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👋Good morning! Our annual 'Trends and predictions' report is out today, authored by Nic Newman and based on a survey of 303 executives from 53 countries.
1️⃣ The business of news. Amid uncertainty and inflation, less than half of the news leaders surveyed feel confident about their business prospects in the year ahead.
2️⃣ Reader revenue. More publishers will invest in subscriptions this year, with 80% of those surveyed saying this will be one of their priorities.
3️⃣ News avoidance. Despite so many big news stories, 58% of the publishers surveyed report that their traffic has been static or falling in the last year.
4️⃣ New investments. Most publishers plan to publish more explainers (94%) and Q&A formats (87%). Some will do solutions journalism and inspirational stories.
5️⃣ Climate news. News leaders are planning to ramp up the scope of their climate coverage.
📒Full report https://bit.ly/3GUgRQu
📃 PDF version https://bit.ly/3W1zeax
👋Good morning! We are back with our daily round-up on journalism worldwide with stories on detained reporters, citizen journalism, media columnist vacancies, and more.
🚨Reporter handcuffed. The Phoenix police department is conducting an investigation into the detainment of a Black Wall Street Journal reporter who was handcuffed while reporting this past November. https://bit.ly/3igZ8ZZ
🪙Crypto and citizen journalism. For the Washington Post, Taylor Lorenz looks into how the implosion of FTX has been covered by citizen journalists who have grown in popularity due to these crypto stories. https://bit.ly/3CsoxXo
🗞Media journalism. The New York Times media columnist position has been vacant for over a year. For Vanity Fair, Charlotte Klein looks at where things are at. https://bit.ly/3GK51bD
✍️Accessible press. Researchers suggest that, after an analysis of almost 6k political news stories from partisan and non partisan media outlets in 2021, media outlets with extreme biases are easier to read and less formal than mainstream outlets. https://bit.ly/3GoYaD0
📽Documentary filmmaking. Two years after the January 6 insurrection in the US, documentary filmmakers are still grappling with how best to cover what happened. https://bit.ly/3X7VJeX
☀️Good morning! We are back with our daily round-up on journalism worldwide with stories on press freedom in Ethiopia, wanted journalists in Turkey, a suspected ransomware attack, and more.
🇪🇹 Investigative journalism halted. The Ethiopian Media Authority asks judicial bodies in the country to refrain from obstructing investigating journalism. They say that there has been an increasing tendency of terminating investigative journalism works on orders from judicial bodies. https://bit.ly/3Z2HA4x
🇹🇷 Journalists wanted. Turkish authorities have added 15 journalists to their list of wanted terrorists for their alleged ties to the exiled preacher Fethullah Gülen, whom the Turkish government accuses of maintaining a terrorist organisation and of planning a 2016 failed coup. https://bit.ly/3ij2FH8
💻Mysterious network disruption. Until at least January 23rd, The Guardian’s offices will be closed due to disruptions caused by a suspected ransomware attack which hit the publisher last month. https://bit.ly/3jTj4Cw
🇧🇷 Attacks on press. The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism and the National Federation of Journalists has reported that there have been up to 70 cases of attacks against journalists since the end of the October 2022 election. https://bit.ly/3VL8r2b
Good morning! Our round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Twitter, journalist unions, and complaints over a column about Meghan Markle.
🐦 Musk and Twitter. Elon Musk said he will quit as Twitter CEO after holding a Twitter poll in which 57.5% of respondents voted for him to go. He will still lead the software and servers teams, he tweeted. https://bit.ly/3YI92o3
💷 A pay rise. FT journalists have secured a £4,200 pay rise for the lowest paid in the newsroom, Bron Maher reports for Press Gazette. https://bit.ly/3HSIbiV
🧪 Twitter and science. Chris Stokel-Walker writes about the role of Twitter in the science community and the impact of the Musk takeover so far in this piece for Nature. https://bit.ly/3WyG1cl
🖊 Many complaints. Over 65 UK MPs complained about a column about Meghan Markle written by broadcaster and media personality Jeremy Clarkson. The column has also become the most complained about article in the history of the UK's Independent Press Standards Organisation.https://bit.ly/3FO7NuG
👋Good morning! Our round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the latest Twitter developments, violence against journalists in Mexico, Spanish-language content at one of the US’s leading newspapers and more.
