New York Focus, the Empire State–centered newsroom, aims to hold Albany accountable
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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New York Focus, the Empire State–centered newsroom, aims to hold Albany accountable“How is it possible that my state, that I've lived in all my life, is run like this?” By Hanaa' Tameez. |
What We’re Reading
Popula / Tom Scocca
Why is The New York Times so obsessed with trans kids? →
“In the past eight months the Times has now published more than 15,000 words' worth of front-page stories asking whether care and support for young trans people might be going too far or too fast.”
TechCrunch / Amanda Silberling
Three months ago, he was laid off from Twitter. Now, his competing app Spill has raised $2.75 million →
“Like Twitter, Spill will have a live news feed where users can post ‘spills,’ a reference to the phrase ‘spill the tea.’ Spill is also building a feature called ‘tea parties,’ where users can host both online and IRL events, then get in-app bonuses to apply to things like boosting their posts — these bonuses will also be for sale.”
Reuters / Anne Kauranen
Nordic journalism unions are quitting the International Federation of Journalists over “corruptive activity” →
“The Nordic members accused the IFJ of longstanding undemocratic practices, unethical finances and of allowing the Russian state media representatives to continue as members.”
Platformer / Casey Newton
Instagram’s co-founders launch Artifact, “a kind of TikTok for text” →
Or “Google Reader reborn as a mobile app, or maybe even a surprise attack on Twitter.”
Los Angeles Times / Matt Pearce
KPCC is changing its name to LAist 89.3 →
“Until now, its journalists identified themselves as working for both KPCC and its sibling website and digital brand, LAist, which the broadcaster acquired in 2018.”
Bloomberg / Cecilia D
Spanish-speaking streamers are the hottest thing on Twitch →
“From 2019 to 2022, the audience for Spanish-language Twitch livestreams increased sixfold, and Spanish shot up from the seventh-most-watched language category on the site to the second, behind English.”
Local News Initiative / Greg Burns
Ralph Nader is starting a local newspaper →
“If Nader has his way, the website will be a sideshow to the printed main event, as he believes digital publications fail to engage readers because they're too cluttered and abbreviated. Plus, he said, the ‘real decisionmakers’ get their news in print.”
Deadline / David Robb
WGA East members threaten to strike HuffPost if a contract isn’t reached by midnight Tuesday →
“According to the guild, 98% of the 91-member HuffPost Union signed on to the strike pledge.”
The Daily Beast / Corbin Bolies
Inside the collapse of Insider’s much-hyped D.C. team →
“I frequently asked who the ideal reader was, and no one would really be able to describe it to me. I was just flummoxed for much of my time there.”
Columbia Journalism Review / Jon Allsop
WHO trains international journalists to cover car crashes better →
“Among other pointers, the journalists were advised not to rely solely on police reports, which often seek to apportion individual blame for a given crash, and interrogate the role of other factors, from the safety of the vehicle involved to the design of the road on which the crash took place.”
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