Top News:
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Laura McGann and Mark Bauman launch Grid News, which wants to examine the day's biggest news stories from different viewpoints, with $10M funding — The latest media start-up, with millions in funding and a team of more than 20 journalists, aims to bring clarity to weighty issues.
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@gridnews, Grid News, Axios, @nytmedia, @jackienpadilla, @hollandtaylor, @zoetillman, @olivia_reingold, @stiles, @espiers, @robpegoraro, @kaysteiger, @justinrood, @sarafischer, @evolambert, @chrisgeidner, @twiceanya, @rmc031, @alex_leedsmatts, @jason_paladino, @tomnagorski, @benjaminopowers, @benjaminopowers, @alex, @davelevitan, @mattzeitlin, @bystevereilly, @mattzeitlin, @nytimesbusiness, @colinjones, @lkmcgann, @jackienpadilla, @kaysteiger, @sydneykashiwagi, @katie_robertson and @kailaphilo
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@gridnews: Welcome to Grid. We're dedicated to reporting on how the most important trends, challenges and opportunities of the day connect to one another - and require connected solutions. Follow us for journalism that brings clarity to the world around us https://www.grid.news/ https://twitter.com/...
Laura McGann / Grid News: Welcome to Grid — Where news connects. — Dear Reader, — Thank you for checking out Grid.
Sara Fischer / Axios: D.C. journalists launch media startup called “Grid”
@nytmedia: Grid, the latest media start-up, with millions in funding, went live early Wednesday. “We're writing for anyone who wants or needs greater clarity on the most important stories of the day,” Mark Bauman, who started the company, said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jackie Padilla / @jackienpadilla: Follow my new home @gridnews. Behind it are brilliant people working hard for it to become ‘a one-stop media shop for detailed renderings of the biggest stories of the day and why they matter.’ A sweet @nytimes profile for more info here 👇🏽 https://www.nytimes.com/...
@hollandtaylor: Congrats, @chrisgeidner for another milestone... I do enjoy your work and following your career! Will jump on @GridNews ~ it sounds like a smartly imagined internet publication... https://twitter.com/...
Zoe Tillman / @zoetillman: Chris is a brilliant reporter and writer (and a wonderful person!), this is fantastic news! Everything about him deserves an exclamation point! https://twitter.com/...
Olivia Reingold / @olivia_reingold: It me — I've been launching an audio department here. And today...@gridnews is live! https://twitter.com/...
Matt Stiles / @stiles: Hi friends. I have a new gig! I'm excited to join a group of ambitious and collaborative journalists at @gridnews, including my investigative/data team colleagues @JustinRood, @alex_leedsmatts, @jason_paladino & @BySteveReilly. Check us out. https://twitter.com/...
Elizabeth Spiers / @espiers: New news site dropped. The more, the merrier, IMO, and glad to see people investing in media. Press release refers to @mattyglesias as “veteran Internet content creator”, though, which makes it sound like he has a TikTok. https://twitter.com/...
Rob Pegoraro / @robpegoraro: How to save journalism: Launch yet another high-minded explanatory journalism site pitched to the comfortable class, lock in a big funding round, get buzz, hire well, reveal that the site's actually 100 local-news sites under a trenchcoat. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kay Steiger / @kaysteiger: And read more about us and how we came together in a little local paper called the @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Justin Rood / @justinrood: Please meet @Gridnews, my new home! I'm the outlet's investigations editor. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: NEW: In July I spoke with @lkmcgann and @MarkBaumanDC about raising $10m for their new media startup. Today, they launched @gridnews Here's what the plan is for their new biz: https://www.axios.com/...
Jonathan Lambert / @evolambert: We're live! 🥳 I'm thrilled to be a part of @gridnews' collaborative team working to bring clarity to complex and interconnected issues. I've only been here a couple weeks, but I can already tell we're building something great. Check us out! https://twitter.com/...
Chris Geidner / @chrisgeidner: Some personal news ... I have joined the team at @gridnews to bring my legal reporting to a new, collaborative newsroom! I am the deputy editor for legal affairs, and I'm already back at it! (It's been tough keeping quiet!) We launch today! https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Anya Van Wagtendonk / @twiceanya: super excited to share what i'm up to these days — introducing @gridnews, a new collaborative news venture, where i'll be covering mis- and disinformation https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Cohen / @rmc031: this looks great, good news for policy+politics journalism https://www.grid.news/
Alex Leeds Matthews / @alex_leedsmatts: I'm terrible at keeping secrets, so I'm thrilled to finally share what I've been working on lately! @gridnews is a collaborative newsroom, where I'm getting to work with 20+ super talented reporters, connecting news events across our beats. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Paladino / @jason_paladino: New website just dropped! I joined the investigative team @gridnews with @BySteveReilly, @alex_leedsmatts, @stiles and led by @JustinRood. We'll be working across the newsroom with a growing team of 20+ brilliant reporters to bring you ambitious, collaborative journalism. 👇 https://twitter.com/...
Tom Nagorski / @tomnagorski: Great team - great commitment to depth, content and expertise. Proud to be a part of @gridnews https://twitter.com/...
Benjamin Powers / @benjaminopowers: Interested in learning more about Grid? Feel free to check out this story on us in NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/...
Benjamin Powers / @benjaminopowers: Extremely excited to introduce the TL to Grid, where our reporters are collaborating on stories that go beyond headlines and are sitauted in the larger context they deserve. https://twitter.com/...
