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New York Times admits workplace issues, particularly around the treatment of Black and Latino employees, in a new report following an eight-month investigation — New York (CNN Business)The New York Times (NYT) is admitting its own workplace issues, particularly around the treatment of Black …
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The New York Times Company: A Call to Action — Building a Culture that Works for All of Us — Explore the Report
Katie Robertson / New York Times: New York Times Calls for Workplace Changes in Diversity Report
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: “'That's not Timesean' can be used to exclude”: The New York Times gives the big report treatment to enacting “sweeping” cultural change
Allana Akhtar / Insider: The New York Times released a damning diversity report that found its newsroom a ‘difficult place to work’ for people of color
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: NY Times Releases ‘Uncomfortable’ Diversity Report: ‘We Cannot Accept This’
@nytimes: Top New York Times executives said in a note to the staff on Wednesday that they were committed to bringing about sweeping, fundamental changes to its workplace culture in an effort to make the newsroom and other Times divisions more diverse and inclusive. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: NYT vows to create “a more diverse and inclusive newsroom” and provide “a truer, richer, and more textured portrayal of the world.” Bravo. Fine words. May I suggest a little external oversight just to make sure you deliver? https://twitter.com/...
Yvonne Ndege / @yvonnendege: Excellent. Well done @nytimes https://twitter.com/...
Andrea Gonzlez-Ramrez / @andreagonram: “Diversity is not in tension with our journalistic mission: Instead, it helps us find the truth and more fully understand the world.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kim Severson / @kimseverson: “We will continue to cover the world without fear or favor and portray the world as it is, not as we wish it to be. Making the Times experience better for colleagues of color will make The Times better for everyone.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Maira Garcia / @mairalg: This is an important step in the right direction and I look forward to working alongside my colleagues to make our workplace diverse and equitable for all. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Tankersley / @jimtankersley: A frank report from the NYT, my employer, on how it has fallen short in supporting employees of color and elevating them to top jobs. It includes a goal to increase Black and Latino representation in leadership by 50 percent by 2025: https://www.nytco.com/...
@kerrymflynn: News: The New York Times is admitting its own workplace issues, particularly around the treatment of Black and Latino employees, in a new report. I spoke with @carolynryan, one of the Times leaders tasked last June with investigating the culture https://www.cnn.com/...
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast: NY Times Admits Newsroom Is ‘Difficult Environment’ for Staffers of Color
@blackamazon: Black women give the lowest scores, Asian women are misidentified both @opennews and @aaja published things to this effect last year . So many colleagues said this ... but they keep reporting this and then doing little and gaslighting so.... https://twitter.com/...
Jim Tankersley / @jimtankersley: A few trolls have suggested I should quit to balance the numbers. That's the zero-sum lie that white men have been peddling forever. There's clear evidence it's wrong: Opening opportunities to all helps companies (and economies) grow faster, creating more opportunity for all. https://twitter.com/...
Ceylan Yeginsu / @ceylanwrites: “Our newsroom is not diverse enough, which reduces our capacity to spot stories others are missing and to add nuance and insight to our coverage of every community. We do not adequately empower the talent we have to shape our coverage” https://www.nytco.com/...
Robyn O'Brien / @robynobrienusa: As @ArlanWasHere says, “It's About Damn Time.” https://twitter.com/...
Cristina Silva / @cristymsilva: It seems no Latinos were involved in making this report and Latinos are barely mentioned in it. @NAHJ https://twitter.com/...
Nisha Chittal / @nishachittal: “Black employees, and Black women in particular, rated the company lower across nearly all categories of our 2020 employee survey, with the lowest scores around fairness and inclusion.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Cristina Silva / @cristymsilva: This is white supremacy: “There are hiring managers who use terms like ‘diversity hire’ and view hiring people of color to be a hassle in getting the best.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: News flash: Apparently the New York Times' in-depth eight-month internal investigation has discovered the existence of a “star culture”! https://www.cnn.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Here's a thread with the main findings from the New York Times study of its own workplace culture, plus some comments from one of the authors of the report. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: The New York Times studied its workplace problems. New report out. “Our current culture and systems are not enabling our workforce to thrive and do its best work. [This] is particularly true for people of color.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Venessa Wong / @venessawong: Invisibility is a REAL part of the Asian experience in America; people need to acknowledge this is wrong. “Asian-American women [at NYT] said they were often 'invisible and unseen...regularly called by the name of a different colleague of the same race” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Fenit Nirappil / @fenitn: Glad to see how much this report emphasizes addresses the role of editors in fostering a welcoming environment. Shouldn't have had to endure editors who felt safe bullying and berating POC and women employees and making us question whether we belong https://twitter.com/...
Stacy-Marie Ishmael / @s_m_i: Can confirm I've seen this play out in company after company, and it is enraging. https://twitter.com/...
