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👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on media layoffs, reporting in Iran, growth of local media, and more.
✂️ Media layoffs. NPR has announced that it will be cutting 10 percent of its workforce due to a decline in advertising dollars.
http://bit.ly/3SnS3o4
🇮🇷 Reporting in Iran. An account on the precautions, tools, and considerations Iranian reporters have to take when reporting in the country today. http://bit.ly/3So4eRM
📈 Subscriber growth. How the hyperlocal, independent online news outlet - The Palm Spring Post - has grown to 13,000 subscribers in two years. http://bit.ly/3KxBsMB
🇵🇬 Opinion piece. “As the Papua New Guinea government conducts hasty consultation on its draft national media development policy, I want to know how journalists will be protected and allowed to do their jobs freely, because this policy – if it goes through – attempts to legitimise government control over journalists,” says Bethanie Harriman. http://bit.ly/3Ir3ve5
💰Crowdfunding journalism. 9 millones, a network of journalists in Puerto Rico, is crowdfunding for independent journalists on the island to tell stories about their communities. http://bit.ly/41nmZJ6
🇨🇿 Media legislation. The Czech opposition party has threatened to serve the government with a lawsuit over a change in legislation that restricts what types of organisations can submit proposals for candidates to the public broadcasters’ media boards. http://bit.ly/3Img3n7
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on hackers at Virgin Media TV, threats to freedom of the press in Bangladesh, Nigerian elections, and more.
📺 Hacking investigated. A hack at Virgin Media Television in Ireland has been contained and is being investigated by the National Cyber Security Center. The reasons for the hack remain unknown. http://bit.ly/3ki6kpW
📰 Press freedom under threat. The government of Bangladesh has suspended the publishing of the only newspaper of the country’s main opposition party, The Dainik Dinkal, causing concerns about media freedom and authoritarianism in the country. http://bit.ly/3XORTHA
🇳🇬 Nigerian elections. As Nigerians prepare to head to the polls this week, IPI spoke with Musikilu Mojeed, the editor-in-chief and chief operating officer of the Premium Times, about the state of the press in the country. http://bit.ly/3IEZVOH
🇲🇾 Regulating media. The Malaysian government announced that it will examine the law that regulates communication and multimedia industries to curb unethical journalism. http://bit.ly/41ez03K
💰Big investment. News analytics and predictive monitoring platform Newswhip has raised $13 million in funding from London-based AshGrove Capital to fund its growth. http://bit.ly/3XOzyKP
🕯Press criticism. The family of Nicola Bulley have released a statement attacking the media following the identification of her body, particularly ITV and Sky News for allegedly contacting them despite their request for privacy. http://bit.ly/3xEVm0x
👋 Hello. Our round-up today has stories on the NYT, an African podcast platform, a pioneering Indian journalist, Fox News, dealing with trauma.
