Unimaginable abortion stories will become more common. Is American journalism ready?
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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Unimaginable abortion stories will become more common. Is American journalism ready?In America after the end of Roe v. Wade, one brave source, on the record, is often the best we are going to get. Countless other stories will never be told. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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What We’re Reading
TechCrunch / Sarah Perez
Almost 40% of Gen Z is using TikTok and Instagram for search instead of Google, according to Google’s own data →
"In our studies, something like almost 40% of young people, when they're looking for a place for lunch, they don't go to Google Maps or Search. They go to TikTok or Instagram,” one Google exec said. The comments were based on internal research that involved a survey of U.S. users, ages 18 to 24.
WSJ / Cara Lombardo and Sarah E. Needleman
Twitter is suing Elon Musk to hold the billionaire to his $44 billion takeover deal →
The complaint notes Musk tweeted a poop emoji at Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal. (Really!)
New York Times / Amanda Morris
For blind internet users, the fix can be worse than the flaws →
The use of automated accessibility web services has risen sharply in recent years because of advances in A.I. and new legal pressures on companies to make their websites accessible. But hundreds of people with disabilities have complained about issues with the tools.
Nieman Reports / Danny Fenster
Violence in Myanmar is forcing journalists to flee →
“The junta figures if it can torture, expel, or execute enough reporters, it can cower the rest into silence.”
Reuters / David Shepardson
An appeals court struck down an FCC rule requiring broadcasters to verify sponsors’ identities →
“The court noted that the FCC had raised concerns ‘that the Chinese and Russian governments have been secretly leasing air time to broadcast propaganda on American radio.’ The FCC rules, which were finalized in April 2021, require foreign-government sponsorship disclosure at the time of a broadcast if a foreign governmental entity paid a radio or television station, directly or indirectly, to air material.”
Indiegraf / Isabel Armiento
More small, independent media outlets are turning to co-operative models →
A media co-op is owned by its readers, members or workers rather than by a private individual. “Many journalists consider media co-ops a welcome alternative to the current media landscape. ‘A lot of newsroom employees – especially with the seemingly endless rounds of layoffs, newsroom closures, and sell-offs – have started to understand that the best way to prevent that is to form, build, found or buy something as a co-op, where the workers or even the community members are the owners.'”
Houston Chronicle / Maria Reeve
The Houston Chronicle dropped its paywall for three days to give non-subscribers “a taste” of what they’re missing →
“We hope this taste of our work will entice you to come back, stay awhile and become one of the many subscribers who make our work possible.”
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism / Haya Abushkhaidem
“Not just Shireen”: How Israel has attacked journalists and newsrooms in Palestine →
“According to RSF, at least 30 journalists have been killed by the Israeli security forces since 2000. Some of these journalists were foreigners, including Italian AP journalist Simone Camilli and British cameraman and filmmaker James Miller. But most of them were Palestinian like Shireen.”
Medium / Michael Mignano
Is RSS holding podcasting back? →
“The blessing of standardization eventually comes at a cost.”
Variety / Todd Spangler
YouTube TV now has more than 5 million subscribers →
The total includes users on limited-time free promotional trials and makes YouTube TV the U.S.'s biggest internet-based TV service.
Austin American-Statesman
Why the Austin American-Statesman chose to publish video of the delayed police response inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde →
“We also have removed the sound of children screaming as the gunman enters the classroom. We consider this too graphic.”
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