Millie Tran / @millie: “Asian-American women said they were often ‘invisible and unseen — to the point of being regularly called by the name of a different colleague of the same race, something other people of color described as well.’” Unfortunately, this happens everywhere. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@kendrawrites: If you're a NYT executive who needs a report to know this you're a bad executive (paraphrased): The Times is a difficult environment for many, particularly for people of color, many of whom described unsettling and sometimes painful experiences. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@kerrymflynn: I encourage you to read the whole report, titled “A Call to Action”: https://www.nytco.com/... As @carolynryan to me, “This is a big step. But it's really the beginning of changing our culture, and that will go on for years and years.”
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: The Times has a HUGE opportunity to get something right here. There's a lot that could go wrong here. I hope they're actually willing to invest the real dollars it's going to take to make real change. Also recognizing that REMOVING bad actors MUST be part of the solution. https://twitter.com/...
@kerrymflynn: In addition to the culture study, Times leaders listed plans and commitments. Among them: - Increase the percentage of Black and Latino staffers in leadership by 50% by the end of 2025 - Factoring in diversity, equity and inclusion to manager compensation https://www.cnn.com/...
Emma Carew Grovum / @emmacarew: NYT concludes: “People of color — and particularly women of color — remain notably underrepresented in leadership. And the company's focus has primarily been on building a more diverse staff, with less attention to building a more inclusive culture.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Elana Zak / @elanazak: New NYT workplace report: Many Asian-American women at the news org are “feeling invisible and unseen — to the point of being regularly called by the name of a different colleague of the same race, something other people of color described as well.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson: The @nytimes has released a report calling for sweeping changes to its culture to make it more inclusive and diverse: “The Times is a difficult environment for many of our colleagues, from a wide range of backgrounds.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@kerrymflynn: There are many alarming details, but this graf really stood out: “We heard from many Asian-American women, for example, about feeling invisible and unseen — to the point of being regularly called by the name of a different colleague of the same race...” https://www.cnn.com/...
Ben Casselman / @bencasselman: “The Times is a difficult environment for many of our colleagues, from a wide range of backgrounds... But it is particularly true for people of color, many of whom described unsettling and sometimes painful day-to-day workplace experiences.” https://www.nytco.com/...
Cindy Gallop / @cindygallop: Hello, ad and every other industry. THIS is what you have to do. DO THE FUCKING WORK. AND SPEND THE FUCKING MONEY. It's time for, to quote the @nytimes, ‘SWEEPING CHANGE’ + ‘the most substantial investment The Times has ever made of time, money and energy’ https://www.nytco.com/...
Nick Clegg / About Facebook:
Facebook defends its stance in Australia, says it invested $600M since 2018 to support the news industry and plans at least $1B more over the next three years — Last week, in a move that will have felt abrupt and dramatic to many, Facebook announced it was stopping the sharing of news on its service in Australia.
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Alex Hern / The World Is Yours*: news hokey-cokey — Facebook's week of dancing the hokey-cokey - it put the news tab in …
Joe Mandese / MediaPost: The ‘Real Story’ Behind Facebook's Australian News Blackout, According To Facebook
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post: Australian lawmakers push ahead with news law after Facebook concessions
Nick Statt / The Verge: Facebook will match Google's $1 billion news investment after Australia showdown
Drew Olanoff / @yoda: want to know how to avoid coming off as verbose and pretentious with BS spin like this? you write a “here's what's happening” as it's happening. not something like this after message massage and mopup. https://about.fb.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: FB exec @nick_clegg's version of the Australian/Murdoch saga: The Real Story of What Happened With News on Facebook in Australia - About Facebook https://about.fb.com/...
Oscar Williams-Grut / @oscarwgrut: Yes, because you go to the car for the radio and then the car is full of adverts, which used to be on the radio https://twitter.com/...
Nick Clegg / @nick_clegg: The internet needs new rules that work for everyone, not just for big media corporations. By updating internet regulation, we can preserve what's best about it — the freedom of people to express themselves and entrepreneurs to build new things. https://about.fb.com/...
Mark Scott / @markscott82: FWIW, @Facebook's Nick Clegg just put out a rebuttal on why FB took down & then reinstated news in Australia amid Big Tech spat https://about.fb.com/...
Rory Cellan-Jones / @ruskin147: “It's like forcing car makers to fund radio stations because people might listen to them in the car — and letting the stations set the price” - Facebook's Nick Clegg comes out punching on Australia's media law. https://about.fb.com/...
Ben Wright / @_benwright_: Most people don't get into their car in order to listen to the radio. And companies don't pay car manufacturers to advertise on the stations. Apart from that, this analogy from Clegg is spot on. https://twitter.com/...
Luke Bailey / @imbadatlife: seems like clickbait https://twitter.com/...
Alex Barker / Financial Times: Facebook pledges to pay $1bn for news
Evelyn Douek / @evelyndouek: Facebook, too, is tired of all the fake news (an apology for blocking emergency services would've been nice imho) https://twitter.com/...
James Titcomb / @jamestitcomb: Remember when the car industry spent years courting radio stations and got broadcasters to shift their entire business model to cars and said it wanted to be “everyone's personalised radio station”? No? https://twitter.com/...
Filip Wallberg / @fiwa: “Fewer than one post in every 25 in your News Feed will contain a link to a news story, and many users say they would like to see even less news and political content.” https://about.fb.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: Facebook seems to think having Nick Clegg front its arguments like this is a... good thing. https://about.fb.com/...