🐦Twitter latest. Twitter’s CEO Elon Musk has launched a Twitter poll asking users to determine if he should stay on as chief executive of the company. The majority of users that participated in the poll voted in favour of his resignation.
https://bit.ly/3Va3MGP
🕯Slain journalists. 15 journalists have been killed this year in Mexico, making it the deadliest year for the press in the country in at least three decades.
https://bit.ly/3WaYUlO
📰 Spanish-language news. According to The Washington Post’s Latino Caucus, the paper has cut its Spanish-language podcast and opinion section without notice to their newsroom.
https://bit.ly/3BGsMyr
🇯🇵 Threats against journalists. Police in Japan have arrested a woman charged with threatening to blow up the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan and harm two journalist members, reports Robert Whiting for Asia Times.
https://bit.ly/3FHkiIi
🛂 Visa denied. “I feel like I’m being treated like a retired guy who does a blog once every six weeks and wants a visa for the United States,” A local news publisher in New York had his visa denied because immigration officials deemed his business “marginal.”
https://bit.ly/3uZ5Re3
🧊 Hello from icy Oxford. Our round-up of pieces on journalism worldwide includes a diary project by Iranian women, covering tragedy, a podcast on media freedom and shocking stats on violence against journalists.
✍️ A diary project. Women in Iran protesting against the government have been diarising their thoughts and experiences as voice notes, writings and drawings, sending them to the BBC's Saba Zavarei https://bit.ly/3Fw15tl
🍁 Compensation. “It is about protecting the future of a free and independent press.” Canadian MPs have passed a law requiring tech firms compensate news orgs for sharing content https://bit.ly/3YjPLZT
🎧 Press freedom in India. RISJ contributor Raksha Kumar discusses the future of media freedom in India on the New Statesman's World Review podcast https://bit.ly/3uQNQhZ
🕯 Violence against journalists. In its annual round-up of violence and abuses against journalists, RSF reports 533 are currently detained, 57 were killed, 65 are being held hostage, 49 are missing https://bit.ly/3HEJySj
🎤 Covering tragedy. "The distinction between what reporters can do and should do is often lost in the scramble for details and ‘colour’ in the aftermath of a horrific event," writes Mic Wright following a tragic incident at a frozen lake in the UK https://bit.ly/3FvoPhc
Good morning from a really cold Oxford! Today's round-up on journalism worldwide has pieces on violence against journalists in Haiti, Twitter updates and more.
🇭🇹 A country in crisis. At least 8 journalists have either been killed or went missing in Haiti this year, the highest number in 20 years as the country spirals deeper into crisis.https://bit.ly/3j0c46D
🗯Hate speech on Twitter. Twitter disbanded its Trust and Safety Council group of independent advisors on tackling hate speech and harmful content.https://bit.ly/3VVpVtp
🇭🇺 Media in Hungary. Hungarian independent media baron Zoltán Varga has been designated as a suspect in a criminal case as the country's media comes increasingly under the control of government-friendly entities. https://bit.ly/3YjWN0z
🇭🇰Hong Kong security law. Jimmy Lai's trial has been postponed for 10 months as Beijing decides whether he should be allowed a British lawyer. The founder and former chairperson of the closed Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily is charged with “colluding with foreign forces”.https://bit.ly/3Wc24W3
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👋 Good morning and happy friday! Here's today's round-up on journalism, with readings on the NYT’s strike, protests in China, AI and journalism, and more.
🪧New York Times walkout. What are the implications of the New York Times newsroom strike? Shawn McCreesh looks into it for New York Magazine.
https://bit.ly/3h8Ibk7
🇨🇳 Protests in China. Nationwide protests over COVID restrictions continue in China — and social media is playing a crucial role as a source of information.
https://bit.ly/3HvRjtw
🤖 AI Journalist. Could ChatGPT automate the reporting process? Chris Stokel-Walker asked OpenAI’s chatbot to do the work… with mixed results.
https://bit.ly/3F6Uwx2
🐦 Twitter leaks. Outside journalists working with Elon Musk posted a new batch of Twitter’s internal communications claiming soft censorship. The Washington Post’s Will Oremus gives some context to these files on this thread
https://bit.ly/3VJURNg
📱Amazon’s TikTok. According to the WSJ, Amazon is launching a TikTok-like feature in its app for buying products through a customised feed.