⚧ Criticism of transgender coverage. Around 200 NYT contributors have signed a letter accusing the paper of "serious concerns about editorial bias in the newspaper's reporting on transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming people." http://bit.ly/3Ixp3qw
📱 Objectivity and trust. "Today, people are either being sycophantic or being activists. And I don’t think either of them is the role of a journalist." Acclaimed Indian journalist Barkha Dutt discusses her move to mobile-first journalism, objectivity and trust. http://bit.ly/3lKplBs
🗨 Vicarious trauma. Former BBC journalist Dhruti Shah, whose role involved seeing horrific and offensive user-generated content, writes about the impact of the 'vicarious trauma' she experienced and how she learned to cope with the help of colleagues http://bit.ly/3YEf0pu
🎙 A podcasting platform. Molly Jensen, CEO of Afripods, a pan-African platform which aims to be the "largest audio library for African stories", discusses developing podcast communities and elevating voices across the continent. http://bit.ly/3xzb1OQ
🗳 “Really crazy stuff”. Fox News' leading lights including privately expressed disbelief over Trump's election-rigging claims, according to court documents filed by Dominion Voting http://bit.ly/3XFnfQC
👋 Good morning! Here's our daily round-up on journalism worldwide, including pieces on press freedom in India and Nigeria, online abuse, digital audio and more
🇮🇳 A global news outlet under pressure. BBC offices in India were raided by tax authorities on Tuesday. The move comes weeks after the news outlet released a documentary on PM Narendra Modi’s role in the Gujarat riots in 2002 http://bit.ly/3IrhYrR
🎙 Why podcast matters. This Dutch legacy news brand has built its own audio app after noticing podcasts are the top-performing way that people are brought down the subscriber funnel http://bit.ly/3lBMl5Q
📺 An insightful piece. Taylor Lorenz profiles several women journalists who've suffered online abuse for covering powerful people, including Juliana dal Piva and Gharidah Farooqi http://bit.ly/3I4fb6b
🇳🇬 Good tips. Nigerians will go to the polls on 25 February. This piece includes good advice from Nigerian journalists on how to cover this crucial election http://bit.ly/3I1Oa3B
☑️ And on this note… join today’s seminar on this topic with Nigerian TV host Seun Okinbaloye at 13:00 UK time http://bit.ly/3XxUFRn
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on digital growth among publishers, a right-wing social media site, Iranian journalists arrested, and more.
📈 Digital growth. A new report from the FIPP highlights how publishers are growing their digital subscriber count despite economic challenges. http://bit.ly/3lxfvD9
📱Right-wing social media. A look into Rumble, a social media site where many right-wing users have migrated, that describes itself as being “immune to cancel culture.” http://bit.ly/3HZwPrQ
🇮🇷 Journalists arrested. Iranian authorities have released journalist Elnaz Mohammadi on bail one week after her arrest.The Coalition For Women In Journalism is now demanding that Iranian authorities immediately and unconditionally free all women journalists under custody, including Mohammadi’s sister. http://bit.ly/3YwKJc3
🎧 Business of podcasting. A deep dive into Spotify’s podcast bet and why it has failed to make a hit since acquiring the biggest names in podcasting. http://bit.ly/3YPPUDT
📻 State of the BBC. After Richard Sharp’s appearance before the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, more than a dozen current and former BBC staff talk to William Turvill painting a picture of a “mutinous” news broadcaster. http://bit.ly/3S9OUIF
🇧🇷 Pro-coup media. Activists in Brazil are pushing for the boycott of media organisations who defend the attempted January 8 insurrection in the country. http://bit.ly/3RYmwZU
🇵🇦 Legal tools against press freedom. Journalistic unions in Panama are denouncing the use of legal actions as a mechanism to threaten freedom of expression after the lawyers of former president Ricardo Martinelli tried to seize property of several journalists in the country. http://bit.ly/3K3KqRK
⛅️Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on tax credits to help local news outlets, journalists on Twitter, a walk-out in protest of layoffs, and more.
📰 Local news. Massachusetts might introduce a new tax credit aimed at helping with the costs of local news outlets by reimbursing any state resident up to $250 a year for the cost of subscribing to local newspapers. http://bit.ly/3Iby5cM
🐦 New research. While only a handful of journalists have left Twitter following Musk’s takeover of the site, journalists associated with right-leaning publications now tend to tweet more whereas journalists from left-leaning or neutral publications, less. http://bit.ly/3JSDoz2
🪧Walk-out protest. Today, nearly 300 staffers at NBC News and MSNBC are planning a walk-out in protest of recent workforce cuts, says their union saying the broadcaster has “repeatedly broken the law, disrespected the rights of its employees, and illegally terminated hard-working union journalists.” http://bit.ly/3JSKLq6
🧑💻Misinformation tech. Deep-fake technology is now being used to spread misinformation with AI softwares having the ability to create fake news anchors to legitimise disinformation campaigns. http://bit.ly/3YjdFUU
🤖 AI editor. The Financial Times has appointed Madhumita Murgia as their new AI editor, a newly-created role that will cover “the business, companies, policy and science behind AI.” http://bit.ly/3YA2rer
🇺🇸 Big Tech in the US. Republicans in the U.S. are accusing Big Tech of limiting “the constitutional free exercise of speech” in hearings at the House Oversight committee. http://bit.ly/40zK1w2
📜 Tracking impact. A new guide by the Solutions Journalism Network and Fathm looks to help newsrooms in tracking the impact of solution journalism stories among audiences and communities. https://bit.ly/3YEFo1Q
👋Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on media investments, banning TikTok, investigative journalism projects, and more.
