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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
NYT launches online campaign encouraging people to support their local newsrooms with a searchable database of for- and nonprofit local news orgs in the US — The Times marketing team launched a campaign Friday — The New York Times marketing team launched a campaign online …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
An overview of the News Ecosystem Mapping Project, which offers researchers a granular look at the local news landscape in NJ to help understand disruption — Local journalism has become more important than ever. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, researchers were seeking new ways …
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@cjr, @ellgood, @mattderienzo, @thensim0nsaid, @editorpublisher, @chanders, @emilybell, Local News Lab and @jbenton
Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review:
Media's insistence on false balance in political reporting is part of its role in selling stability and certainty, without which they cannot operate effectively — The earliest mention I could find of “false balance” in news reporting appeared in a 1988 Boston Globe article, “TV Manipulation in the '88 Campaign.”
Washington Post:
Profile of Matt Pottinger, a former WSJ reporter who faced intimidation in China and is now shaping Trump's China policy, including pushing “Wuhan virus” label — In February, as President Trump was projecting confidence that China's Xi Jinping had the coronavirus under control …
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The Atlantic, @yappelbaum, @theatlantic, @davidnakamura, @dctwining, @klendathucap, @marktfitz, @nspector4, @stuartlauscmp, @thomaswright08, The Guardian and New York Times
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge:
Profile of theCHIVE, an apolitical men's website built on frat culture and styled in the pre-#MeToo era as it expands into a TV streaming service for bars — The website defined frat culture in 2010, but can it survive a decade later? — Boobs are back. They probably never left.
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@wyatttoday, @ashleyfeinberg, @reckless, @zoeschiffer, @caseynewton and @a_webster
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Trump's press briefings should be seen in full with all of his contradictions and incoherence because quotes in articles only help him articulate his worldview — We're committed to keeping our readers informed. … To get to the White House Rose Garden during the pandemic …
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mathewingram.com/work, @michaelgordonus, @bttr_as1, @karaswisher, @nymag and @oliverdarcy
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Elliott Management is financing a patent lawsuit by interactive-video company Eko, which it will take an equity stake in, against Quibi — Elliott, run by billionaire Paul Singer, will fund the suit by interactive-video company Eko and take an equity stake
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Deadline and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Pew Research Center:
Pew survey of US adults: national news is major source of info on COVID-19 for 56%, local news for 46%; 50% find it hard to tell what's true about the outbreak — Americans continue to pay close attention to news about the coronavirus outbreak both nationally and locally.
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@johngramlich, @niemanreports, @pewjournalism, @arimelber, Media News and Pew Research Center
NYT Open:
How NYT comment moderators work with ML system Perspective to maximize the stories that allow comments while also creating a safe discussion forum — Concerns over implicit bias in machine-learning software raised important questions about how New York Times comment moderators can leverage …
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@charliebeckett, @ilparone and @robinberjon
Teresa Mioli / Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas:
On World Press Freedom Day, press advocates mark the occasion with online events and social media campaigns focused on journalist security during the pandemic — As it has done with most things, the current COVID-19 pandemic has made its mark on the annual celebration of World Press Freedom Day …
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Committee to Protect … and Global Investigative …
WARC:
UK ad market to contract 16.7%, from £25.36B in 2019 to £21.13B in 2020; TV ad spend to drop 19.8%, magazines 25.1%, regional news 24.1%, national outlets 20.5% — Ten years of continuous ad market growth peaked in 2019 at £25.36bn, but the COVID-19 outbreak will wipe …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump's new press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held the first official White House press briefing since March 11, 2019, and claims “I will never lie to you” — President Trump's new press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held her first White House briefing on Friday, the first official press briefing since March 11, 2019.
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
LA Times Guild accepts 20% cut in pay and hours for its members for 12 weeks starting May 10, saving the paper $2M+; the guild represents nearly 440 journalists — Los Angeles Times' newsroom guild agreed Friday to accept a 20% reduction in pay and hours for its members amid a devastating decline …
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Aaron Freedman / American Prospect:
Five years ago, unions barely existed in digital media, and now 35 digital media brands are unionized; organizing continues amid the pandemic
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