https://bit.ly/3W7YGvz
🗞 And one in Spanish. “Ahora que el periodismo ciudadano se ha diluido en la atmósfera de los diálogos cotidianos, los boletines se han convertido en una herramienta explorada individualmente tanto por expertos como por amateurs,” escribe Jorge Carrión sobre la popularidad de los boletines en el Washington Post
https://bit.ly/3HneF4F
👋 Hi! Here's today's round-up on journalism, with readings on online regulation, layoffs at BuzzFeed, Russia and more:
🍉 More layoffs. On Tuesday BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced the company is laying off 12% of its staff. The company’s stock hovers at an all-time low, down nearly 90% in the past year https://bit.ly/3Bi9A9Q
🕵🏻 A top-notch investigation. Using forensic techniques, a BBC team led by our alumna Rebecca Skippage has verified the identities of more than 75 people killed in #Iran since protests started https://bit.ly/3Fvxa5G
🇪🇺 Online regulation. This piece by Chris Stokel-Walker explains leading the way in online safety and how Brexit is making things more difficult for the UK https://bit.ly/3VFGIAw
🇷🇺 Russian journalism. This piece by Veronica Snoj explains how independent Russian news outlets are rebuilding their business models in the light of Putin's invasion of Ukraine https://bit.ly/3hcIkTn
🎈A reminder. Today at 13:00 UK time our own Mitali Mukherjee is hosting a seminar on newsroom diversity featuring Luba Kassova and Richard Addy. Sign up now https://bit.ly/3UCmOVV
🎄 Good morning! Today's round-up on journalism worldwide has pieces on fact-checking, conservative US media, press freedom in Turkey, gender and football punditry and a senior journalist stepping down
🏅 Worthy winners. Fact-checking organisation Full Fact has been awarded the British Academy's prestigious president’s medal “in recognition of its work finding, exposing and countering misinformation and misleading claims”. https://bit.ly/3F1dQvt
🇺🇸 Sidestepping. Ron DeSantis "is able to brush off traditional media while receiving exceedingly friendly coverage from tame local websites and a national conservative press desperate for an alternative to Donald Trump in 2024" writes Max Tani on the Florida governor https://bit.ly/3UBO9aG
🇹🇷 Media freedom in Turkey. A new Turkish law could see journalists jailed for three years for spreading "fake news" and lead to internet shutdowns, a move that could make free reporting ever more challenging ahead of next year's elections. https://bit.ly/3F4g8du
⚽️ Gender and football commentary. Despite better gender representation of pundits at the World Cup (at least in UK media), women aren't necessarily getting to cover the 'big ticket' matches on writes Alexandra Topping https://bit.ly/3HeDhfR
📺 A relentless occupation. "Leadership of a non-stop news organisation is relentless, in both an enjoyable and, on occasions, an unenviable sense. It makes extraordinary demands not just on the individual in the role, but on family and friends" https://bit.ly/3Pg8qSl
🌱 How do audiences follow news about climate change?
This is the question at the heart of a NEW REPORT by Dr Waqas Ejaz, Mitali Mukherjee, Dr Richard Fletcher, Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen. It's based on survey data from 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇰 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Here are some key findings:
✔️ About half of our respondents say they have engaged with climate change news or information in the past week, with about one in seven having seen some in the past two weeks. Only a tiny proportion say they never see any news or information about climate change.
📺 The single most important medium is television, identified by almost a third of our respondents as something they have used.
🧓 In most of the countries covered, there is a significantly smaller share of younger people who have engaged with climate change news and information in the past week compared with older age groups.
👩🔬 Despite differences by political orientation, in almost every country covered, a clear majority of those on the political right say they trust scientists as sources of climate change news and information.
📱 Read the full report with further findings on our website: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/how-we-follow-climate-change-climate-news-use-and-attitudes-eight-countries
Happy Tuesday! Our round-up on journalism worldwide has pieces on the journalists arrested in #Iran, Slapps, Julian Assange, the impact on social media companies of the UK's Online Safety Bill and more.