Dave Levitan / @davelevitan: Let's GOOOOOOOOO!!!! I am the climate reporter for this extremely cool new thing. It's gonna be great. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: new website dropped https://twitter.com/...
Steve Reilly / @bystevereilly: We're live! I'm thrilled to share the launch of @gridnews, a new digital news outlet where I'll be working as a reporter on the investigative team. Please take a moment to visit https://grid.news/ and check out the important stories we've been working on. https://twitter.com/...
Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin: read about my new place of work in the newspaper https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: Grid, the latest media start-up, with millions in funding, went live early Wednesday. “We're writing for anyone who wants or needs greater clarity on the most important stories of the day,” Mark Bauman, who started the company, said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Colin Jones / @colinjones: Hey there. Here's something I just helped launch. Hope you like it. I think it's pretty awesome. https://twitter.com/...
Laura McGann / @lkmcgann: Check out https://www.grid.news/! We're a new digital publication dedicated to covering the most important issues of our day. We believe stories are interconnected and we've built a collaborate newsroom to create interconnected journalism.
Jackie Padilla / @jackienpadilla: Ain't no party like a newsroom launch party. ✨THRILLED to be the video producer for this team ✨ https://twitter.com/...
Kay Steiger / @kaysteiger: Launch day! We are so excited to bring you interconnected journalism, offering the full picture on the biggest stories of the day. It has been so fun working with a newsroom of talented journalists and now we get to show the world. Many thanks to @lkmcgann and @MarkBaumanDC! https://twitter.com/...
@sydneykashiwagi: Really excited to announce the launch of @gridnews! It's a new digital media outlet I'm working at with a really talented team https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / NPR:
A look at NPR's staffing issues, including pay gaps and a structure separating podcasts and news, after four hosts, three of them women of color, left in a year — In the wake of a trio of departures, news stories and private messages shared among NPR staffers reflected the concern that Black …
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@deggans, @anastasiat, @_aswesterman, @tuphlos, @manoushz, @nkulw, @lpolgreen, New York Times, @bgrueskin, @mathprofcarrie, @ellemoxley, @gabrieljr, @julito77, @michellemanafy, @vikkie, @adlerben, @rachelnpr, @stphnfwlr, @jackspeer1, @jayrosen_nyu, @npr, @martinpatience, @cjkmedia, @davidfolkenflik and @maggie_a_lee
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@deggans: NPR's David Folkenflik did a great job with this incisive piece on the debate about recent departures of anchors of color from NPR. Though the issues for lesser known POC at NPR are a little different, this piece gets at a lot of the big questions. https://www.npr.org/...
Anastasia Tsioulcas / @anastasiat: Lots to chew over in this excellent report by @davidfolkenflik about our own organization. https://www.npr.org/...
Ashley Westerman / @_aswesterman: I'm glad these powerhouse WOCs have brought light to an issue that plagues a workplace I so dearly love... but @NPR is also losing droves of POCs who aren't as in the spotlight. Show producers, digital editors, etc. What is the network doing about them? https://www.npr.org/...
Robin Bradford / @tuphlos: (This was a long, but very interesting, article for npr junkies. Like me) NPR hosts' departures fuel questions over race. The full story is complex https://www.npr.org/...
Manoush Zomorodi / @manoushz: Interesting insight on a place I'm relatively new to! Wish there'd been mention that @RadioMirage of @NPRCodeSwitch also recently left. https://twitter.com/...
@nkulw: Podcasting, bigger biz on NPR than NPR: “While NPR's news magazines define the network for tens of millions of listeners, NPR now derives more sponsorship revenue from podcasts than those news shows.” https://www.npr.org/...
Lydia Polgreen / @lpolgreen: Interesting reporting here from @davidfolkenflik on a perfect storm at NPR: Sometimes people want to do something new & an institution can't deliver. And some of the most in demand talent happen to be from underrepresented backgrounds. https://www.npr.org/...
John Koblin / New York Times: Audie Cornish, the former NPR host, heads to CNN+.
Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: This news/podcast schism at NPR feels a lot like the print/online divide that mainstream news orgs were coping with a decade or more ago. Via @davidfolkenflik's excellent analysis of NPR's diversity/personnel issues. https://www.npr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Diaz Eaton / @mathprofcarrie: Oof. I know they tried to be fair and spin positive at the same time. Here are some flags/take-homes for me: 1) 75K/yr co-host pay discrepancy between co-hosts (white man vs WOC) https://www.npr.org/...
Elle Moxley / @ellemoxley: “Things like pay and host pay operated under cover of darkness. You would get your deal based on your relationship with management,"@samsanders said of @npr. This is even true at member stations w/ public salaries. Some managers fight for raises. Others won't. https://twitter.com/...
Gabe Rosenberg / @gabrieljr: There is so much fascinating info in @davidfolkenflik 's piece about @NPR host departures — from hiring stats to stories about rejected podcast pitches — that I am again grateful that he's able to do this kind of independent reporting. https://www.npr.org/...
Julio Ricardo Varela / @julito77: “Colleagues say Garcia-Navarro bristled at the network's suggestions that she dial back expression of her interests as a Cuban-American or in social justice matters.” https://www.npr.org/...
Michelle Manafy / @michellemanafy: This is nuanced and an extremely worthwhile read: NPR hosts' departures fuel questions over race. The full story is complex by @davidfolkenflik @NPR https://www.npr.org/...
Victoria M. Walker / @vikkie: “Much of the commentary reflects a belief that NPR has proven incapable of doing the right thing when race is a factor and is willfully or carelessly driving away its future stars, even as it aspires to attract more Black and Latino listeners.” https://www.npr.org/...
