Citizen journalism, but make it equitable
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
 | Citizen journalism, but make it equitable“There exists enormous potential to build partnerships between newsrooms, individual content creators, mediamakers, and citizens that are both just and sustainable.” By Ryan Nave. |
 | News fatigue shows us a clear path forward“News fatigue and subscription fatigue are both very real, but they point to a clear path forward.” By Julia Beizer. |
 | Diaspora journalism takes the next step“Shedding socioeconomic and cultural preconceptions and approaching the diaspora on equal terms, with an open mind, must be a priority.” By Wilson Liévano. |
 | Renewed interest in human-powered reporting“Twitter is less a town square than a gladiator arena, overseen by a private company trying to sell advertisements and $8 checkmarks against a discourse that's increasingly angry and hateful” By David Skok. |
 | Data journalists learn from photojournalists“To meaningfully report on society, we need to be able to observe what’s taking place on social platforms without relying on their permission. “ By Surya Mattu. |
 | The inevitable mental health revolution"It's the media organizations' turn to pick up the baton and lead the way towards a more sustainable culture of care in journalism." By Mar Cabra. |
 | The economic downturn benefits the podcasting industry. (No, really!)“A lot of dumb, massive deals have been made in podcasting.” By Jenna Weiss-Berman. |
 | Global reporting will suffer“U.S. audiences will be less informed about the world.” By Khushbu Shah. |
 | Journalists on the campaign trail mend trust with the public“Imagine how different our campaign coverage would be if we treated the entire cycle like one big debate, focused on the priorities we poll people about, but rarely follow up on.” By Errin Haines. |
 | Journalism realizes the replacement for Twitter is not a new Twitter“This new type of app isn't a platform itself but instead pulls together various platform and content streams to offer a single, seamless networked experience.” By Andrew Losowsky. |
 | Engagement journalism will have to confront a tougher reality“Until our engagement journalism tactics confront the reality of discursive silos in which you believe this happened, I believe that happened, and we never end up with a shared set of facts…they will fail.” By Sue Robinson. |
 | We’ll embrace policy remedies“It’s time journalists, advertisers, technologists, regulators, lawmakers, and others convene to craft equitable standards of distribution and monetization of news content.” By Jody Brannon. |
 | Stop rewarding elite performances of identity threat“In 2023, journalists can choose to relegate cynical elite displays of identity threat to mere footnotes.” By Dannagal G. Young. |
 | We’ll work together with our competitors“There’s a growing awareness that our readers are better served when we pool resources and tackle topics of public interest.” By Larry Ryckman. |
 | News product goes from trend to standard“Organizations will realize that they need formal product managers — and even full-fledged news product teams — to connect the work they're doing in the newsroom with the audience, technology, and revenue strategy.” By Felicitas Carrique and Becca Aaronson. |
 | Journalism in a time of permacrisis“The work ahead needs to include supporting the whole person in the workplace and ensuring we have the energy, joy, and spirit to show up fully for our selves, our teams, and our audiences in difficult times.” By An Xiao Mina. |
 | We'll codify protection of journalism and newsgathering“We're on the cusp of federal protections with the PRESS Act.” By Kirstin McCudden. |
 | Journalism prioritizes the basic need for survival“Journalism will do justice to millions of people's lived realities by representing these shared conditions from the ground up.” By Anita Varma. |
 | More newsroom workers turn to organized labor“Union representation continues to be prevalent at larger news organizations, but we are also seeing smaller organizations’ employees banding together.” By Matt Rasnic. |
 | There will be launches — and we’ll keep doing the work“This constant cycle of two-steps-forward, two-steps-back can be disorienting, but it has allowed us to more quickly bring in new people, often those previously excluded from our newsrooms.” By Nicholas Jackson. |
 | The internet is up for grabs again“Given a limited set of time, people, and resources, how can you best decide which platforms to bet on?” By Ben Werdmuller. |
 | Narrative change trend brings new money to journalism“Many in philanthropy are eager for journalism to regain the public's trust by telling a more complete and accurate story about communities it has historically misrepresented and excluded — and many journalists want the same thing.” By Molly de Aguiar and Mandy Van Deven. |
What We’re Reading
Embedded / Kate Lindsay
Meghan Markle is getting the Amber Heard treatment →
“The only benefit of having watched these attacks unfold is we now know the playbook.”
GenderIT.org / Indri Sri Sembadra and Misiyah
How islanders and mountain residents are using women’s community radio to cope with the impact of Covid-19 in rural Indonesia →
“Between October 2020 and June 2022, the radio has contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency response, especially solving the problems of children and women in remote islands and mountainous areas. These community radios are also a means for communities to prevent and address gender issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in relation to increased violence against women, child marriage, women’s reproductive health services, and the well-being of the community itself.”
The Guardian / Karim Zidan
The Qatar World Cup should be a watershed moment in sports journalism →
“Now, following back-to-back World Cups hosted by autocratic regimes in Russia and Qatar, the 2026 edition will signal the quadrennial tournament's return to democratic nations for the first time since 2014. While this may be a cause for relief and celebration for some, it is vital that sports journalists continue to apply the same critical lens they've applied to Qatar to other host countries.”
The New York Times Magazine / Alex W. Palmer
How TikTok became a diplomatic crisis →
“The administration's contradictory approach to TikTok — its embrace of the app as a vital conduit to the public, and its fear of the app as a potential tool of foreign influence — is perhaps a fitting response to the utterly unique problem that TikTok poses. Seemingly overnight, TikTok has managed to remake American culture both low and high, from media and music to memes and celebrity, in its own image.”
Alec's Copaganda Newsletter / Alec Karakatsanis
How talking about “crime” with scary metaphors shapes our thinking →
“Serious people should be concerned about all forms of harm, violence, and death, and the corporate news media's current coverage of "crime" is making our society less safe by distorting our priorities for urgent action.”
Reuters / Anthony Esposito
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador lamented an attack on a journalist, and then bashed the media →
“Just days after condemning an assassination attempt on a prominent journalist, Mexico’s president on Monday criticized the media for allegedly protecting special interest groups, even singling out the targeted news anchor.”
Axios / Sara Fischer
Google and Meta are expected to bring in less than half of all U.S. digital advertising for the first time since 2014 →
“By far, the biggest threat to their collective ad dominance is Amazon, which has grown its ad business to over $30 billion dollars annually.”
Time / Roger Mcnamee
The media is making the same mistakes with Elon Musk that it did with Donald Trump →
“Journalists who take Musk's actions seriously—a huge number, by all indications—are making a terrible mistake. It is the same mistake journalists made in covering Donald Trump in 2016. They are consumed by spectacle and fail to recognize the larger issue: they are being manipulated with the goal of making them submissive.”
Axios / Sara Fischer
TikTok will start explaining to users why certain videos are recommended to them →
“Users will be able to tap a button on the side of a video labeled with a question mark icon called ‘Why this video.'”
WSJ / Alexandra Bruell and Jessica Toonkel
Vice Media will miss its revenue goal by more than $100 million →
“The new-media company has been in sale talks with Greek broadcaster Antenna Group and has sought a valuation of around $1.5 billion”
CNBC / Ashley Capoot
Elon Musk is actively searching for a new Twitter CEO →
"The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive," he wrote.
The New Yorker / Kyle Chayka
Bookforum and a bleak year for literary magazines →
Penske Media Corporation acquiring the monthly art magazine Artforum without its scrappier literary offspring seems to have secured Bookforum's demise.
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