🔏Arrested journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists documented the names of 67 journalists arrested during the #Iran protests since the death of #MahsaAmini. http://bit.ly/3fHXwHf
⚖️Slapps. Over 70 leading figures in UK journalism called on the justice secretary to back a proposed law addressing oligarchs' use of Slapps against reporters. http://bit.ly/3Vworpz
🇺🇲 Julian Assange. "This indictment sets a dangerous precedent, and threatens to undermine America’s First Amendment and the freedom of the press," say the media outlets that first helped Julian Assange publish leaked cables. http://bit.ly/3OLTue7
📱A new law. The UK's amended Online Safety Bill unveiled today aims to protect children by compelling social media companies to enforce age limits or face fines from telecom watchdog Ofcom. Plans for restrictions on 'legal but harmful' content have been dropped. http://bit.ly/3gMKsRF
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👋 Hello! Here's our last round-up of the week on journalism worldwide. Find pieces on social media, press freedom in the UK and Somalia, communicating climate science and a potentially disastrous story.
📱 Too few hands. "At the most basic level, this is about concentration of power. Surely control of the speech of millions should not be up to the whims of a few powerful companies or individuals." http://bit.ly/3GJIvzX
🚨 Arrests at protests. The arrests of four journalists covering a Just Stop Oil demonstration on a major motorway, may have constituted “unlawful interference” in their freedom of expression a review has found http://bit.ly/3VrqF9e
🌵 Communicating climate science. "We wait and watch what other media are covering around climate change and then identify some of the areas where we think there might be potential misunderstandings or even misreporting or gaps in the knowledge," says Carbon Brief editor Leo Hickman http://bit.ly/3U7nXEL
🇸🇴 Press freedom in Somalia. “Western donors are supporting the Somali government but the same government is targeting journalists like me,” says Abdalle Mumin who is under strict bail conditions and unable to travel after a crackdown on press freedom http://bit.ly/3Vr3mMB
🤦♀️ A chaotic process. "Honest mistakes, internal confusion, and a lack of a clear process" led to the publication of a false story by AP concerning missiles landing in Poland, reports Max Tani who reviews the Slack messages between the journalists involved. http://bit.ly/3AKYMAR
👋 Good morning from freezing Oxford! Here's our daily round-up, with readings on Bloomberg, journalism in Russia and México, quitting Twitter and more
🇲🇽 A Mexican journalist killed. Journalist Pedro Pablo Kumul was shot and murdered on Monday in the city of Xalapa. He's the 17th journalist killed in México in 2022 http://bit.ly/3XjBgEK
🦤 Archiving your Twitter. This piece by Kyle Wiggers gives you a useful overview of a few open-source, free tools designed to help make archiving your tweets a bit more easier http://bit.ly/3TVgCIl
🪆Russian journalism in exile. "Never in the past 30 years have Russian journalists fought back with such vigour." The Economist on how reporters in exile are challenging Putin’s lies http://bit.ly/3EXFGu2
🇧🇷 Brazilians migrate to Koo. This piece explains how many Brazilian Twitter users are jumping to Indian social media platform Koo http://bit.ly/3U0AWrI
🇬🇧 Bloomberg UK ambitions. Bloomberg new London Bureau Chief Ruth David oversees around 500 journalists based in London. She speaks about her priorities in this interview http://bit.ly/3gvxxDC
📍Join today’s seminar on journalism in Ukraine with Sevgil Musaieva, editor-in-chief of Ukrainska Pravda. 13:00 UK time http://bit.ly/3AH9p7Y
👋Happy Monday! Here is our daily round-up on journalism worldwide with stories on Twitter’s verification system, the World Cup’s opening ceremony, a Spanish journalist in court, new social-media alternatives gaining ground and more.
🐦Twitter verification. Carl Miller deep dives into Community Notes, Twitter’s new crowdsourced fact-checking system.
http://bit.ly/3EQ0B27
⚽️World Cup opening ceremony. The BBC opted not to air the opening ceremony of the Qatar World Cup, opting instead to broadcast a report on the multiple controversies of the 2022 sporting event.
http://bit.ly/3tN8wGU
⚖️Journalist in court. Spanish journalist Ignacio Cembrero is due to appear in court today after a 4th complaint filed by Moroccan authorities for his reporting of the use of the Pegasus spyware system by the government.
http://bit.ly/3V1n9mc
💻Twitter alternatives. As the Twitter exodus continues, new social-media alternatives are gaining ground - but how much? @TheEconomist reports.
http://bit.ly/3glbuiX
👋Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Twitter’s global moderation, China’s AI regulations, journalists arrested, and more.