Ben Adler / @adlerben: A definitive, deeply reported look at the wide range of factors that contributed to @npr's recent host departures — from the best media journalist in the business, @davidfolkenflik: https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Martin / @rachelnpr: The truth - as it so often is - is not as reductive as the public narrative. https://www.npr.org/...
Stephen Fowler / @stphnfwlr: *exhales sharply* *eyeball emoji* sheesh, read this. https://twitter.com/...
Jack Speer / @jackspeer1: Sometimes we need to report on ourselves @npr in terms of not just what we do right, but the things we need to work on. NPR hosts' departures fuel questions over race. The full story is complex. https://www.npr.org/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: There has been some turmoil at NPR. Several high profile journalists of color have left. @davidfolkenflik reports on it here. https://www.npr.org/... The part in blue caught my eye. https://twitter.com/...
@npr: The departure of 3 female hosts of color at NPR — Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Audie Cornish and Noel King — has sparked tough questions about race. The inside story involves pay equity conversations, fraught contract talks and stymied project pitches. https://www.npr.org/...
Martin Patience / @martinpatience: “While NPR's news magazines define the network for tens of millions of listeners, NPR now derives more sponsorship revenue from podcasts than those news shows. And the audiences for the podcasts are markedly younger and more diverse.” https://twitter.com/...
Catherine Komp / @cjkmedia: Appreciate David's coverage & hope member stations can also publicly examine how we can do better. These departures aren't just about losing extremely talented hosts & journalists, but public media leaders who also should have been valued for their work as innovators and mentors. https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: When star hosts @lourdesgnavarro @noelking and @AudieCornish departed NPR in three consecutive months, it sparked tough questions on race. The full story is complex. My story, for NPR NEWS https://www.npr.org/...
Maggie Lee / @maggie_a_lee: “According to NPR's 2019 tax records, for example, Simon's* annual base pay was $75,000 more than that of Martin. He [Simon] is white; she [Martin] is Black. Both host two hours of programming each weekend.” npr wonders why it cant keep Black/brown/female talent https://twitter.com/...
Poynter:
Over 80 fact-checking organizations tell YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki that the company's misinformation policies are “proving insufficient” and propose solutions — Ms. Susan Wojcicki, — It's been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
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CNET, Full Fact, Beyond Search, @minhtngo, @factcheckdotorg, @thipmedia, @politifact, CNN, @masatokj, Media Voices, @rasmus_kleis, @justinhendrix, @baybarsorsek, Dubawa, The Indian Express, Maldita.es, @cnn, Newschecker, Fact Check Ghana, The Guardian, @factspacewa, @henkvaness, @factcheckni, PesaCheck, FactCrescendo, @blackamazon, @ctardaguila and Al Jazeera, more at Techmeme »
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Full Fact: 80 fact checkers publish open letter to YouTube demanding effective action against disinformation
Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search: Some Want YouTube to Check Facts: A Fantastical Idea
Minh Ngo / @minhtngo: “Our experience as fact-checkers together with academic evidence tells us that surfacing fact-checked information is more effective than deleting content.” https://www.poynter.org/...
@factcheckdotorg: More than 80 fact-checking sites, including us, signed an open letter to YouTube urging the video sharing platform to increase its efforts aimed at reducing the dissemination of disinformation and misinformation on YouTube. #YouTubeOpenLetter https://www.poynter.org/...
@thipmedia: Over last many months @ThipMedia have debunked hundreds of #medical #misinformation published on @YouTube. We call upon @SusanWojcicki to take strong measures to #FactCheck what is being published on YT https://www.thip.media/... #YoutubeOpenLetter @YouTube @YouTubeIndia https://twitter.com/...
@politifact: Fact-checkers urge YouTube to take effective action against disinformation and misinformation, and to elaborate a roadmap of policy and product interventions to improve the information ecosystem- and to do so with @factchecknet. https://www.poynter.org/...
Clare Duffy / CNN: More than 80 fact-checking organizations call out YouTube's ‘insufficient’ response to misinformation
@masatokj: Can't agree more, especially the fourth point. YouTube (and also Wikipedia to a certain degree) in many Asian languages are full of total nonsense and unruly. https://twitter.com/...
Chris Sutcliffe / Media Voices: Video still an area of active investment for publishers, but it's now substance over style
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: “We see that YouTube is one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide. This is a significant concern among our global fact-checking community.” https://twitter.com/...
Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix: “What we do not see is much effort by YT to implement policies that address the problem. On the contrary, YT is allowing its platform to be weaponized by unscrupulous actors to manipulate and exploit others, and to organize and fundraise themselves.” https://www.poynter.org/...
@baybarsorsek: Over 80 fact-checking organizations operating across more than 60 countries signed an open letter to @YouTube CEO @SusanWojcicki Wednesday, calling on the company to take stronger measures to fight misinformation on the platform. #YouTubeOpenLetter https://twitter.com/...
Lois Ugbede / Dubawa: Fact-checkers accuse YouTube of aiding false information spread, propose four-point solution
The Indian Express: Fact-checking organisations pen open letter to YouTube CEO over disinformation problem
Maldita.es: Why Maldita is asking YouTube to take effective measures to fight disinformation - along with more than 80 other fact-checking organizations around the world
@cnn: A group of more than 80 fact-checking organizations from around the world has called YouTube “one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide” and wants the platform to do more to address the problem. https://www.cnn.com/...