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: Ha! Facebook so spectacularly miscalculated last week that Nick Clegg has been forced to go full Breitbart ‘The Real Story of What Happened with News on Facebook in Australia’ 😂 https://twitter.com/...
@fboversight: And here's @nick_clegg proving again he is literally living in 2003: “The internet needs new rules that work for everyone, not just for big media corporations.” https://about.fb.com/...
Tamsin Shaw / @professorshaw: “It's like forcing car makers to fund radio stations because people might listen to them in the car — and letting the stations set the price.” I'm a bit tired but to me it seems more like maybe making radio stations pay royalties to songwriters...? https://about.fb.com/...
Katie Collins / @katiecollins: Lots in this post by Nick Clegg about what FB has done for publishers, but it somehow manages to overlook the role FB played in gutting the news industry during the pivot to video when it inflated its statistics in presentations to those same publishers https://about.fb.com/...
@blackamazon: Me while everyone makes sure to ignore people of color or Facebook's racism even though it's the one thing they are sensitive about They just whole sale spin lying about destabilizing information https://twitter.com/...
Rahul Matthan / Ex Machina: The Big Tech + Media Bargain
Amy Kroin / Free Press: Cutting Deals with Big Tech Won't Save Journalism Amy Kroin Mon, 02/22/2021 - 17:19
Trevor Scott / Tidefall Notes: Facebook vs Australia
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Facebook's Australia news ban shows tech giants don't mind giving up money to appease regulators and business, but will not give up control over platforms — [Warning: Violent and gruesome metaphor ahead.] — In The Usual Suspects (1995), there's a scene in which the true extent …
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Michelle Meagher / The Guardian: Australia's move to tame Facebook and Google is just the start of a global battle
Osman Faruqi / @oz_f: Ignore basically all the commentary from Australia on this issue. The think thanks and media lobbyists here got crushed, but they obviously won't acknowledge it. This piece from Norman Lab gets to the heart of it. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: New by me —> Understanding the Facebook/Australia deal through “The Usual Suspects”: “They realized that, to be in power, you didn't need guns or money or even numbers. You just needed the will to do what the other guy wouldn't.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
John Battelle / @johnbattelle: It pains me to think of the celebrations happening at FB HQ around how they played Australia. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Mr Denmore / @mrdenmore: If you want to understand the power dynamics in the Facebook-News Corp death battle, read this. https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Klein / @rklein90: Kinda of jarring to read Campbell Brown's quotes here — founder of a small, digital news outlet — clearly arguing against the best interest of publishers https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Jonathan Green / @greenj: this is worth a read ... https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Simon McGarr / @tupp_ed: Readers of The Gist will recognise this collapse by the Australian Government and news industry, as I predicted it two days ago. >> “Facebook got everything it wanted out of Australia by being willing to do what the other guy wouldn't” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Osman Faruqi / @oz_f: Didn't think it was possibly to get more cynical about the industry here, but watching media outlets interview their own executives to try and push through this code... can hardly whinge about the lack of trust from the audience anymore.
Amy Coopes / @coopesdetat: “A bad company facing bad regulations distills down to pure power, and by shooting the hostages, Facebook made it very clear where that still lies” A great read https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: “In Australia, Facebook just shot the hostages. (Metaphorically, of course.)” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra: 😬 This metaphor to explain Facebook banning news content on its platform in Australia... Full article: https://www.niemanlab.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Henno / @jrhennessy: good take, but a) forcing this kind of deal is basically what the big boys wanted from the beginning and b) i don't think it'll be a global deterrent to others trying it on https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: True: “The money is not and has never been the issue here. Facebook & Google are both perfectly willing to throw money at publishers to hold off regulation. (I wouldn't be surprised if there's a petty cash drawer... labeled Hush Money For Publishers.)” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Alex Howard / @digiphile: “The mandatory arbitration that was the key to Australia's proposed new law has been reduced to a matter of theory. @Facebook can now decide to offer different publishers whatever amount it wants, including nothing at all, without risk of penalty.” In FB v AU, the nation blinked https://twitter.com/...
Linda Mottram / @lindamottram: “In Australia, Facebook just shot the hostages.” This could be the best piece yet on FB's deal with Australia. https://www.niemanlab.org/... via @NiemanLab
Rishi Iyengar / CNN: The worldwide web as we know it may be ending
Derek Powazek / @fraying: This is really good. The Facebook/Australia thing is all about power. https://twitter.com/...
Rudy Takala / Mediaite: Facebook to Allow Australian News Back on Platform After Government Concedes Profit-Sharing Fight
Rachel Withers / Slate: Australia's Wondrous Time Without News on Facebook Is About to End
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Australia says Facebook agreed to reinstate news content in Australia in the coming days after the government promised amendments to its proposed media bill
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian: Competition watchdog expects Google and Facebook to strike deal with small publishers
Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz: BREAKING: “We're restoring news on Facebook in Australia in the coming days” says Facebook VP of global news partnerships @campbell_brown. Full statement: https://twitter.com/...