🐦 Twitter’s cuts to moderation. Twitter has made more cuts to their trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in their unit related to hate speech and harassment. https://bit.ly/3VSqlzX
🇨🇳 Regulating AI content. China will be implementing new regulations on media generated by AI software. The purpose of the new regulations, among other things, is to prohibit the use of AI-generated content for spreading “fake news”. https://bit.ly/3CyZyC9
🇸🇸 Journalists arrested. Six journalists from the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation have been arrested over the circulation of footage appearing to show President Salva Kiir urinating himself. https://bit.ly/3GPrjZo
📱TikTok concerns. After BBC News embracement of TikTok, senior journalists at the broadcaster are now concerned about the use of the social-media platform after news that the Chinese social media giant spied on reporters working for other outlets. https://bit.ly/3CzkAQY
🇮🇷 Journalist of protesters arrested. Mehdi Beik, an Iranian journalist who interviewed families of protesters who had been sentenced to death, has been arrested with his cell phone, laptop and belongings seized. https://bit.ly/3Zjo1oH
⚽️ Football coverage. The Athletic is expanding its coverage of Spanish football clubs with four new writers and a team of editors. https://bit.ly/3CymUru
🇪🇸 And now one in Spanish. Unemployment of media workers in Madrid is at an all-time low, according to a new report by Madrid’s press association. https://bit.ly/3XeUaMb
🇧🇷 One from December. Researchers and editors in Brazil discuss how the news media should report on a movement whose goal is to replicate the assault on the US Capitol. https://bit.ly/3GQxVH6
🌤Good morning! We are back with our daily round-up on journalism worldwide with stories on the future of Channel 4, long-form international reporting, visa hurdles for international students, and more.
📺Broadcaster privatisation. UK’s Culture Secretary has recommended that the government drops its plans to privatise Channel 4 saying there are better ways to ensure the sustainability of the corporation.
https://bit.ly/3GERdPI
🎙Closure of operations. Pop-Up Magazine, the “live magazine” show that brought multimedia storytelling to stages across the United States, announced that it was suspending operations citing the slow return of live audiences.
https://bit.ly/3ZaQhK6
🌍International reporting. “A local magazine for the world.” Hannaa’ Tameez digs deep into how New Lines Magazine has become a hub for long-form reporting on international stories.
https://bit.ly/3Iq7NnN
🛂Visa hurdles. For Poynter, Ngai Yeung looks into how obtaining a visa becomes a barrier for many international students pursuing journalism degrees in the United States.
https://bit.ly/3IpiuGW
🎆Happy new year! We are back with our daily round-up on journalism worldwide with stories on the year's 1st press attack, a new media law in Ukraine, social media regulations, and more.
❌First 2023 attack on media. A journalist in Mexico escaped unharmed after a gunman attempted on his life, marking the first attack against a member of the press of the new year.
https://bit.ly/3Z0yc1n
🇺🇦 Controversial new media law in Ukraine. Ukraine’s National Union of Journalists are concerned that the government’s newly approved media law could lead to censorship as it increases government control on previously unregulated media, such as online publications.
https://bit.ly/3Z8MWuQ
📵More social media regulation in 2023. Legislators in the US say they are looking to further regulate social media companies this year, after Congress banned TikTok from government devices.
https://bit.ly/3Z7LkBO
🇧🇷 Brazil’s Twitter space. Twitter in Brazil has become a space that fosters the growth of right-wing accounts since Elon Musk took over, reports Charlotte Peet for Rest of World as the country ushers in a new president.
https://bit.ly/3GBsyvg
📰 Rising costs. French newspapers have raised the prices of their paper editions due to increases associated with production costs, with regional daily presses being hit the hardest.
https://bit.ly/3jKG8Ui
Good morning! Our round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on jailed journalists, a banned documentary, a journalist leaving China and more.