Kwaku / Fact Check Ghana: Fact-checkers call upon YouTube CEO to take four steps against rampant disinformation
@factspacewa: 🔎We are proposing some solutions that would make a great deal of difference in reducing the dissemination of disinformation and misinformation on @YouTube. #YouTubeOpenLetter More here: https://factspace.org/...
@henkvaness: An open letter to YouTube's CEO from the world's fact-checkers @factchecknet : stop unscrupulous actors to manipulate and exploit others. https://www.poynter.org/...
@factcheckni: Over 80 fact checking organisations have written an open letter to @YouTube CEO @SusanWojcicki appealing for them to take action against the spread of misinformation and disinformation on the platform #YoutubeOpenLetter https://factcheckni.org/...
@blackamazon: And targeted populations said this since 2012. While media reporters ( including Swisher and Lorenz) mocked folks for “ not being inside enough” to know how it works https://twitter.com/...
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Decrying cancel culture, the BBC's director of editorial policy, David Jordan, says the broadcaster will “represent all points of view”, including flat earthers — David Jordan told House of Lords that ‘all points of view’ should be represented by broadcaster
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Insider, @jimwaterson, @jonlis1, New Statesman, VICE, Daily Express, @laurakbuzz, @mariannaspring, @carlevecrime, @birdyword, @ggatehouse, @imbadatlife, @laurakbuzz, @roseschmits, @ianbetteridge, @dgurdasani1, @ericabuist, @peterjukes, @david_k_clark, @dijdowell, @peterjukes, @iandunt, @adambienkov, @ggatehouse, @frances_coppola, @stworg, @ggatehouse, @kixes, @robmanuel, @martinsfp, @evolvepolitics, @transactivismuk, @2si_2vess, @dereklowe, @laurakbuzz, @tomcoates, The Times, @brokenbottleboy, @tanita_tikaram, @mhairihunter and Press Gazette
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Jake Epstein / Insider: BBC official says the network would feature flat-Earthers on air because leadership doesn't believe in ‘cancel culture’
Jim Waterson / @jimwaterson: BBC impartiality: “Flat-earthers are not going to get as much space as people who believe the Earth is round, but very occasionally it might be appropriate to interview a flat-earther. If a lot of people believed in flat Earth we'd need to address it more” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jonathan Lis / @jonlis1: It also completely fails to understand the BBC's mission. The corporation is not there to reflect ‘all points of view and give them due weight’. It is to educate and inform people about what is actually happening. https://twitter.com/...
James O'Brien / New Statesman: Media impartiality is a problem when ignorance is given the same weight as expertise
Ruby Lott-Lavigna / VICE: BBC Says It Would Interview Flat-Earthers To Be Impartial
Oliver Pritchard-Jones / Daily Express: BBC to give voice to flat-earthers! Fury as Beeb plans to give conspiracy loons air time
Laura Kate Dale / @laurakbuzz: The BBC will not listen to criticism. They will give any view air time so long as it's popular. It is incredibly clear that the BBC will not stop platforming anti-trans views, as long as it sees them as popular. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Marianna Spring / @mariannaspring: My entire job as the BBC's first specialist disinformation and social media reporter is to investigate the human cost of online conspiracies and abuse. That means interrogating conspiracy influencers and trolls - to hold them accountable - and understand. That's crucial. https://twitter.com/...
Carl Eve / @carlevecrime: So, BBC's director of editorial policy reckons flat-earthers' theories should be given “due weight” as people who are, well, not completely bonkers..? I think we've found where the BBC's problems lie... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Mike Bird / @birdyword: For an organisation that places a very high value on its own importance and continued survival the BBC is also amazingly good at undermining itself https://twitter.com/...
Gabriel Gatehouse / @ggatehouse: I know David Jordan. I can state with certainty that he does not believe that *objective* reality is decided by how many people believe something. But if enough people believe something it can become a *political* reality, as is happening in the US right now
Laura Kate Dale / @laurakbuzz: OFCOM's guidelines do not give the BBC blanket right to spread misinformation such as the earth being flat, or publish hate perpetuating views just because some people believe them. This is the BBC giving a huge middle finger.
Kiln Girl Rose / @roseschmits: Go on them BBC, publish an antivax story if you're so dedicated to hearing both sides, I dare you https://twitter.com/...
Ian Betteridge / @ianbetteridge: The BBC's mission is to “provide duly accurate and impartial news, current affairs and factual programming”. Providing air time to flat earthers, anti-scientific nonsense and bigotry is the opposite of that. David Jordan should resign. https://twitter.com/...
Deepti Gurdasani / @dgurdasani1: of course it doesn't say that it's a feedback loop- the BBC interviewing flat earthers and giving them an equal platform to non-flat earthers itself makes people believe in flat earth narratives more. And so it goes...
Erica Buist / @ericabuist: Giving “due weight” to something provably false isn't balance, it's a waste of time, a child-level misunderstanding of the point of reporting, and a misdirection of oxygen. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Jukes / @peterjukes: “Holocaust-deniers are not going to get as much space as people who believe the Holocaust happened, but vert occasionally it might be appropriate to interview a Holocaust-denier. And if a lot of people stopped believing in the the Holocaust...” David Jordan should be sacked https://twitter.com/...
David Clark / @david_k_clark: We see here the slippery slope of populism the BBC launched itself on around a decade ago. Truth isn't democratic. Something that is plainly false doesn't deserve to be treated as a valid opinion in proportion to the number of people who believe it. This attitude explains a lot. https://twitter.com/...