💰Business dealings. Vox Media is raising $100 million from Penske Media, the owner of a swath of entertainment and trade publications, making the latter company the largest shareholder of Vox Media, with 20 percent ownership of the company. http://bit.ly/3jAD1yi
📵Banning TikTok. India banned TikTok in 2020. With U.S. lawmakers discussing how best to deal with the Chinese social media giant, what can the country learn from the Indian experience? http://bit.ly/3ldY5LI
✍️Community investigations. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in the UK announced that they are going to experiment with community-led investigative journalism with a new pilot project. http://bit.ly/3jzM7eR
🎉 New leadership. The Online News Association, the world’s largest digital journalism association, announced that LaSharah S. Bunting is the association’s new CEO and Executive Director. http://bit.ly/3jDYo1Q
🤖Future of AI. In an interview with Time Magazine, the creator of ChatGPT talks about the regulation, the ethics and the use of her AI creation. http://bit.ly/3lkdSs4
📰 Selling a tabloid. After a litany of controversies, the National Enquirer tabloid has been sold. The National Examiner and Globe will also be acquired as part of the deal, along with the British edition of the Enquirer. http://bit.ly/3X9yD7h
📺 Broadcasting growth. GB News is looking to become Britain’s biggest news channel by “pivoting sharply towards financial sustainability and profit,” according to CEO Angelos Frangopoulos. http://bit.ly/3XirotW
🤳Spread of misinformation. “The reason why TikTok videos are so easily believed is not solely a result of the platform itself, but is also connected to the evolution of our attention economy," - a look at misinformation on TikTok. http://bit.ly/3Yc8shF
👋Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the dissolvement of Gawker, AI tools against misinformation, an anti-mafia journalist on trial, and more.
❌ Shutting down. 1.5 years after being revived, Gawker is getting shut down again by its parent company - digital media conglomerate BDG - who in addition is also laying off 8 percent of its workforce. http://bit.ly/3JBC8QU
✅ AI fact-checking. As misinformation and propaganda proliferate exponentially, fact-checking organisations have built their own AI-driven tools to help automate and accelerate their fact-checking capabilities. http://bit.ly/3kQZmYH
⚖️ Journalist on trial. Italian anti-mafia journalist Roberto Saviano was taken to court this week accused of defamation after calling former interior minister Matteo Salvini the “minister of the criminal underworld” in a social media post. http://bit.ly/3jsJA6c
📱Tech in North Korea. “Might technology and flashes of transparency eventually increase the prospects of change? Or, at least, help more people escape?” writes Gillian Tett on the implications of access to technology in North Korea. http://bit.ly/3jsJA6c
♿️Platform accessibility. What does improved accessibility in media platforms look like? Nieman Lab showcases the work of The Washington Post’s first-ever Accessibility Engineer. http://bit.ly/3WY9BI0
👋Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes journalism retrospectives, freedom of the press in Hong Kong, a new pilot scheme for family court reporters, and more.