🗝Jailed journalists. 363 journalists worldwide were in detention on December 1st, the Committee to Protect Journalists found. This number is a new global record high, 20% higher than last year's record. This year’s top five jailers of journalists are Iran, China, Myanmar, Turkey, and Belarus. https://bit.ly/3G5z9O9
🥀Russian media. 'Famine', a new documentary about the famine that affected Russia in the 1920s, has had its theatrical license revoked. It was reported that citizens allegedly complained the film was “inappropriate for screenings.” https://bit.ly/3hByMBQ
🇨🇳 Journalism in China. Telegraph China correspondent Sophia Yan left the country amid rising tensions and increasing restrictions on her reporting. https://bit.ly/3jfmJdJ
🇪🇺 Musk and the EU. After a chaotic few days on Twitter, Elon Musk has been invited for a "frank exchange in public" by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Clothilde Goujard reports. https://bit.ly/3PEnysA
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👋Happy end-of-the week! Our round-up of pieces on journalism worldwide include stories on journalists suspended on Twitter, media layoffs, violence against journalists in Peru, and more.
🐦 Twitter suspensions. Twitter has suspended the account of several journalists who have covered Twitter and Elon Musk in their reporting.
https://bit.ly/3Fyg8mi
📰 Media layoffs. The Washington Post’s publisher announced that layoffs at the paper are set to come in early 2023.
https://bit.ly/3FXReOn
🇵🇪 Press attacked in Peru. Peru’s journalism association has reported that 43 journalists have been attacked after a week of anti-government protests after the dismissal and arrest of former president Pedro Castillo.
https://bit.ly/3WdFWL8
🛂 Visas denied. Eight Afghan journalists, who worked for the BBC and other media agencies in the country, are challenging the government’s decision to deny them UK visas.
https://bit.ly/3hthKpe
🤖 AI for journalism. How can GPT/ChatGPT support the editorial workflow for journalism? A project by Ritvvij Parrikh explores this question.
https://bit.ly/3j3k6M1
🏆 Journalism awards. The British Journalism Awards has announced its winners: Pippa Crerar has won journalist of the year while Sky News has been awarded as best news provider.
https://bit.ly/3FyKDZl
🥶 Good morning from Oxford! Here's our daily round-up on journalism with readings on clickbait, AI and open source journalism, and an interesting podcast
🕵🏾♀️ Open source. This piece by Maxim Edwards examines how newsrooms are increasingly integrating open source investigation techniques into their routines, partly spurred by the war in Ukraine https://bit.ly/3W2i65h
💃 A great crossover. In this episode of her podcast Dua Lipa speaks with Dean Baquet. They discuss Dean's journalism roots, the #HarveyWeinstein scandal and the future of the media industry https://bit.ly/3FqPlYP
🎥 Our own interview. "I felt from the beginning that this should be about more than one man,” says Rebecca Corbett, the NYT editor who oversaw @jodikantor @mega2e investigation, in this interview from 2020 that’s still relevant today https://bit.ly/3Bvb2pp
🤖 The power of AI. "These systems can be used to make something original but the originality is in the prompt. But if the advance from chatbots to ChatGPT is in automating answers, can we automate the questions as well? Can we automate the prompt?" writes Benedict Evans in this piece https://bit.ly/3j1dhum
🇳🇬 Clickbait in Nigeria. A Chinese-owned news app that’s popular in Nigeria is being driven by algorithms that promote misinformation, according to new research covered by Semafor https://bit.ly/3WezOCj
❄️Good morning from snowy Oxford! Today's round-up on journalism worldwide has pieces on violence against journalists this year, American local journalism, the Harry & Meghan documentary, and more.
🕯Violence against journalists on the rise. The International Federation of Journalists outlines a sharp increase in the number of journalists killed doing their work in 2022 compared to the previous year.
https://bit.ly/3HsRqpJ
🇺🇲 A bill for local journalism. Jeremy Littau looks into the impact the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, a bill intended to support local journalism, will actually have on news organisations.
https://bit.ly/3uFmfjy
👑 Meghan and Harry documentary. "For weeks, British newspapers speculated feverishly about who would be most damaged by the claims of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in a much-anticipated six-part documentary series ... [It] turns out to be the papers themselves", Mark Landler writes on Netflix’s new documentary about Meghan and Harry.
https://bit.ly/3BrUe2y
📺 The future of broadcasting. With the launch of ITVX and the BBC's commitment to pivot to online-only, what is the future of broadcast TV?
https://bit.ly/3Yeos32
🪙 Crypto newsroom. Abram Brown looks into the state of CoinDesk as the newsroom that helped bring down FTX while also being part of the crypto landscape.