Jeet Heer / The Nation: Facebook Remains a Threat to Democracy
Rat King / @mikeisaac: this is a stalling tactic for both sides. Amendment to Australian bill gives AU Govt and Facebook two months to negotiate the final outcome. In the meantime, Facebook agreed to restore news links throughout Australia. story with @damiencave https://www.nytimes.com/...
@fbnewsroom: Update: We're pleased that we've been able to reach an agreement with the Australian government and appreciate the constructive discussions we've had with Treasurer Frydenberg and Minister Fletcher over the past week. Read our full statement. https://about.fb.com/...
Zoe Kleinman / @zsk: I have a feeling this is not the end of this particular drama. https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: From the sounds of it, Facebook reversed its ban because the Australian government promised that if it cut enough side deals with publishers, the law would no longer apply https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Kayla Medica / Mehdeeka: The elephant in the room — Mehdeeka covers B2B, SaaS, and startup/tech marketing.
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: Statement from me on the late-night announcement between the Australian government and Facebook. More here... https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: If focus is on helping small+local publishers hope that will be taken into account? In designating platforms under revised 🇦🇺 code authorities to consider whether company “made a significant contribution[by]reaching commercial deals with media businesses” https://www.ft.com/...
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Bravehearts / @braveheartsinc: Australian news coming back on Facebook - Brilliant news for all the Not for Profits who've been struggling in the wake. https://www.news.com.au/... via @newscomauHQ
Rob Pegoraro / @robpegoraro: Lots to parse in this statement from Facebook about news in Australia, but focus on “allow us to support the publishers we choose to” and “we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on Facebook so that we won't automatically be subject to a forced negotiation.” https://twitter.com/...
@likebutterfield: to be clear, Facebook is consistently making micro-decisions about what content is shown in our feeds. this decision in australia was just an algorithm adjustment with a brighter light shining on it 🔦 https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesworld: The Australian government added amendments to its proposed news media code, including a two-month mediation period, giving the two sides more time to negotiate https://www.nytimes.com/...
@yathinkn: Yeah... nah... “...we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on Facebook so that we won't automatically be subject to a forced negotiation...” https://twitter.com/... Nice try though lolz https://twitter.com/...
@yathinkn: “...we will retain the ability to decide if news appears on Facebook so that we won't automatically be subject to a forced negotiation...” So not really the “backflip” being crowed by many journos at all, more what FB told the Senate hearing in the first place 🙄 https://twitter.com/...
@slpng_giants: News is back for Australia. Nothing was really decided. Whatever happens, @facebook was large enough to likely negotiate its own legislation. Breaking apart Facebook is absolutely essential to reining in their power and control. https://twitter.com/...
David Carroll / @profcarroll: Bargaining about bargaining. I mean it's a start. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: ok, here is a good report on it. NYT reporter in Australia who has covered better than most (did I mention he's in Australia?) 2 month window allowing FB to save face after it's chaos move last week that killed any remaining trust there so spin, spin. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Casey Newton / @caseynewton: Looks like Australia caved to Facebook after less than a week https://twitter.com/...
Simon Kent / Breitbart: Big Tech Backflip: Facebook Drops Australian News Ban, Bows to Government Regulation
Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search: Facebook Demonstrates It Is More Powerful Than a Single Country
Lisa Visentin / Sydney Morning Herald: Facebook refriends Australia after last-minute changes to media code
Dylan Byers / NBC News: Facebook users in Australia can again share news links
Mike Cherney / Wall Street Journal: Facebook Reverses Australia News Ban
Richard Lawler / Engadget: Facebook will roll back its block on news posts in Australia
David Pierce / Protocol: Facebook made a deal to get news back in Australia
Daniel Van Boom / CNET: Facebook budges, will reverse news block in Australia
Stuart Marsh / 9News: Facebook set to end ban on Australian news
Cam Wilson / Gizmodo Australia: Facebook Is Bringing News Back In Australia
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap: Facebook Reverses Australia News Ban, Vows to ‘Invest in News Globally’
Australian Financial Review:
Kerry Stokes' Seven West Media announces it has signed a letter of intent to provide news to Facebook; sources say Nine and News Corp deals are expected soon
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Christopher Warren / Crikey: Diversity hit between the eyes as old media pockets about 90% of big tech cash
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “Facebook may lock in deals with Nine, News Corp Australia and Seven West Media in the coming days”, biggest incumbent legacy publishers, @FinancialReview reports, after gov says will take into account"commercial agreements with local media" in designation https://www.afr.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: and here is @FinancialReview which has been covering these developments around the ACCC report, code and now law super well the last few years. Good report, too. https://www.afr.com/...
@orskov: According to the Australian Financial Review, Facebook's decision to enter into negotiations with Australian media groups means that more than $200 million a year might ultimately be injected into local journalism by Facebook and Google https://www.afr.com/...