Douglas / @dijdowell: The problem with this quote, and it's pretty fundamental, is that it doesn't distinguish between ‘empirically untrue’ and ‘politically contested’. The BBC does have to provide appropriate coverage for a full range of political views. But not for unambiguous, fantastical nonsense. https://twitter.com/...
Peter Jukes / @peterjukes: This explains so much. And David Jordan is an idiot https://twitter.com/...
Ian Dunt / @iandunt: This is the BBC's director of editorial policy. It suggests a catastrophic breakdown in basic editorial judgement, grounded in a failure to recognise the notion of objective truth. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Gabriel Gatehouse / @ggatehouse: A lot of attention on this quote. Fwiw, having just done a whole series on QAnon and the belief that the 2020 US presidential election was stolen, I think this is the right approach. If 25% of Brits thought the earth was flat, it would be weird if the BBC didn't interrogate that https://twitter.com/...
Furious Cassandra / @frances_coppola: If a lot of people believed in flat Earth, the BBC would certainly have to address it more - by increasing the prominence of scientists and educators debunking this nonsense. https://twitter.com/...
Stephan Lewandowsky / @stworg: This epitomizes the post-truth world & its enablers. Flat-earth loons on their own would never go far without assistance from intellectually-bankrupt enablers. Very concerning (but sadly not surprising) to hear this from BBC @UlliEcker @Sander_vdLinden @JasonReifler @philipplenz6 https://twitter.com/...
Gabriel Gatehouse / @ggatehouse: That doesn't mean the BBC should lend credence to the idea that the earth is flat. But it should be asking why people believe it, and what that tells us about our world.
@kixes: Just no. Impartiality doesn't mean you give validating space to baseless and wild conspiracy theories. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Rob Manuel / @robmanuel: People are being very negative about this, but I think it's a great opportunity to believe stupid things and the BBC is forced to give you airtime. I personally want a six part series on my belief that dogs are boys and cats are girls. What about you? https://twitter.com/...
Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp: Lots of people annoyed by the BBC ‘flat earthers’ quote doing the rounds, but I read that isolated quote in this way 👇 (although I can see why people are cynical given how there are plenty of credible viewpoints that rarely get represented) https://twitter.com/...
@evolvepolitics: 🚨 | NEW: BBC Director of Editorial Policy, David Jordan, says the BBC should platform flat-earth conspiracy theorists: “[...] very occasionally it might be appropriate to interview a flat-earther. And if a lot of people believed in flat Earth we'd need to address it more.” https://twitter.com/...
Trans Activism UK / @transactivismuk: The BBC believes that platforming dangerous bigotry is impartiality. The BBC believes that giving someone a moment to say “actually this minority group are rapists” means they are unbiased. The BBC is wrong and deeply flawed. #CancelYourLicence https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
@2si_2vess: This is such tiresome and dishonest bollocks because we know the BBC always say this and then tightly control the views represented which typically range from liberal to far right with business heavily overrepresented vs workers and unions https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Derek Lowe / @dereklowe: This makes me glad that I have never had to take the massive implant of Both Sides that is apparently required for many journalists. https://twitter.com/...
Laura Kate Dale / @laurakbuzz: Today, @BBCNews staff Tim Davies and David Jordan stated that they have to give air time to all views, from transphobia to flat earthers, because of impartiality, based on percieved popularity and not accuracy. Well, the @Ofcom guidelines on Due Impartiality disagree. https://twitter.com/...
Tom Coates / @tomcoates: Yeah, I'm sorry but no. The truth is not a democracy. If half the country thinks that gravity isn't real, it isn't the job of the BBC to take that seriously. It's the job of the BBC to provide science classes that make it clear that gravity is real. https://twitter.com/...
Jake Kanter / The Times: BBC pledges to air views of ‘flat-earthers’
Mic Wright / @brokenbottleboy: I have nearly shaken my head off my shoulders. https://twitter.com/...
Tanita Tikaram / @tanita_tikaram: BBC “Flat-earthers are not going to get as much space as people who believe the Earth is round, but very occasionally it might be appropriate to interview a flat-earther. And if a lot of people believed in flat Earth we'd need to address it more.” 😳https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Texas Tribune CEO and co-founder Evan Smith says he will step down by end of 2022 and stay on as an adviser into 2023 — Evan Smith, a longtime force in Texas journalism, said on Wednesday that he would step down as the chief executive of The Texas Tribune, the nonprofit news organization he has led for 13 years.
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Erin Douglas / @erinmdouglas23: “The Tribune has helped show the way for a new crop of regional nonprofit news outlets,” the NYT's @katie_robertson writes. Thank you to @evanasmith for founding and leading it for the last 13 years. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Pamela Colloff / @pamelacolloff: It's impossible to overstate the role @evanasmith has played in nonprofit journalism, and in transforming the news landscape in Texas, and in cultivating the careers of countless reporters. I owe so much to him. Grateful to have been along for the ride. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Emily Ramshaw / @eramshaw: I'm not writing his obit because he's not going anywhere yet, but suffice to say @evanasmith has changed the course of nonprofit journalism — and of my life. @TexasTribune won't be the same without him, but it's absolutely primed to succeed without him. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Peter Lattman / @peterlattman: Evan Smith stepping down as CEO of The Texas Tribune. Just an awesome run for a true pioneer and one of the great talents in journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Post:
Sources: DirecTV and Dish Network have restarted merger talks, as executives think regulatory concerns over their combined market power have waned — DirecTV and Dish Network are in fresh talks to merge after years of on-again, off-again wrangling and multiple clampdowns from federal antitrust officials, The Post has learned.
