What I learned in my second year on Substack
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Thursday, September 22, 2022
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What I learned in my second year on Substack“I truly wish every reporter could have the experience of getting a raise on the same day they produced something of value to their readers.” By Casey Newton. |
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U.S. politicians tweet much more misinformation than those in the U.K. and Germany“We also found systematic differences between the parties in the U.S., where Republican politicians were found to share untrustworthy websites more than nine times as often as Democratic politicians.” By Stephan Lewandowsky Jana Lasser. |
What We’re Reading
New York Times / Todd S. Purdum
Allan M. Siegal, influential watchdog inside The New York Times, dies at 82 →
“‘Readers will believe more of what we do know if we level with them about what we don't’ was one of Mr. Siegal's favorite injunctions, articulated long before media outlets in the digital era began emphasizing transparency in news gathering and editing.”
Vox / Rani Molla
Remote workers are wasting their time proving they’re actually working →
“Productivity theater is when workers frequently update their status on Slack or toggle their mouse to make sure the status light in Microsoft Teams is green. They say hello and goodbye, and they drop into different channels throughout the day to chitchat. They check in with managers and just tell anyone what they're working on. They even join meetings they don't need to be in (and there are many more meetings) and answer emails late into the night.”
Vulture / Nicholas Quah
Podcasting is just radio now →
“It's been almost eight years since Serial dropped. An entire industry has roared to life, drawing in Hollywood studios, corporations, celebrities, and billions of dollars. But the blockbuster podcast — a subgenre or prestige tier essential to the medium's rise as an artistic force — is in a serious funk.”
The Hollywood Reporter / Alex Weprin
Alison Roman’s cooking show jumps from CNN+ to CNN →
“It is not immediately clear what day or time Roman's show will air on CNN, though the channel has made an effort to reimagine its Sunday lineup, which could make for a potential landing spot.”
The Verge / Russell Brandom
How platforms turn boring →
“I call it the Bootleg Ratio: the delicate balance between A) content created by users specifically for the platform and B) semi-anonymous clout-chasing accounts drafting off the audience. Any platform will have both, but as B starts to overtake A, users will have less and less reason to visit and creators will have less and less reason to post. In short, it's a sign that the interesting stuff about the platform is starting to die out.”
The Globe and Mail / The Canadian Press
Canad’s Postmedia to end Monday print edition of nine urban daily newspapers →
“The Vancouver Sun, The Province, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun and Montreal Gazette will all be impacted.”
The Guardian / Jim Waterson
Royal family given veto on use of footage of Queen’s funeral →
“The unedited ‘as live’ broadcast of the funeral will be allowed to remain on catchup services such as BBC iPlayer for a month. However, according to sources at British broadcasters, there will be a negotiation with Buckingham Palace about which parts of the proceedings can be shown after this point. This could give the palace the ability to shape retrospective coverage of the event.”
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism / Camila Mont'Alverne, Amy Ross Arguedas, Benjamin Toff, Richard Fletcher, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
How and why news on digital platforms is less trusted than news in general →
“We found gaps in trust for most platforms in all four countries, with news on Google sometimes at parity with news overall but news on other platforms typically viewed more skeptically. Trust was also considerably higher across the board in India compared to the other three countries.”
Election Integrity Partnership
10 factors that help predict whether election-related rumors will go viral →
“Here, we present an emerging threat framework for assessing the potential virality of election-related rumors, based on existing literature and our own work, including a decade of research into online rumoring, as well as our real-time efforts to track misinformation during the 2020 and 2022 U.S. elections. “
Washington Post / Perry Bacon Jr.
I want the reinvestment in local media to come to my city →
“I'm thrilled about the money and innovation coming to local journalism. I am frustrated it has not yet reached so many areas, including the city where I live.”
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