This German news outlet is teaching people about local politics with an in-person game
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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This German news outlet is teaching people about local politics with an in-person game"It gives you a much better view on what politics on a local level is, instead of just reading about it or going to a meeting yourself and sitting in as a guest." By Hanaa' Tameez. |
What We’re Reading
Twitter / Ben Mullin
Vice Media will freeze hiring and make other cuts to reduce costs by up to 15% →
Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc cited “ongoing cutbacks by brands and advertisers” in an email to staff.
Rest of World / Nilesh Christopher
A fired Twitter contractor on their fears for the platform under Musk →
“But right now, we need both machine learning and human review….the misinfo and harassment will get worse and worse as time goes on, unless something is done about it.”
The Verge / Mia Sato
The unbearable lightness of BuzzFeed →
“As social platforms continue to limit its reach, BuzzFeed needs to generate one more neat trick to reinvent digital media — and save itself in the process.”
Toolkits / Jack Marshall
Are fewer people paying for publishers’ subscription products? →
“…although the total number of subscriptions held among U.S. consumers may be increasing, those subscriptions are becoming increasingly concentrated among a small pocket of "power subscribers" who continue to grow their subscription portfolios while other consumers slim down or cut out subscriptions entirely.”
NBC News / Ben Goggin
A false claim about Iran protester executions went viral with help from celebrities and politicians →
“An image that has circulated widely on social media falsely says 15,000 protesters have been sentenced to death. That claim is not true, but it has been amplified by major public figures, including the actors Viola Davis and Sophie Turner and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.”
CNN / Donie O'Sullivan
Facebook tells fact-checkers Trump is off limits since he’s running for president again →
“While Trump is currently banned from Facebook, the fact-check ban applies to anything Trump says and false statements made by Trump can be posted to the platform by others. Despite Trump's ban, ‘Team Trump,’ a page run by Trump's political group, is still active and has 2.3 million followers.”
Media Matters / Matt Gertz
How news outlets handled Trump’s 2020 coup attempt in their reports on his 2024 run →
Was it in the headline? In the first paragraph? Within the first 10 paragraphs? Within the first, um, 20 paragraphs?
Linkedin / Nancy Lane
Why Meta’s withdrawal from journalism will hurt local media companies →
“Any guesses on who is the largest funder of Report for America? That's right. The Meta Journalism Project donated $6.5 million. I believe that's a little more than 40% of the total raised to date. That means 120 reporters could go away if other funders don't step up.” (We wrote about Meta’s withdrawal earlier this week.)
The Conversation / Thomas E. Patterson
How the news media – long in thrall to Trump – can cover his new run for president responsibly →
“Trump is a master at changing the story when it's not going in his direction or favor. To do that successfully, he relies on journalists to take the bait. Racing to air Trump's latest outrage serves only to give him disproportionate coverage and to divert the public from what's more deserving of its attention.”
PBS NewsHour
Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett will succeed Judy Woodruff as co-anchors of PBS NewsHour →
“While Amna and Geoff are a new generation of journalists, they share the same unwavering commitment to fair, careful and deep reporting for which this program has always been known.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Mathew Ingram
Journalists want to recreate Twitter on Mastodon. Mastodon is not into it. →
The administrator of an academic server wrote that the journa.host server is "willing to host some extremely scumbag journalist types and we don't need to be on their radar." Another said that "reporters mining social media for fodder without the authors' knowledge or consent is a plague on every other social media platform, and I think [the Mastodon universe] should nip it in the bud."
Washington Post / Faiz Siddiqui and Jeremy B. Merrill
Elon Musk is telling Twitter staff to commit to “extremely hardcore” working hours — or leave →
Employees were told they had to a sign a pledge to stay on with the company. "If you are sure that you want to be part of the new Twitter, please click yes on the link below," read the email to all staff, which linked to an online form.
Gizmodo / Dell Cameron
Mastodon has officially retired the “Toot,” its version of the tweet →
“The latest version of Mastodon — 4.0.0 — rolled out on Monday, introducing dozens of tweaks to the web app. Among them, the ‘Toot’ button has been replaced with one that now simply says ‘Publish.’ Many users lamented the change and said they planned to continue calling posts ‘toots’ anyway.”
Washington Post / Jeremy Barr
Broadcast networks took a pass on carrying Trump’s campaign announcement live →
“ABC, NBC and CBS all decided to stick with previously scheduled entertainment programming … On cable, Fox News Channel aired most of the speech live while CNN carried the first 25 minutes before switching back to a panel discussion after Trump formally announced his 2024 candidacy.”
The Guardian / AP
Qatar World Cup organizers apologize after threats to a Danish television crew →
"You invited the whole world to come here, why can't we film? It's a public place," Tantholdt was heard saying in English. "You can break the camera, you want to break it? You are threatening us by smashing the camera?"
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