https://bit.ly/3Brzx7d
👋 Hi! Today we’ve published a new report by Nic Newman on journalism and TikTok, covering 200+ news brands in 44 markets. Here are 3 key findings:
🌏 On publishes on the platform. 49% of news publishers publish content regularly on the platform. A large proportion of these have joined TikTok in the last year
🗺️ On adoption. Publisher adoption is not evenly spread: Here are the countries with the highest adoption: 🇮🇩 Indonesia 90% | 🇦🇺 Australia 89% | 🇫🇷 France 86% | 🇪🇸 Spain 86% | 🇬🇧 UK 81% | 🇺🇸 US 77%
🏅The top publishers. The report includes the average views of the videos posted by 200+ top publishers, including NBC News, Globo, Ac2ality, Vice and Yahoo News
📱 Full report: https://bit.ly/3P9u76a
📄 PDF version: https://bit.ly/3Y41M5r
🔗 Join our seminar on Thurs. 15 Dec. 14:00 UK time https://bit.ly/3UA1ccM
Good morning! Today's round-up on journalism worldwide has pieces on state-backed hacking, Russian journalism, takeaways from a local news company founder and more.
📱State-backed hacking. Human Rights Watch said Iranian government-backed hackers have targeted at least 20 people, including journalists, activists, researchers, academics, diplomats, and politicians "in an ongoing social engineering and credential phishing campaign." https://bit.ly/3WctbR9
📺Russian media in exile. A TV Rain correspondent's "unscripted call to provide unspecified aid to Russian soldiers" caused a crisis for the exiled Russian outlet, with the Latvian media regulator revoking its broadcasting license and an investigation opened. https://bit.ly/3VCMIdi
💻Two years on. Ken Doctor reflects on the first 2 years of his local news company Lookout Santa Cruz and shares takeaways in this piece for Nieman Lab. https://bit.ly/3VC5Doz
🏳️🌈TikTok success. Thomson Reuters Foundation-funded LGBTQ+ news outlet Openly has gained 120k TikTok followers since launching a year ago, Jacob Granger writes, delving into the social media-first company's early success.
https://bit.ly/3VQoDQ4
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Good morning from gloomy Oxford! Here's our daily roundup on journalism, with readings on spyware attacks, social media, layoffs and more.
📱Spyware. El Faro journalists represented by the Knight First Amendment Institute are suing NSO Group in the US over spyware used to track them through their phones. https://bit.ly/3Vt2TKb
🐦Twitter takeover. Indian journalists and civil society groups fear an increase in misinformation and attacks on Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover, Yashraj Sharma writes for NBC News World. https://bit.ly/3iu5SDC
✂️Staff cuts. The US' largest newspaper chain, Gannett, has begun another round of layoffs following one in August and an offer of voluntary buyouts in October, Ben Mullin reports for the New York Times. https://bit.ly/3XV23rd
📆A year in news. Subscribers of the Washington Post can now review the journalism they read in the past year with 'Newsprint', the newspaper's version of a Spotify Wrapped-style personalised annual summary. https://bit.ly/3FhOZoB
👋 Here's our daily roundup on journalism worldwide, with readings on social media, newsroom diversity, press freedom in Guatemala and India, and more
🇬🇹 Good-bye to print. Guatemalan newspaper El Periodico has just published its last printed edition. 75% of the newsroom has been laid off after ad revenue plummeted due to political pressure. Editor Rubén Zamora, arrested on fake charges in July, is still in jail http://bit.ly/3GSGJg5
🇮🇳 A key channel. Gautam Adani, the third richest man in the world, is set to buy Indian TV channel NDTV. Mr Adani, who runs a port-to-energy conglomerate, is seen by many as someone close to PM Narendra Modi, Soutik Biswas writes http://bit.ly/3XWup4H
📺 Newsroom diversity. Krishnan Guru-Murthy will argue tonight that it's time for a Black or Asian to run a UK TV channel. A sample of his speech here http://bit.ly/3ASIIN
📱The future of social. "Democracies need public spaces where people encounter each other across differences and build relationships. Clubs can be great but you can’t build a society with clubs alone," writes Eli Pariser in this good thread http://bit.ly/3XIypFw
📆 Join today’s seminar with Sharon Chen, editor of climate’s vertical Bloomberg Green. 13:00 UK time http://bit.ly/3u8dpL3
👋 Happy Monday! Our round-up on journalism worldwide has pieces on press freedom in China, the future of CNN, the World Cup, advertising on Twitter and more.