🔍 Looking back. The Columbia Journalism Review has released a retrospective series looking at the press’ relationship with former US President Donald Trump to understand the current landscape of media in the country today. http://bit.ly/3jlHJ32
🇭🇰 In exile. A number of journalists in Hong Kong have been pushed to report on their country abroad, after a crackdown on media outlets and the imposition of the national security law in 2020. http://bit.ly/3HTbaTD
🇬🇧 Pilot project. A new pilot scheme for reporting on family courts has started in the UK. Now, journalists in Cardiff, Carlisle and Leeds may report much more freely what goes on inside family courtrooms at certain courts, but the anonymity of families must be preserved. http://bit.ly/3XScZ8P
📺 Future of CNN. “One of our missions is to restore our reputation as the most trusted name in news,” says CNN’s CEO Chris Licht after a slew of low-ratings, show cancellations and layoffs. http://bit.ly/3kVedBA
❌ Media suspensions. The Somali Region Communications Bureau has suspended 15 foreign media outlets from broadcasting in the region for failing to have proper media accreditation, according to the government agency. http://bit.ly/3Hnj324
📻 Impartiality in news. The first BBC impartiality review has ruled that the broadcaster is innocent from displaying deliberate political bias but that too many journalists “lack an understanding of basic economics or lack confidence reporting it,” which brings a “high risk to impartiality.” http://bit.ly/3jk2USQ
🪧Staff strikes. If a new collective bargaining agreement is not reached by tonight, Buzzfeed might have staff strikes to contend with, say members of the HuffPost Union. http://bit.ly/3kXHo7b
✍️Trust in news. The New Yorker brings us a retrospective on the Cold War-era news media in the United States and how it has contributed to the era of mistrust in news that we see today. http://bit.ly/3wJQAhO
🕯Calls for investigation. Media and human rights organisations are calling for an investigation into the apparent accidental death two weeks ago of a prominent Rwandan journalist and government critic, John Williams Ntwali. http://bit.ly/3wJCkWm
👋 Hello! Today’s daily round-up on journalism includes pieces on Ukrainian journalism, ChatGPT, mental health and the BBC
🤖 An AI future? Founder Jonah Peretti said in a memo that BuzzFeed would rely on ChatGPT to enhance its quizzes and personalise some content. He expects AI to assist the creative process while humans play the role of providing ideas, "cultural currency" and "inspired prompts"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/buzzfeed-to-use-chatgpt-creator-openai-to-help-create-some-of-its-content-11674752660?st=kwaux02g73f4grt
🇺🇦 Exposing corruption. A piece from Veronika Melkozerova on the dilemmas facing Ukrainian reporters exposing corruption in the midst of the Russian invasion https://www.politico.eu/article/reporting-journalist-corruption-war-ukraine-dilemma/
📺 Sleaze in plain sight. "In some countries it would look grubby for a political leader to fix things so that the media came under the umbrella of the ruling party. But barely an eyebrow was raised in the UK.” Alan Rusbridger writes on the Richard Sharp saga
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/richard-sharp-bbc-boris-johnson-chairman-alan-rusbridger
🧘♀️ Mental health. New research finds the stress of following daily political news can negatively affect people’s mental health and wellbeing. A piece in Spanish with input frmo our own Silvia Majó-Vázquez
https://elpais.com/ciencia/2023-01-25/el-ruido-politico-se-cuela-en-la-vida-de-las-personas-y-dana-su-salud-mental.html
⛅️Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the censorship of a BBC documentary, a new CPJ report, saving local news, and more.
❌ Big tech censorship. Indian government officials have successfully gotten Twitter and YouTube to censor a BBC documentary that explores Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in a genocidal 2002 massacre in the Indian state of Gujarat. http://bit.ly/3DdHdKV
🕯Deadly year. The Committee to Protect Journalists found that at least 67 journalists and media workers were killed in 2022–an almost 50% increase from 2021. http://bit.ly/3j2nze2
💷 Saving local news. The MPs of the Commons digital, culture, media and sport committee say that government funding needs to be given to local news outlets or else they will disappear. http://bit.ly/3Jg6qbA
🤝 Unsuccessful merger. Rupert Murdoch will no longer combine the two halves of his media empire. The mogul scrapped a proposal to combine Fox and News Corp after he received pushback from shareholders. http://bit.ly/3iWuyp6
👍 Policies for local journalism. A coalition of local American media and civic groups have formed a new organisation that advocates for government action in order to save and revitalise community journalism. http://bit.ly/3XD8Xkj
✂️ More media cuts. Media layoffs hit The Washington Post with the elimination of 20 positions and the purposeful vacancy of 30.