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: Facebook will restore news sharing in Australia, at least for now
Daniel Van Boom / CNET: Facebook will reverse news block in Australia
Simon Wilkie / The Conversation:
Australia's news media code debate has mostly focused on large media players, but the attention should be on protecting the sustainability of small publishers
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@spiegelweb: I am cynical enough to believe that increasing the market share of major news outlets like #NewsCorps to the detriment of small and independent publishers is EXACTLY the result this legislation is designed to produce. https://twitter.com/...
Mr Denmore / @mrdenmore: The news media bargaining code risks backfiring - increasing the dominance of major media players, hurting emerging outlets and doing nothing for public interest journalism, writes Professor Simon Wilkie of @MonashBusiness https://theconversation.com/ ... via @ConversationEDU
@conversationedu: The news media bargaining code could backfire if small media outlets aren't protected. Simon Wilkie, former chief economist at the US Federal Communications Commission, explains why: https://theconversation.com/ ... @MonashUni @PIJI_Journalism
@deniseshrivell: ‘It will likely increase the market share of entrenched major media outlets & reduce visits to smaller players. If this is the case, the goals of the news media bargaining code will not have been met. It will have backfired’ #auspol #mediacode https://theconversation.com/ ...
Angela Priestley / @angelapriestley: Without protections, small media outlets (and media diversity) are at risk. This is an economist's look at the news media bargaining code, including a look at the 2014 Google News block in Spain, that reduced page views to smaller publishers. https://theconversation.com/ ...
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Washington Post led all news organizations at the Polk Awards with four prizes; half of all Polk Awards were for reporting related to the pandemic — The Washington Post led all news organizations, with four prizes. The infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell, of Stat …
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Long Island University: LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES 73RD ANNUAL GEORGE POLK AWARDS IN JOURNALISM
@polkawards: Polk Award for Business Reporting: Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed for a series demonstrating how Facebook exposes the public to disinformation, fraud and violence. @RMac18 @Craigsilverman
@polkawards: Polk Award for Science Reporting: Ed Yong of the Atlantic for his clear and insightful analysis of the spread of Covid and the failed efforts to bring it under control. @Edyong209
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: CNN International Correspondent David Culver, Producer Yong Xiong, Photojournalist Natalie Thomas Win Polk Award for Foreign Reporting
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill: George Polk Awards recognize pandemic reporters
@polkawards: Polk Award for Financial Reporting: Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and Mike McIntire of The New York Times for accessing and analyzing a trove of Donald Trump's income tax information, providing insight into why he went to great lengths to hide it from the public view.
@polkawards: Polk Award for Public Service: Helen Branswell of STAT for relentlessly covering all aspects of the pandemic through works dating back as early as Dec. 31, 2019 that became required reading for medical experts. @HelenBranswell
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: The Washington Post wins four George Polk Awards for coverage of VMI, George Floyd, politics, pandemic
Laurie Garrett / @laurie_garrett: It's my honor to celebrate great science & #COVID19 journalism, moderating the @PolkAwards — winners were just announced and it's an awesome group. Congratulations to @HelenBranswell @edyong209 David Culver, Yong Xiong & all the winners! 👏🏽👏🏿 👏🏻 https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Helen Branswell / @helenbranswell: It is the thrill of a lifetime to be recognized in the company of the amazing journalists honored in this year's #PolkAwards. Congratulations to all — such extraordinary journalism. And thanks, all, for the kudos. My heart is overflowing. https://www.liu.edu/...
Laurie Hertzel / @stribbooks: immensely proud of my colleagues at @StarTribune for winning a George Polk Award for coverage of the death of George Floyd. the exemplary work of @StribJany is singled out for high praise, though the award is for the whole newsroom. https://liu.edu/...
Charles Ornstein / @charlesornstein: So many great winners of @PolkAwards, including my @propublica colleagues plus @HelenBranswell @edyong209 @ddiamond @elisaslow! And congrats to @CraigSilverman @Tahtone and others. https://liu.edu/...
Marina Koren / @marinakoren: Ed is a freaking powerhouse and I'm so damn happy for him. When I first started out in science reporting, we went for coffee and he said, “never let fear stop you from writing.” I think about that a lot. Thank you for inspiring us all, @edyong209. https://twitter.com/...
Garrett Haake / @garretthaake: There really is no one who wrote and reported with more clarity on COVID, from the beginning of the crisis. Well-deserved. https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Lavoie / @reblavoie: The Atlantic got it right from the very start. Last winter, when many of my colleagues didn't believe this was going to be a big thing, I shared this reporting all the time - and it all bore out. https://twitter.com/...
Helen Branswell / @helenbranswell: .@edyong209 has done extraordinary work on the #Covid19 pandemic. So richly deserved. https://twitter.com/...
@startribune: The Star Tribune has been honored with a prestigious George Polk Award for its coverage of the death of #GeorgeFloyd and its aftermath. https://www.startribune.com/ ...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Incredibly well-earned https://twitter.com/...
@polkawards: Polk Award for Local Reporting: The staff of the Minneapolis Star Tribune for coverage of the death of George Floyd and its aftermath, starting with deadline work by police reporter Libor Jany, and articles exploring the police precinct's unsavory history. @StribJany
Jeff Zeleny / @jeffzeleny: Huge congrats to @David_Culver and the @CNN team for winning the prestigious Polk Award for their outstanding reporting from Wuhan one year ago. https://twitter.com/...