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Awful Announcing, The Streamable, MediaPost, Light Reading, @jeff_foust, Media Play News and @nickdaschel
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Jay Rigdon / Awful Announcing: DirecTV and Dish Network again talking merger; can they beat antitrust issues?
Steve Anderson / The Streamable: Dish Network, DirecTV Back for Merger Talks...Again
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost: DirecTV, Dish Resume Merger Talks: Could 2022 Finally Be The Year?
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Dish and DirecTV are talking turkey, again - report
Jeff Foust / @jeff_foust: Another sign of the waning power of direct-to-home satellite TV. https://twitter.com/...
Erik Gruenwedel / Media Play News: Report: Dish, DirecTV Merger Getting Second Wind
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Local papers shouldn't fret about The Athletic under the NYT because the talent pool is big, “local sports” includes niches The Athletic can't touch, and more — Should the combination keep local publishers up at night? Or are they different markets altogether?
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@mffisher, Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, @joshsternberg, @dvg, @dmitryshishkin, @pilhofer, @gordonrussell1 and @jbenton
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Marc Fisher / @mffisher: The average American pays for four streaming services and somewhere between zero and one news site—closer to zero than to one. Priorities. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: How the media covered President Biden's speech on voting rights ... and what it all means
Josh Sternberg / @joshsternberg: @jbenton persuasive argument. i'd like to know how many athletic subscribers pay full price. (to see how sub numbers work at full scope). also curious how NYT sales team sells a local market.
Dirk von Gehlen / @dvg: „I think the misconception is that the Times and your local daily are making the same thing" https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Dmitry Shishkin / @dmitryshishkin: I always enjoy the nuance of @jbenton reporting for @NiemanLab and this is a great example of it on @nytimes and @TheAthletic + local news case. Unsurprisingly, it all boils down to different, distinct news user needs. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Aron Pilhofer / @pilhofer: Good piece here from @jbenton and fair pushback on whether the NYT/local legacy are really competing or not. I sincerely hope he is right! https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: Things you'll find here: — mathematician Andrew Wiles — “Damn, The Athletic pivoted to evil” — the NFL QB market — “exclusive horse-paste enthusiasts” — the Townsburg Daily Gazette — grotesque undercoverage of @RaginCajunsFB — unnecessary Falcons hate https://www.niemanlab.org/...
American Press Institute:
The American Press Institute names Michael D. Bolden as its executive director and CEO, starting on February 14 — The American Press Institute, an affiliate of the News Media Alliance dedicated to helping news publishers navigate and adapt to organizational and industry change to sustain journalism …
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@michaelbolden, @ampress, Michael Bolden, @michaelbolden, @indira_l, @mitrakalita, @rebeccaaguilar, @michaelbolden, @amzam, @rachelswan, @newseditoranne, @rlnave, @mayerjoy, @newsalliance, @christinakahrl, @timothyorourke, @jeffjarvis, @ckrewson, @garciaruize, @raheemfh, @jpalfrey, @newsceo and @talkopan
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Michael Bolden / @michaelbolden: And now for some professional news that is also deeply personal: I am grateful and excited to join the terrific @AmPress team at the American Press Institute as the organization's next CEO and executive director. https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/ ...
American Press Institute / @ampress: Welcome, @michaelbolden! Our new Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer: https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/ ...
Michael Bolden / @michaelbolden: Here is a personal blog post that speaks to why this is important to me: https://medium.com/...
Indira Lakshmanan / @indira_l: Wonderful news for @AmPress - congratulations to @michaelbolden, can't wait to see your successes! https://twitter.com/...
S. Mitra Kalita / @mitrakalita: Amazing news! https://twitter.com/...
Rebecca Aguilar / @rebeccaaguilar: @michaelbolden Dang! Powerful message in your blog. Your parents would be so PROUD and I say that loud and clear because I know they see it and hear it from the heavens. Thanks for being a leader with a vision. I am also happy to see another #POC with a well-deserved job. Much success in 2022!
Michael Bolden / @michaelbolden: Emilio Garcia-Ruiz is an amazing journalism leader. He is practical; he is visionary; he is authentic. And he empowers his teams to do their best work. I have been so lucky to work with him twice in my career. His stewardship of @sfchronicle is a special time. https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: Huge congrats to @michaelbolden, @AmPress's new Executive Director and CEO! https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/ ...
Rachel Swan / @rachelswan: Big loss for us, but so proud I got to work with the great @michaelbolden and wishing him the best on this new journey. https://twitter.com/...
Anne Vasquez / @newseditoranne: Congratulations, @michaelbolden ! Thank you for your leadership and partnership. @EdSource is so fortunate to have you on its board. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan L. Nave / @rlnave: In the end, Alabama wins after all. Congratulations, Michael! https://twitter.com/...
Joy Mayer / @mayerjoy: Through @TrustingNews, I've worked with @michaelbolden during his time at @sfchronicle, and I'm looking forward to working with him at @AmPress. Welcome, Michael! https://twitter.com/...
@newsalliance: The Alliance would like to welcome @AmPress's new Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, @michaelbolden! Bolden will begin in his new role with API by February 14. https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/ ...
Christina Kahrl / @christinakahrl: Simply tremendous news for @michaelbolden and a great move by @AmPress. https://twitter.com/...
@timothyorourke: Huge congrats to @michaelbolden on the move and to @AmPress for attracting such a talented and empathetic leader. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: BIG news from @michaelbolden; great hire by @AmPress https://twitter.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: This is really cool; big congrats to my friends @AmPress and @michaelbolden. Great match. https://twitter.com/...