http://bit.ly/3ZVDVGd
🏴 Diversity in the newsroom. Inclusive Journalism Cymru (IJC), a network of mostly media professionals, wants to create a more inclusive and representative environment in Welsh newsrooms. http://bit.ly/3kBsbZ7
📱YouTube stars. Indian teenagers have found success and millions of views through YouTube Shorts, but now the platform is after them for allegedly violating community guidelines. http://bit.ly/40250az
🥶Good morning from chilly Oxford! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on media layoffs, press freedom in Mexico, billionaires investing in news, and more.
✂️Media cuts. Vox Media announced that it would cut about 7 percent of its staff, joining a number of tech and media companies that have been laying off workers over the last few months. http://bit.ly/3Xw360m
🇲🇽 Unsafe country. A look into the dangers of being a journalist in Mexico, and what the government is doing - and not doing - about the increasing threats to the profession in the country. http://bit.ly/3GSbGiQ
💰Billionaires in news. As billionaires began to invest in, buy and establish media companies, how has their promises to support journalism and help revolutionise business models been faring? http://bit.ly/3ZTTPRe
🇮🇹 Diversity in media. For The Fix, journalists Angelo Boccato & Francesco Guidotti explain why Italian media suffers from lack of diversity and what can be done about it. http://bit.ly/3Xyz5Nm
📨 Subscription revenue. A year after Axios launched their subscription service, it has secured more than 3k paid subscribers who contributed about $2 million in revenue for the company. http://bit.ly/3wkIsEz
🇷🇼 Suspicious death. A prominent investigative journalist in Rwanda has died “suspiciously”, according to Human Rights Watch. John Williams Ntwali was threatened due to his work as a journalist exposing human rights abuses and had expressed concern about his safety. http://bit.ly/3QVrdDa
🧑💻WFH. How are UK’s news organisations trying to maintain newsroom culture after the advent of hybrid and flexible work? http://bit.ly/3R0MWtj
🇳🇮 Covering migrants. On the importance of covering the lives of Nicaraguan immigrants and a snapshot of freedom of the press in the country. http://bit.ly/3XwUXZB
🎧 World podcasts. GIJN showcases their favourite investigative podcasts from around the world including podcasts from Mexico, China, Belgium, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, the UK, and the US. http://bit.ly/3WtumLx
🔍 Fake news. A closer look at the popular anonymous news aggregator Visegrád 24: who is behind it and its impact in terms of spreading misinformation. http://bit.ly/407ZvYb
🌤Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on fake news in India, TikTok’s new label for state-controlled media, Nigeria’s fact checkers and more.
🇮🇳 Government fact-checking. The government of India has proposed that social media companies rely on the Press Bureau of the country and its other agencies to determine what is deemed as ‘fake news’. http://bit.ly/3Wlh1on
📱Labelling state media. TikTok is expanding its “state-controlled media” label to more than 40 more global markets following a pilot project introduced last month in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. http://bit.ly/3iSuQNx
🇳🇬 Election misinformation. As the election in Nigeria draws near, fact-checkers are working around the clock to identify and report misleading posts on social media. http://bit.ly/3XnNKeg
🙊Whistleblowers and journalists. Trust in media is declining among whistleblowers, according to a new study by the University of Georgia. The researcher interviewed whistleblowers who said they would attempt to circumvent the news media when releasing similar information today. http://bit.ly/3kqNuMS
🤖AI journalism. CNET, who has been using ChatGPT to assist in the editorial process, has begun appending lengthy correction notices to some of its AI-generated articles. http://bit.ly/3Xzmf1a
🐦Decline in clicks. Twitter referral traffic to a dozen major publishers’ websites is declining. Various of these news organisations have seen their referral traffic from Twitter fall between 10% and 18% month over month. http://bit.ly/3GTaY4J
🪙Crypto media outlet. CoinDesk has received various offers of acquisition. This is after its parent company Digital Currency Group Inc. is facing various financial troubles. http://bit.ly/3QPE6OW
🌤Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the UK's Online Safety Bill, CoinDesk and its parent company, comedians in the news, and more.
