Top News:
Shawn Musgrave / Politico:
How 4chan trolls organized to spread misinformation about Florida shooter's ties to a white supremacist group; ADL, ABC, AP, and others spread the false story — ABC, AP and others ran with false information on shooter's ties to extremist groups. — Following misrepresentations …
Discussion:
Associated Press, HuffPost, Tallahassee Democrat, @joaquincastrotx, @kellyweill, Mediaite, Media Matters for America, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Geller Report, Fox News Insider, Miami New Times, Slate, Mother Jones, The Stranger …, The Week, Hollywood Life, CBS New York, Fort Smith/Fayetteville News, Fast Company, New York Magazine and thecut
RELATED:
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed:
Twitter says it needs a scalable policy on authenticity of content after journalist suffers harassment due to viral screenshots of fake tweets from her account — In the wake of the Florida high school shooting Wednesday, Twitter users began spreading doctored tweets targeting Miami Herald reporter Alex Harris.
Discussion:
@janelytv, @mat, @jack, Business Insider and @david_dobbs, more at Techmeme »
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Covering Parkland shooting means balancing informing the audience with interviewing traumatized teenagers who may not be able to give informed consent — The morning after the school massacre in Parkland, Fla., NBC's “Today Show” aired a dramatic live interview Thursday.
Discussion:
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, New York Times, @jbenton, @mack_oxenden, @jennamargaretta, @sulliview and CNN
CNBC:
US indicts 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian entities, including Internet Research Agency, in Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections — - Special counsel Robert Mueller said a grand jury had indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Discussion:
Om Malik, @robjective, New York Times, Washington Post, New York Times, Mediaite, Washington Post, Washington Post, The New York Observer, Forbes, HuffPost, Recode, The Daily Caller, @adrianchen, Slate, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Forbes, ZDNet, Geller Report, The Stranger …, @niemanlab, @senatortomudall, WTKR-TV and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Since 2016, American Media has made Karen McDougal professional promises and paid $150K in a catch-and-kill arrangement for her story of her affair with Trump — One woman's account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair.
Discussion:
CNN, @maggienyt, NPR, New York Magazine, AOL, Variety, Washington Post, The Week, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Columbia Journalism Review, Hollywood Life, The Wrap, East Bay Times, KTLA, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Mediaite, FOX31 Denver, Coffee House, Jezebel, The New York Observer, Refinery29, The Guardian, @isaacdovere, @maggienyt, @eisingerj, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, Fortune, Decider, Fast Company, thecut, @anthony, Splinter, IndieWire, bookforum.com, BloombergQuint, Slate, The Big Lead, Axios, TV Tattle, @jimwaterson and Hollywood Reporter
Klint Finley / Wired:
Google says 42% of sites notified made preemptive changes ahead of Chrome ad blocker launch; fewer than 1% of most popular sites violate suggested ad guidelines — YOU MIGHT SEE fewer ads on the web from now on. But you probably won't. — On Thursday, Google Chrome …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, more at Techmeme »
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
The New York Times launches nytDEMO, a data science and analytics team that will adapt its internal tools for advertisers — Team will help lure marketers with tools to predict which articles will resonate with certain readers to better target advertising — Publishers are increasingly …
Discussion:
The New York Times Company and Editor & Publisher
RELATED:
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The shift to a reader-sustained business model means subscriptions cancellations and reader boycotts will have a bigger impact on revenue and possibly coverage — With its shift in business models, the paper of record will inevitably change to reflect its new masters.
Discussion:
@noahcrothman, @nycsouthpaw, @anthony, @jayrosen_nyu and Splinter
Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review:
An overview of digital media archives, like the Wayback Machine, and their responsibilities in the face of authoritarian regimes and the “billionaire problem” — When an online news outlet goes out of business, its archives can disappear as well. The new battle over journalism's digital legacy.
David Beard / Poynter:
Interview with The Intercept's Research Director Lynn Dombek on researchers, their skill sets, and their role in site's Dakota pipeline and Rob Porter stories — Move over, Woodward and Bernstein. — This era's great journalistic diggers include Julie Tate, Kitty Bennett, Alice Crites, Margot Williams and Sheelagh McNeill.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A look at the Guardian's new podcast player, available online and as an app, which provides show notes like links, graphics, and more in real time — The Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab's podcast player for the mobile web lets you listen to a show without using a podcast app …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
At the Digital News Initiative Summit on Thursday, Google previewed a “Subscribe with Google” feature in Google Play for publishers who use paywalls — Hey, Google — how do we solve the news industry's various revenue problems? — Google gave a preview of some features it's …
Discussion:
@marcusschwarze, @jeffjarvis and @jeffjarvis