Emilio Garcia-Ruiz / @garciaruize: So difficult to see Michael go but am confident he will do huge things at API. https://twitter.com/...
Raheem Hosseini / @raheemfh: This is an incredible get for @AmPress, great news for the 4th estate and bittersweet for those of us who work with him. I'm here because Michael convinced me that the vision for what journalism should be actually can be. This is just another sign that he's right. https://twitter.com/...
David Chavern / @newsceo: So excited to have Michael joining API! https://twitter.com/...
Yiannis Baboulias / Columbia Journalism Review:
Greece sees increasing concerns about media freedom due to media ownership concentrated in a few people close to the ruling party and attacks on journalists — Last November Ingeborg Beugel, a Dutch journalist who has been covering Greece for decades, was advised by her country's embassy …
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@yiannisbab: My story for the Columbia Journalism Review @CJR, on the huge issues journalists in Greece are facing right now. I will make a longer post later but I'd encourage everyone who cares about press freedom to read this. https://www.cjr.org/...
jean-paul Marthoz / @jpmarthoz: For those who believe journalists always defend each other, this story about the biggest Greek tabloid paper should be an eye-opener. According to @CJR it published the address and personal details of a Dutch journalist accused of insulting the country https://www.cjr.org/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: The safety of journalists in Greece is under pressure @YiannisBab writes, with several being targeted by politicians, intelligence services and sections of the national media (so much for solidarity) for their reporting, esp around issues of migration. https://www.cjr.org/...
Bruno Tersago / @brunotersago: In Greece, journalists feel the squeeze https://www.cjr.org/... The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) announced that it will be holding an online fact-finding mission to Greece to assess increasing concerns about media freedom and the safety of journalists in the country.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times announces a fellowship for crossword constructors, aiming to increase the number of puzzles created by underrepresented groups — NYT Games editorial director Everdeen Mason on building a more diverse set of puzzle constructors and an “ecosystem” for solvers.
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New York Times, @sarahscire, @sarahscire, Ti spiego il dato, @jorcohen and @michellemanafy
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Sarah Scire / @sarahscire: .@EverdeenMason has been busy in her first (!) year at NYT Games. New, neat things include this fellowship, test panel as “vibe check,” engaging editorial ecosystem, etc. — all in service of fresh, relevant puzzles and the solvers who love 'em. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Sarah Scire / @sarahscire: The editorial director of NYT Games claims to have not played Wordle but says the response “lit a fire under [her] ass.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Donata Columbro / Ti spiego il dato: Pop corn 🍿 … Ci ho fatto un'intera TED confutando le citazioni del povero William …
Jordan Cohen / @jorcohen: “Our games provide not just an outlet for people to self soothe and improve their mental health, but also to connect with other people. You want to provide a place where people can get a full experience,” said @EverdeenMason https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Michelle Manafy / @michellemanafy: The @nytimes announced a new fellowship for crossword constructors aimed at increasing the number of puzzles created by underrepresented groups, including women, people of color, and those in the LGBTQ community. Nice work, @EverdeenMason by @SarahScire https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Mark Jacob / Local News Initiative:
A look at the changes in Chicago's news ecosystem, as nonprofit news assumes a prominent role and public radio station WBEZ becomes a formidable player — With Nonprofit News on the March, There Are Plenty of Concerns, but Also New Feelings of Optimism — Chicago journalism is undergoing …
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@localnewsini, @macfound, @lakeidrachavis, @klshall, @bykenarmstrong, @toddlighty, @amlwhere, @markjacob16, @inn, @localnewsini, @cindykuzma, @vwpickard, @jayrosen_nyu, @slulay2, @chipublicsquare, @slulay2, @stevenkjohnson, @arielparrella, American Press Institute, Robert Feder and Poynter
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@localnewsini: Chicago journalism has been pummeled by job losses, but it's also a center for news experimentation and enthusiasm. In this article, Medill takes a look at a city that's “a petri dish for the re-invention of news media.” 1/7 https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
@macfound: We love seeing stories hailing Chicago journalism as an innovation hub and “center for news experimentation.” 🎥📷📻📱 🗞️ Inside the reporting at @WBEZ, @BlockClubCHI, @Chicago_Reader and many others: https://www.poynter.org/... via @Poynter https://twitter.com/...
Lakeidra Chavis / @lakeidrachavis: WBEZ and public radio as a whole has always been a competitor to local newspapers. There are entire communities in our country that depend on radio, not newspapers, to stay informed. We need to let go of the false framing that the standard of news is newspapers. https://twitter.com/...
Krysti Shallenberger / @klshall: This. Lakeidra and I both reported in rural Alaska - where the lifeline was public radio, not news. And public radio did more than just spout off the news - it was where people depended on for fish openings - for news spoken in their own language - for messages for relatives. https://twitter.com/...
Ken Armstrong / @bykenarmstrong: Seeing news shops collaborate rather than compete is especially striking in Chicago. It's a good thing, considering the history. Often, the competition that got celebrated was really just some reporter being a colossal ass. @MarkJacob16 @LocalNewsIni https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Todd Lighty / @toddlighty: A WBEZ-Sun-Times merger would “represent an amazing development in which a once-sleepy but now surging public radio station and a newspaper that has long seemed close to the cliff combine to form a news shop that could be the most influential in the city. https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
Ann Marie Lipinski / @amlwhere: Chicago journalism has suffered some rough sledding in recent years. Here's an excellent summary from @MarkJacob16 on the local efforts at reinvention and cautious reasons for optimism. https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
Mark Jacob / @markjacob16: My latest article for Northwestern University's Medill Local News Initiative looks at the dramatic restructuring in Chicago journalism. https://twitter.com/...