📱User numbers. Social media platforms are expecting a hit in their user numbers due to the UK’s Online Safety Bill requirement for stronger age verification measures. https://bit.ly/3iHonF6
🪙 Crypto news. CoinDesk broke the story about FTX’s woes. Now, the parent company of the cryptocurrency news outlet is in the spotlight for its own financial troubles and operations. https://bit.ly/3ZDcC3a
🎤 No laughing matter. CNN is considering hiring a comedian to host one of its prime time shows. Names like Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, Arsenio Hall, and Jon Stewart have been floated, according to sources. https://bit.ly/3XQFyDh
🤰🏼Reporting while pregnant. “The likes of Marie Colvin and Christiane Amanpour had cleared a space for young women like me. In the same way, I hope that having mothers covering war continues to become more mainstream,” says Clarissa Ward who is expecting a baby while covering the war in Ukraine on the ground. https://bit.ly/3w4qV3l
🌥Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the UK's draft national security bill, the future of journalism in Russia, layoffs at Dow Jones, and more.
🇬🇧 Investigative Journalism. The deputy chair of the Telegraph newspapers expressed his concerns at the House of Lords about the effects UK’s proposed national security bill could have on investigative journalism as it could “potentially criminalise” reporters and whistleblowers. https://bit.ly/3kcqBwI
✂️ Staff cuts. The union representing unionised Dow Jones employees says the company is planning to layoff a number of employees with the cuts appearing to be global. https://bit.ly/3GsYbFW
🇷🇺 Journalism in Russia. Journalist Nadezhda Azhgikhina reflects on the future of journalism in Russia as scores of journalists are leaving the country. https://bit.ly/3ILPutd
🎧 Audio newsletter. Sahan Journal, a nonprofit digital newsroom dedicated to reporting for immigrants and communities of colour in Minnesota, has launched an audio-only newsletter for the Somali community in the state. https://bit.ly/3Zxy8pO
⛈ Weather reporting. The NYT is expanding its weather reporting with the Weather Data team which will be using data journalism for more comprehensive forecasts. https://bit.ly/3vYEgtI
📚Tabloid journalism. In his new book, Prince Harry alleges he was ‘blackmailed’ by the News of the World tabloid over his teenage drug-taking. https://bit.ly/3GyJlhu
🔮Future of Journalism. The Columbia Journalism Review shares the platforms, problems, and trends that they’ll be watching in the media world this 2023. https://bit.ly/3QAyOHd
👋Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on misinformation and media literacy about Ukraine, CNN, the BBC, and Pakistan's tech laws.
➡️ But first, register for our Global Journalism Seminar today at 13:00 (UK time) with Sue-Lin Wong, host of a podcast series about Xi Jinping http://bit.ly/3xFGUWl
👚 Authenticity. BBC News presenters are being encouraged to show more authenticity in their reporting, as the broadcaster steps up plans to merge its domestic and international 24/7 news channels http://bit.ly/3IL3G5n
🇺🇦 Social media and Ukraine. "Social media has been a great platform to tell the truth," says Ukrainian media literacy campaigner Valeria Kovtun http://bit.ly/41hf5RC
📡 An opaque law. "The criteria are highly subjective, and often result in patriarchal notions of morality weaponized to police women and gender minorities." Campaigners say Pakistan's opaque and far-reaching tech regulations threaten investment http://bit.ly/3Ijt6pn
📺 A controversial host. CNN's Don Lemon will return to its morning show on Wednesday despite his sexist remarks, following a 'frank and meaningful' conversation with CEO Chris Licht http://bit.ly/3lYLWur
🎒 Playground myths. "When the invasion began, the misinformation began in the playground. It’s Newsround's job to combat that," says the editor of the children-focused news bulletin http://bit.ly/3ZeWnse
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on an Iranian broadcaster, tax problems at BBC India, uses of ChatGPT in journalism, and more.
