosecutor's Office said via Twitter that it was investigating the killings of Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi and Sheila Johana García Olivera, the director and a reporter, respectively, of the online news site El Veraz in Cosoleacaque.”
Current / Ellen Guettler
Expansion of Nashville Public Radio prioritizes staff diversity with goals to better serve growing city →
“We are a dramatically younger organization. Most of the new people we've hired are probably in their 20s or 30s. That has been energizing.”
Adweek / Mark Stenberg
G/O Media turned a profit for the first time in 2021 →
“G/O Media, which has no subscription revenue and only a nascent events program, relies almost exclusively on advertising for its revenue generation.”
New York Times / Ben Mullin
Impremedia, publisher of Spanish-language newspapers, has a new owner →
“My Code, a media start-up, is buying some of the largest Spanish-language newspapers in the United States, including El Diario and La Opinion.”
The Information / Sylvia Varnham O'Regan and Jessica Toonkel
Facebook’s parent company is rethinking news partnerships →
“One possibility is that it will try to focus on news content in the form of short videos rather than as links to news articles.”
Pulitzer Prizes
The 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists have been announced →
Futuro Media and Insider (né Business Insider) won their first Pulitzers.
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