@inn: Our 8 Chicago #nonprofitnews publishers are part of a trend. “Chicago journalism is undergoing a dramatic restructuring that has turned the nation's third-largest media market into a center for news experimentation.” https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
@localnewsini: Chicago's local news is undergoing a dramatic restructuring. @dgreising of @bettergov says Chicago news veterans may be thinking, “Wow, I can't believe all this cool stuff is going on,” especially compared to the grim situation of the recent past. https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
Cindy Kuzma / @cindykuzma: News that makes a Medill grad's heart sing—I'm grateful for @BlockClubCHI @WBEZ and more. (And one not mentioned here but that's been a recent and welcome addition to my local news diet, @CityCastChicago) https://twitter.com/...
Victor Pickard / @vwpickard: This is a hopeful story — and we need so much more of it. But this kind of “rebirth” needs to be systemic and not just in major cities. https://www.poynter.org/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: Meanwhile, in Chicago: “Nonprofit news is assuming a prominence once reserved for the city's commercial outlets as the 175-year-old Tribune recedes and a public radio station, WBEZ, emerges as a rival for dominance in local reporting.” https://www.poynter.org/...
Stephanie Lulay / @slulay2: “I never really [agreed w/] the whole ‘advertising + the internet being the death of local news’ thing. I think that ‘the death of local news’ was when ppl stopped...listening to what readers wanted out of them.” — @blockclubchi co-founder @jensabella 🔥 https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
@chipublicsquare: Honored to see @ChiPublicSquare cited here. Thanks, @MarkJacob16. https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
Stephanie Lulay / @slulay2: @BlockClubCHI @MarkJacob16 From legacy newsrooms to bright upstarts, @MarkJacob16 really catches all of Chicago's news ecosystem. @BlockClubCHI is proud to play our part. Rebuilding local news is going to take a village — & you really should be watching our village. @LocalNewsIni https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
Steve Johnson / @stevenkjohnson: This broad survey of the local media landscape by @MarkJacob16 features veteran media reporter @RobertFeder being more frank than I've ever seen in his assessments. https://twitter.com/...
Ariel Parrella / @arielparrella: “From the standpoint of inspiring optimism in the future of local news, perhaps the most encouraging nonprofit development is the emergence of @BlockClubCHI.” Sweet words by @LocalNewsIni. And there's me reporting on a summer story! 📸 by @colinbphoto. https://localnewsinitiative.northwester n.edu/ ...
American Press Institute: Need to Know: January 11, 2022 — OFF THE TOP — You might have heard: News engagement fell off a cliff in 2021 (Axios)
Robert Feder: Robservations: Newsy relaunches ‘The Why’; George Will joins NewsNation; Goli Sheikholeslami named CEO of Politico
Mark Jacob / Poynter: Chicago is witnessing a local news rebirth
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Shamus Toomey / Block Club Chicago:
Nonprofit outlet Block Club Chicago receives a three-year, $1.6M grant from the American Journalism Project and Chicago Community Trust matches another $450K
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@blockclubchi, American Journalism Project, @arielparrella, @slulay2, @jaydubward, @heidistevens13, @mina_bloom_, @chirpradio and Daily Herald
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Block Club Chicago / @blockclubchi: AMAZING news, friends! Block Club has been awarded a ✨ $1.6 million, three-year grant ✨ from the @JournalismProj to expand our work! @ChiTrust pledged an additional $450,000 in matching funds to Block Club over three years. Read more: https://blockclubchicago.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
American Journalism Project: American Journalism Project announces grants to four nonprofit news organizations to build upon their success and fuel their sustainable growth …
Ariel Parrella / @arielparrella: This is awesome and amazing and empowering and the best news of the year so far!!! https://twitter.com/...
Stephanie Lulay / @slulay2: .@JournalismProj + @ChiTrust are committing $2.05 million over 3 yrs to @BlockClubCHI. Our commitment to you, Chicago: We're going to keep growing to new neighborhoods + keep covering the stories that matter to you. https://blockclubchicago.org/ ... 📷: @blockclubchi, 2018 👉 2022 https://twitter.com/...
Joe Ward / @jaydubward: Huge boost in the quest to make neighborhood news sustainable. https://twitter.com/...
Heidi Stevens / @heidistevens13: Great news for @BlockClubCHI and even better news for Chicago ❤️ https://twitter.com/...
Mina Bloom / @mina_bloom_: just a few short years ago, we were dreaming up ways to make neighborhood news sustainable over coffee at new wave. now this? holy cow. 🥰 https://blockclubchicago.org/ ...
@chirpradio: Congrats to @BlockClubCHI on this amazing funding opportunity! Independent media in Chicago is where it's at. https://twitter.com/...
Robert Feder / Daily Herald: Block Club Chicago wins major grant
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
German regulator says Google offered to avoid putting News Showcase in search results as part of the company's proposals to settle an antitrust investigation — In the latest bit of regulatory woe for Big Tech in Europe, Google is trying to settle a German antitrust investigation …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Luma Partners: a record number of ad and marketing tech companies went public in 2021; deal volume among adtech, digital media, and marketing firms rose 82% YoY — A record number of advertising and marketing technology companies went public last year, according to a new report from LUMA Partners …
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