Trapper Byrne / @trapperbyrne: Hugely deserved recognition for groundbreaking work by @mgafni @joegarofoli and @TalKopan. https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Peter Jamison / @petejamison: Huge congrats to my colleague @ianshapira, winner of a Polk award for his relentless reporting on racism at the Virginia Military Institute. It is no exaggeration to say his reporting changed the course of this institution's history. https://twitter.com/...
@polkawards: Polk Award for Military Reporting: Matthias Gafni, Joe Garofoli and Tal Kopan of the San Francisco Chronicle for disclosing the Pentagon's punishment of Navy Captain Brett Crozier, who sought to evacuate 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Theordore Roosevelt to protect them from Covid.
Mat Honan / @mat: Incredibly proud to work with this team. Ryan and Craig's reporting Facebook has been truly exceptional. More to come. https://twitter.com/...
Ken Bensinger / @kenbensinger: Hugely deserved recognition to @RMac18 and @CraigSilverman for their relentless, fierce reporting on one of the most important stories of our era. https://twitter.com/...
Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv: LOOK AT OUR NERDS GO!!!!!!! 🚀 https://twitter.com/...
Roger McNamee / @moonalice: .@BuzzFeedNews' @RMac18 and @CraigSilverman win a well deserved Polk Award for their groundbreaking reporting on FB. Congratulations!!!! The entire tech team at Buzzfeed News is amazing. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Mittenthal / @mattmittenthal: last Polk award for @BuzzFeedNews was in 2018 for @MelissaDSegura's series on a Chicago cop who framed dozens for murder. 10 have since been exonerated https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Nikki Usher / @nikkiusher: So well-deserved. I was waiting for a major prize to recognize “tech” journalism https://twitter.com/...
@cnnpr: Congrats to CNN's @David_Culver @Yongxiong2008 @NatalieReuters for winning the Polk Award for Foreign Reporting on the Covid-19 outbreak in China. This is the first time in the 73-year history of the @PolkAwards that Foreign Reporting went to a TV report. https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: Eight of the Polk Awards went to journalism about the pandemic. And four of the Polk Awards went to The Washington Post. Congrats to all the winners! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Sources: the founder of Acronym, which backs Courier Newsroom, wants to raise $65M to push progressive local news and match the dominance of conservative media — It's called the Project for Good Information, and it raises big questions about the future of the information wars.
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@pareene: If a liberal rich person wanted to recreate the messaging success of the right AND save journalism, they'd buy some papers and lose money on them at the rate the Falun Gong loses money on the Epoch Times, instead of introducing new Business Models and giving up after a year
Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer: NEWS — The latest in the information wars. A top Democratic strategist is quietly raising $65 million for a new progressive media play. “Traditional media is failing. Disinformation is flourishing. It's time for a new kind of media.” The first look —> https://www.vox.com/...
Rebekah Entralgo Fernndez / @rebekahentralgo: $65 million? Very cool. All my former coworkers lost their jobs at a progressive newsroom because no one wanted to invest $3 million 👍 https://twitter.com/...
Dan McLaughlin / @baseballcrank: That's also what conservatives should do, but there is typically a much more stringent resistance to sell to conservatives. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias: The whole idea of funding a “new progressive media play” seems crazy to me. Buy *existing* newspapers or TV station in swing states or places that matter for the senate. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: the lady who botched the Iowa caucus and ran HRC's super PAC is apparently getting $65 million from credulous rich liberals to create “progressive local news” https://www.vox.com/...
Tim Marchman / @timmarchman: Last year @annamerlan and I reported on and published an excruciatingly witless memo outlining this person's plans to create a well-funded Democratic propaganda network: https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Alex Salvi / @alexsalvinews: Inside the new $65 million push from progressives to compete with conservative media: It's called the Project for Good Information, and it raises big questions about the future of the information wars. @teddyschleifer https://www.vox.com/...
David Sirota / @davidsirota: I've mentioned this to these people for a decade. They don't want to do it. They don't believe in it. They want a politics that's more socially liberal while protecting their wealth. They want nothing to fundamentally change, which is why Biden literally promised them that. https://twitter.com/...
Anna Massoglia / @annalecta: Memo obtained by @teddyschleifer reveals Democratic strategist behind 501(c)(4) “dark money” group ACRONYM, super PAC PACRONYM, Shadow Inc & Courier media network is creating a news org named “Project for Good Information”—aiming to raise $65M for its 501(c)(3) nonprofit & B Corp https://twitter.com/...
Casey Johnston / @caseyjohnston: Save this tweet for when they pull out after 20 months when it doesn't make a profit and sell it to private equity https://twitter.com/...
Martin Austermuhle / @maustermuhle: That's honestly $65 million that could be better used to beef up local media in plenty of communities. https://twitter.com/...
Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer: The details: Democratic strategist Tara McGowan is trying to raise $65 million to back media outlets. It's called the Project for Good Information. $35 million to invest in media companies, including Courier News. $25 million for grants to nonprofits. https://www.vox.com/...
Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg: *groan* how about you donors buy some local newspapers instead of trying to start grift-y, low-quality “progressive news” because you think the answer to Democrats' problems is to replicate the ecosystem that ended up spawning QAnon and helping foment a coup attempt. https://twitter.com/...
@upine: @teddyschleifer @CourierNewsroom @anotheracronym I've been recommending someone start progressive news sites to fight Right Wing lies for some time now. This describes the reasons it needs to be done & describes how I think it could be done effectively. https://upine.medium.com/...
Hamilton Nolan / @hamiltonnolan: There are plenty of existing progressive publications that would put an influx of capital to great use but that wouldn't create income for “democratic strategists” so instead there's this https://www.vox.com/...
@n_dee_eigh: Like you could probably just do the “local news = blog” thing in 1000 counties across swing states with this kind of money and have much more effect, Christ.
@brgooley2: @davidsirota @TheProspect @dailyposter You should point out that you worked for Think Progess for a short while, and if someone gave The Daily Poster $65 million, you could really expand your organization.
@voxdotcom: A Democratic strategist is planning a $65 million effort to push progressive local news around the US. It's a pricey attempt to match the dominance of right-wing media: https://www.vox.com/...
Matt Corridoni / @mattcorridoni: Meanwhile I'm out here trying to land headlines the old fashioned way... https://twitter.com/...
Andy Barr / @andybarr34: “Known internally as ‘soak a dumb rich guy’ the project aims to provide a service there is no evidence anyone wants or would do any good.” https://twitter.com/...
@pareene: the donor model that fuels the liberal nonprofit world will never work to produce useful journalism https://newrepublic.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Jack Jenkins / @jackmjenkins: I'm old enough to remember when there were 40+ people who tried something like this at a website called ThinkProgress. It had reporters and broke stories and was unionized and editorially independent and everything. Heck, it even had a religion reporter. https://twitter.com/...
Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer: The Good Information Project — a 501(c)3 foundation that will have $25 million to award grants to nonprofit media companies — incorporated earlier this month. Here's the filing in Washington DC records. https://www.vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mark Little / @marklittlenews: Really can't stress how dangerous it is to try align “clean information” with one political perspective. Far-right groups have been disinformation super spreaders but the virus thrives in any group where faith/ideology/tribe matter more than truth. https://www.vox.com/...
Ed Zitron / @edzitron: The mistake democrats make is thinking that the appropriate response to Breitbart and their ilk is offering “better” information. People aren't visiting these sites because they want the most accurate info. They want to be told stuff that confirms their biases https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Cosmos / @veryimportant: “The dumb idiot from the Mayor Pete Iowa primary app” is here to restore truth https://twitter.com/...
Fred / @waywardwinifred: That Tara sure loves to hit up the donors for the cash monies. https://twitter.com/...
Tisya / @tmavuram: Tara McGowan of Iowa caucus infamy should not be raising $65 million to reinvent the wheel on local media. She should not have a job. No one who has repeatedly proven themselves to be terrible at their job should have this many lucrative chances to redeem themselves. https://twitter.com/...
@n_dee_eigh: I'm literally begging you to just buy local media outlets and make them do stories when the government does something good. https://www.vox.com/...
Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie: Imagine how much good $65m could do for the already existing news industry and all the institutional knowledge you'd get https://twitter.com/...
Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan: This story is so outrageous. So, this outfit, who has basically created fake news, is now planning to gut $65million from donors and for what? 🤦🏻♀️ Meet the Project for Good Information, the left's new $65 million investment in the information wars https://www.vox.com/...
@dhh: How to fix journalism: Billionaires should just own all the newspapers. https://twitter.com/...
@edburmila: This is 100% correct, except these are people who wouldn't be caught dead in an industry as uncool as local newspapers. Blowing the VC money on the Cool Tech Guy persona is usually the point, not a means to any end. https://twitter.com/...
Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer: >@CourierNewsroom, a portfolio of eight different progressive news sites backed largely by @anotheracronym, is about to get bigger. Courier will receive an investment from Good Information, Inc. — the for-profit arm of the Project for Good Information. https://www.vox.com/...
Dave Weigel / @daveweigel: Some donor does this every few years and it makes no sense when compared to just, like, buying local newspapers so the only news isn't Facebook rumors https://twitter.com/...
David Sirota / @davidsirota: The cool thing is that grassroots-funded outlets like @TheProspect @DailyPoster and others are making impact with far less resources than $65 million. People should pitch in to support grassroots-funded journalism that is not linked to any party machine. https://www.vox.com/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Institute for Nonprofit News says it helped convert five newsrooms to non-profit status last year and membership grew 28% to 309 non-profit journalism groups — The trend is continuing into 2021.
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Jon Ralston / @ralstonreports: “Pandemic drives nonprofit media boom” You don't say? https://www.axios.com/...
Jonathan Kealing / @jkealing: Thanks to @sarafischer for featuring @INN in her newsletter today. Nonprofit news is expanding rapidly, and we're here to help. https://www.axios.com/...
