When tragedy becomes banal: Why news consumers experience crisis fatigue
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Monday, September 12, 2022
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When tragedy becomes banal: Why news consumers experience crisis fatigueThe sensitivity involved in attending to crises can be a double-edged sword. By Rebecca Rozelle-Stone. |
What We’re Reading
Defector / Tom Ley
In year two, roughly 95% of Defector’s revenue came from paid subscribers →
“I find the success of Normal Gossip extremely heartening, in that it seems to prove, to me at least, that the principles underpinning this website can continue to produce good outcomes for both us and our subscribers.”
The New York Times / Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mike Baker
A slain reporter, a city of sin, and a politician charged with murder →
German’s story about Telles in May “was far from a blockbuster — the agency was so obscure that few in town knew what it did — but was the kind of impactful work he was known to produce.”
Adweek / Mark Stenberg
After six ad-free years, The Athletic is now selling its first ads →
“The move uncorks a stream of advertising revenue overnight, but it represents the first step in a multi-stage monetization process, said Sebastian Tomich, the chief commercial officer of The Athletic. To recoup its investment, The Times also plans intellectual property and content licensing deals, as well as merchandising and ticketing partnerships.”
Business Insider / Steven Perlberg
The Information has about 45,000 paid subscribers →
“[Jessica Lessin] doesn’t offer equity to reporters, she said, because it would be worth nothing. Lessin, who The New York Times reported turned down acquisition interest from Financial Times, plans to maintain The Information as a ‘family business forever,’ she said.”
Press Gazette / Andrew Kersley
How the English seaside city of Bristol managed to survive the crisis in local news →
“With a population of around 500,000, Bristol is not even in the top ten of UK cities by size. Yet it supports a daily newspaper and associated wesbsite, The Bristol Post/Bristol Live, investigative news title The Bristol Cable, culture brand Bristol 24/7, historic anarchist newspaper The Bristolian, university newspaper Epigram, and the hyperlocal Voice network of newspapers.”
Press Gazette / Bron Maher
Justin B. Smith: Semafor will reinvent the newsroom “to attack information overload” →
“Semafor, now only weeks from launch, has kept a tight lid on what specifically it will do differently from the competition…Those tactics seemingly include aggregating content from other sources, drawing on politically varied writers around the world, and using ‘new, more transparent article forms.'”
CJR / Madison Hahamy
Turmoil at the Toledo Blade and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette →
“In 2008, when [publisher John Robinson Block] installed a streetlight outside of his Shadyside house, the newspaper covered it, without mentioning he was its publisher. He was referred to as the ‘safety-conscious man who dreamed up this unique system.'”
Poynter / Rick Edmonds
After 260 journalism innovation grants, Google has decided smaller and quicker is better →
“There is a goodwill-building agenda to the grant programs, but the scale of the pay-for-content debate is much bigger and likely to be slugged out instead by lobbyists and legal advisers.”
The Arizona Republic / Miguel Torres
A federal judge halts Arizona’s ban on filming police within 8 feet →
“The judge sided on Friday with media organizations, including The Arizona Republic, which argued that the law violates First Amendment protections.”
The Washington Post / Elahe Izadi
Condé Nast workers win recognition of a company-wide union →
“The Condé Nast union covers more than 500 U.S.-based employees: a majority of the editorial, production and video workers at 11 publications, including Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit, Allure, Architectural Digest and Condé Nast Entertainment, the company's in-house production studio.”
Gizmodo / Jody Serrano
Wikipedia “deaditors” sprang into action after Queen Elizabeth II’s death →
“There was so much to do. Tenses to change, pictures to choose. And what would they call Charles?”
The Daily Beast / Corbin Bolies
How murdered journalist Jeff German’s colleagues hunted down his alleged killer →
“We're here to break news, get it right, because that's what Jeff would want us to do.”
HoldtheFrontPage / Paul Linford
British journalists called off a strike in the wake of the queen’s death →
“An estimated 1,150 members of the National Union of Journalists working at Reach plc titles had planned to walk out on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week in their ongoing dispute with the company over pay.”
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism / Marina Adami
Despite growing dangers, reporters are finding new ways to report on the Amazon →
“There are more than 2000 illegal mining requests in Brazil and I can’t handle all these requests alone. It’s something that even a big newspaper can’t handle alone. So if you open this database to the other journalists, you can find a lot more stories and you can reach more people.”
The Washington Post / Praveena Somasundaram
A Clark County elected official’s DNA linked him to a Las Vegas reporter’s stabbing →
“Upon a search of Telles's home, police recovered a pair of shoes and a straw hat that matched those worn in a previously released photo of the suspect, police said Thursday. Both items were cut, probably in an attempt to destroy evidence, Koren said. He added that Telles's DNA was a positive match for DNA recovered from the crime scene.”
Press Gazette / Dominic Ponsford
Britain’s national newspapers published 426 pages of Queen Elizabeth II content the day after her death →
“Today red-top mastheads turned to blue or black as newspapers pulled out all the stops to fill massive print tribute editions, which appeared to be selling out fast in newsagents today.”
Politico / Josh Sisco and Brendan Bordelon
A Ted Cruz amendment blew up the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act →
“Cruz's amendment passed 11-10 along partisan lines. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) abstained from voting by proxy and was absent, having contracted Covid while visiting India, giving Republicans a majority on the committee.”
9to5Mac / Filipe Espósito
Apple TV+ is close to passing HBO Max in global market share →
The top five: Netflix 27.3%, Amazon Prime Video 24.3%, Disney+ 18.2%, HBO Max 7%, Apple TV+ 6.2%.
The Guardian / Harry Taylor
Sky News apologizes for mistaking a protest against police violence for a crowd of QEII mourners →
“We apologise for a mistake made earlier today which accidentally misidentified aerial pictures of a protest march for Chris Kaba as a large gathering paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth. We have also issued a correction on air to clarify the footage previously shown.”
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