Today in the Future of News: The latest from Nieman Lab
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Friday, October 28, 2022
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Dean Baquet: “The audience for investigative reporting is tremendous”“Some of the finest journalism I’ve been associated with started out as an inkling.” By Hanaa' Tameez. |
What We’re Reading
New York Times / Benjamin Mullin
CNN cuts back on original series and films →
“Instead, Amy Entelis, CNN's executive vice president for talent and content development, will explore creating a studio focused on long-form content.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Andrew McCormick
How The Washington Post’s Shannon Osaka stays positive covering “climate vibes” →
“I want people to be interested in climate change! What are the stories I can tell that avoid hitting that one ‘disaster’ note over and over?”
Poynter / Kristen Hare
This newsroom covers the homeless crisis. Here’s the guide it built for reporters. →
“I've interviewed a lot of folks who don't consider themselves homeless but don't have a place to live. People want to be understood for who they are and how they ended up where they are.”
Politico / Hailey Fuchs
Russia continues to fund media in the U.S. →
“Months after Russia invaded Ukraine and media companies dropped the country's state programming, Russian government funding continues to flow into U.S. media.”
The Objective / Jireh Deng
“In my mind, facts don’t mean truth without context” →
An interview with journalist Johana Bhuiyan, senior tech reporter and editor at the Guardian.
Washington Post / Drew Harwell
Racist tweets quickly surfaced after Musk closed Twitter deal →
“Racial slurs were posted rampantly overnight. One single-word tweet, showing a single racial slur in all capital letters, was retweeted more than 500 times and liked more than 4,000 times. It was tweeted at 9 p.m. Thursday night and remained online nearly 12 hours later…Musk's acquisition and almost-instant firing of its top executives was also widely celebrated in Telegram groups devoted to QAnon, the jumble of pro-Trump conspiracy theories. ‘Sometimes it takes a while, but the good guys win,’ one QAnon influencer wrote.”
Washington Post / Faiz Siddiqui and Elizabeth Dwoskin
Elon Musk takes over Twitter and fires top executives →
“Chief executive Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde, head of legal policy, trust, and safety, were let go, according to the people. Sean Edgett, the company's general counsel, was also pushed out, one of the people said.”
Washington Post / Fred Ryan
Washington Post publisher: “Merrick Garland is standing up for the First Amendment and our democracy” →
“As soon as the administration's efforts were brought to light, the attorney general and his staff responded. They sought input from news organizations and other institutions devoted to press freedom and worked to address issues of concern. On Wednesday, the department issued historic updates to its regulations that will protect newsgathering from the government overreach that has proved so troubling in the past.”
Washington Post / Erik Wemple
Erik Wemple calls Black New York Times staffers’ reaction to 2020 Tom Cotton column “an exercise in manipulative hyperbole” →
“The Erik Wemple Blog has asked about 30 Times staffers whether they still believe their ‘danger’ tweets and whether there was any merit in Bennet's retort. Not one of them replied with an on-the-record defense.” Our 2020 story.
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