❌ Violence against journalists in China. The BBC confirms that journalist Ed Lawrence was ‘beaten and kicked by the police’ as protests spread across China.
http://bit.ly/3F39rbJ
📺 The future of CNN. CNN is outlining their plan to cut costs and return to political middle ground amidst a change in management, @theguardian reports.
http://bit.ly/3U7pElD
⚽️ World Cup presser cut short. The USMNT's Sunday press conference was cut short after players were asked multiple questions about Iran’s human rights record.
http://bit.ly/3GTfJx6
💲Advertising shrinking at Twitter. Advertising has been dwindling at Twitter due to tensions over content moderation and resources that have appeared since Elon Musk took over the platform.
http://bit.ly/3idtnRf
Are newsrooms really embracing hybrid work? This is the question at the heart of Changing Newsrooms, our annual report by Federica Cherubini on the challenges facing news leaders worldwide. It is based on a survey of 136 senior media leaders from 39 countries. Here are some key findings:
🏡 Hybrid work is here to stay. 61% of survey respondents say their news organisations have largely implemented hybrid work. Only 20% want to go back to a pre-pandemic model.
⚒️ Impact on the workforce. 49% of newsroom leaders think flexible work has made talent acquisition and retention easier. 38% said it has had a positive impact on productivity, but only 7% said it has strengthened the staff’s sense of belonging.
🧕 Progress on diversity is mixed. 79% think their organisations are doing a good job with gender diversity. Only 47% think the same regarding ethnic diversity. Up to 65% think hybrid work could increase their ability to build a team that's more inclusive.
📱Explore the report https://bit.ly/ChangingNewsrooms2022
🇪🇸Lee en español https://bit.ly/RedaccionesCambiantes
👋 Hello. Our round-up on journalism worldwide has pieces on the power of film, Twitter as failing newsroom, an act of solidarity, global ambitions and violence in Brazil.
🎬 A new movie. "One of the reasons to make a film like this is to show how change happens" says Zoe Kazan who plays NY Times investigative journalist Jodi Kantor in the upcoming #SheSaidMovie http://bit.ly/3VkZSeH
🐦 Twitter’s trajectory. Musk's "results so far are more akin to what happened with Forbes after it started publishing articles from unpaid contributors," writes Austin Carr http://bit.ly/3V0bqnC
🌈 Solidarity. BBC football presenter Alex Scott wore a ‘OneLove’ armband at England's opening #FIFAWorldCup game in solidarity with LGBT+ communities in Qatar http://bit.ly/3i5xdMk
🗺 A global newsroom? Bron Maher analyses the global breadth and reach of Semafor's reporting and audience to see if the new outlet lives up to its ambition to be a 'global newsroom' http://bit.ly/3OtfWsD
🇧🇷 A worrying trend. Violent attacks against journalists in Brazil this year have already surpassed those in 2021, according to figures from Abraji with over 500 cases, nearly 11 per week http://bit.ly/3VjJUkM
📬 Our newsletter is out today. Read it here: http://bit.ly/3Gyyfuo
👋 Hello. Here is our daily round-up on journalism worldwide with stories on more Twitter resignations, the winner of the International Press Freedom Award, the UK's national coverage and more.
🐦Twitter latest. Former Twitter staff told Chris Stokel-Walker "they worry that the platform has weeks to live based on current staffing levels, mass resignations overnight, and the morale of those few who remain." http://bit.ly/3UGr3AB
👋Twitter data. Sophia Smith Galer shares some tips to collect your Twitter data if you're on your way out or worried the platform is. http://bit.ly/3Gw1C0j
🏆An award. The Committee to Protect Journalists presented its 2022 International Press Freedom Award to jailed Vietnamese journalist Pham Doan Trang. http://bit.ly/3Arnrul
🇬🇧UK national coverage."We don’t have a national press. We have lots of London newspapers whose claim to be national ranges from wafer thin to arguably fraudulent," Joshi Herrmann writes, with the example of the coverage of the planned move of the English National Opera from London to Manchester. http://bit.ly/3ULQQr2