A bakery, a brewery, and a local news site: There’s a new type of collective growing in Spokane, Washington
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Thursday, September 29, 2022
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A bakery, a brewery, and a local news site: There’s a new type of collective growing in Spokane, Washington"Are we moving fast enough for the length of runway we have to lift off? Or do we need to, you know, keep paving and quickly build more runway? That’s the real question.” By Sarah Scire. |
What We’re Reading
The Salt Lake Tribune / Jessica Miller
Utah lawyers volunteer to help Salt Lake Tribune journalists get public records →
“Lawyers from five Utah law firms have agreed to donate their time to [The Salt Lake Tribune] to help reporters appeal records request denials — and get information that should be public under the law.”
Vox / Peter Kafka
The mysterious ad slump of 2022 →
“While the ad market is lurching, the general economy is … okay. Or, at least, mixed.” Why?
Deadline / Max Goldbart
The BBC World Service is planning to cut nearly 400 jobs as it moves toward a digital-first model →
“The proposals, which come as part of a £30M ($32.7M) World Service savings drive, will see seven more language services moving to digital only, the closure of BBC Arabic radio and BBC Persian radio and the ending of some TV and radio programs. More than half of the 41 language services will become digital once the proposals have been implemented.”
Digiday / Sara Guaglione
Publishers test personalizing newsletters, with varying degrees of success →
“I would rather the work involved that goes into newsletters at The [Toronto] Star go towards making the best possible email offering for the greatest number of people.”
The Daily Beast / Justin Baragona
CNN lays off remaining CNN+ employees →
That is in addition to these layoffs.
AP / Barbara Ortutay
Rohingya seek reparations from Facebook for role in massacre →
“We believe that the genocide against Rohingya was possible only because of Facebook. They communicated with each other to spread hate, they organized campaigns through Facebook. But Facebook was silent.”
Twitter / Ed Yong
Ed Yong shares his advice about reporting on long COVID and other complex chronic illnesses →
“An hour-long call could wreck someone for days. That imbues a heavy responsibility on the interviewer. So, e.g., while I often overreport, calling more sources than is necessary, I don't for long-hauler pieces. I do as many interviews as I need and no more.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Pesha Magid
“As you publish it, the question is always there”: Lina Attalah on Mada Masr’s future →
“We have a full newsroom, full of young people, so everybody wants all of this to continue. That's the only hope I have. Everything else is completely blurry.”
AP / David Bauder
Network nightly newscasts morph, adapt for the streaming age →
“If anyone knows for sure how many people are watching, they aren't telling…The networks all say the shows are catching on, but won't share their own statistics with competitors or the public — often a sign that those levels are low.”
Google
Google will show translated news coverage from other countries in search results →
“Say you wanted to learn about how people in Mexico were impacted by the more than 7 magnitude earthquake earlier this month. With this feature, you'll be able to search and see translated headlines for news results from publishers in Mexico, in addition to ones written in your preferred language. You'll be able to read authoritative reporting from journalists in the country, giving you a unique perspective of what's happening there.” The feature rolls out early next year.
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