Andrew Springer / @springer: Nonprofit news outlets are becoming a very important part of our newseco system. Fulfilling the mission & serving the public > making stockholder rich. It's why I'm launching @NoticeNews as a nonprofit! (via @sarafischer) https://www.axios.com/...
Raju Narisetti / @raju: Pandemic drove a US nonprofit media boom, as several news organizations report record membership growth in 2020 https://www.axios.com/...? via @axios
The Guardian:
Guardian launches a project focused on human rights abuses, becoming the first global media organization with a dedicated human rights reporting team — GNM press office — Today the Guardian and the Observer launched Rights and Freedom, a two-year reporting project focused on investigating …
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Stephanie Hancock / @hancock_steph: The @guardian launches a new human rights & freedom series investigating #humanrights around the world. Amid the ‘pandemic’ of abuses which Covid has exposed there is cause for hope, says @KenRoth, as we now know which inequalities we can focus on. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Laura Agustn / @lauraagustin: Advertorials for the Rescue Industry. It's not real reporting if funded by ngos. ‘supported in part by Humanity United, builds on award-winning series on human trafficking... modern slavery... sex trafficking, forced labour + abuses of migrant workers.’ https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Tara Dermott / @taradermott: Already a happy subscriber and big fan of the series on #HumanTrafficking, now stoked for @guardian to become the first global media org w/ a dedicated human rights reporting team. S/O to @HumanityUnited for support https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Thanks:@sdp
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Fandom, a site about games, movies, and TV shows, buys UK-based Focus, owner of Fanatical; sources say Fandom is profitable and expects $200M in revenue in 2021 — Entertainment company seeks direct sales to consumers and better appeal to marketers — Fandom Inc., an entertainment company focusing …
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Rebecca Davis / Variety:
China issues new regulations requiring bloggers, influencers, and creators to possess a government-issued credential to publish anything on a host of topics — China has this week imposed its tightest restrictions to date on the publication of original content online via short video and …
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Capucine Cousin / @capucine_cousin: China has imposed its tightest restrictions to date on the publication of original content online https://variety.com/...
Hasan Zaidi / @hyzaidi: “Those without the right credentials [cannot] publish or even repost any breaking news or commentary on current affairs. Other off-limits topics include ‘articles and commentary on politics, economics, military affairs, diplomatic and public affairs.’” https://twitter.com/...
Chris Lindahl / IndieWire:
Amazon stopped accepting documentaries and short films via Prime Video Direct in early Feb. and has been dropping long-running docs with no warning or context — When Amazon made a unilateral decision in early February to stop accepting documentaries and short films via Prime Video Direct …
Hirsh Chitkara / Protocol:
Inside Chess.com's streaming success, with Twitch users watching 18.3M hours of chess content in January, nearly as much as they consumed throughout all of 2019 — There's something inherently perverse in calling chess “open source.” It's a bit like saying France “pivoted” …
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@simoncarless, @timgrieve, @jordannovet, @nabeel, @vxel, @chesscom, @chessprof, @karynelevy and @mcwm
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Simon Carless / @simoncarless: Great piece on the rise of chess as a game streaming phenomenon: https://www.protocol.com/...
Tim Grieve / @timgrieve: “There's something inherently perverse in calling chess ‘open source.’ It's a bit like saying France ‘pivoted’ from monarchy to republic, or that indoor plumbing was a ‘10x idea.’ Nevertheless, it's true: Anyone has free rein to make a chess game.” https://www.protocol.com/...
Jordan Novet / @jordannovet: ‘And for a brief period last week, chess surpassed League of Legends, Fortnite and Valorant to become the top gaming category on Twitch by viewers.’ https://twitter.com/...
Nabeel Hyatt / @nabeel: Chess on Twitch was watched more than Fortnite, LoL, and Valoran last week. I've been watching chess in the background on Twitch and it's the perfect mix of pace, strategy, brain teasing for a second screen activity. https://www.protocol.com/...
Michal Branski / @vxel: <<Twitch users watched 18.3 million hours of chess content in January, nearly as much as they consumed throughout 2019. Last week, chess even surpassed League of Legends, Fortnite and Valorant as the most-watched gaming category.>> https://www.protocol.com/...
@chesscom: Thanks to @ChitkaraHirsh at @protocol for writing this great piece about the explosion of chess on Twitch! https://twitter.com/...
David Bennett / @chessprof: Seems like streaming platforms (Twitch/YouTube) are providing chess players the professionalism/income many players have sought for decades. So whatever quibbles we may have, this must be a good thing for players (pros and amateurs alike) and the game overall. https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the small-town Skagway News in Alaska, after its owner gifted it to two teachers in early 2020 and the pandemic slammed its tourist town — They won the Alaska newspaper giveaway. Then the pandemic arrived. — In 2019, Larry Persily, owner of the Skagway News …
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Lauren Harris / @lharriswrites: In Skagway, Alaska, the winners of a 2020 local newspaper giveaway got more than they bargained for when they drove into town on the heels of a snowstorm and the head of a pandemic. But the owners of the Skagway News say they're not going anywhere. @CJR https://www.cjr.org/...
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