📺 Threats to journalists. UK-based Iran International TV has moved its operation to the US on advice of the Met police, after threats and safety concerns for its journalists from Tehran. http://bit.ly/3k6GLbl
📜 Tax irregularities. Indian tax authorities say they have found irregularities in the BBC’s accounting books after a search at the broadcaster’s offices in the country. http://bit.ly/3lN5mSP
🤖 AI tools. The publisher of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express newspapers is exploring how the use of ChatGPT could help journalists write short news stories. http://bit.ly/3YL9FN1
❌ Suspension over disinformation. A senior journalist at France's leading TV news channel has been suspended after an investigation by Le Monde linked the presenter to broadcasting news stories from an Israeli disinformation unit. http://bit.ly/3k4BPUp
📈 Killing of journalists. The war in Ukraine has been the main factor that accounts for a four-year high in the killing of journalists, with 15 journalists killed in the country this past year. http://bit.ly/3xD2IBG
👋 Good morning! Here's our daily round-up on journalism worldwide, including pieces on an undercover investigation, the search of BBC offices in India and more.
🔍Exposing election manipulation. A Guardian investigation has uncovered a team who claim to have manipulated elections around the world using a range of methods including automated disinformation on social media. http://bit.ly/3xpWXan
🇮🇳A second day of searches. The search of BBC India offices continued for a second day as the Income Tax Department investigate allegations weeks after the broadcaster released a documentary on Prime Minister Modi's role during 2002 riots. http://bit.ly/3YWOMOv
🤚A lifeline. Vice Media secured over $30 million in debt financing amid financial issues, the Wall Street Journal reports. http://bit.ly/3xwmdM8
✉️A request for advice. Author Roy Peter Clark offers 34 nuggets of advice for writers, inspired by a letter from a fellow writer looking for help. http://bit.ly/3Kcoi7H
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Cambodia’s independent outlets, Australia’s gender parity in media, Russia’s state media watchdog, and more.
🇰🇭 Threat to independent media. One of Cambodia’s last remaining independent media outlets has been shut down by Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of national elections in July with the government revoking the licence for the broadcaster Voice of Democracy (VOD). http://bit.ly/3Ij4spX
👭 Gender parity. Men still vastly dominate newsrooms across Australia: both in terms of experts quoted and bylines by authors, according to a new study by Women in Media. http://bit.ly/3E5FK9X
🕵️ Webcrawler. Russia’s state media watchdog has launched a tool to scrape the internet for banned content which includes videos and images of protesters and memes criticising President Vladimir Putin. http://bit.ly/3K2BhJ9
🇨🇦 Social media CanCon. A new law in Canada will force TikTok and YouTube to post more Canadian content but Paul Vieira spoke to some artists and content creators that are concerned about the repercussions of this law. http://bit.ly/3YSEb7z
📺 Deadline exclusive. The BBC has defended its decision to produce glossy adverts for Chinese state media by justifying that the contracts are important to funding its international journalism. http://bit.ly/3K61xCl
⚖️ Using the law. Legal assaults against journalists are the latest weapons against freedom of the press in much of Latin America, particularly Guatemala. http://bit.ly/3RVmsdk
❌ Journalist detained. Belarusian journalist Anastasia Sharkevich was detained by police for allegedly attending a protest and allegedly promoting “destructive content” online. http://bit.ly/3xjt5fM
⛅️Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on AI disinformation, the deal to buy Forbes, online harassment of journalists, and more.
🤖 AI disinformation. “This tool is going to be the most powerful tool for spreading misinformation that has ever been on the internet,” say disinformation researchers concerned about the impact of ChatGPT and AI. http://bit.ly/3InqDvr
🤝A deal in peril. A deal to sell Forbes to an Indian billionaire is put into question after fear of U.S. government scrutiny has left the magazine’s bankers scrambling to find U.S. investors. http://bit.ly/3xiAvjn
🧑💻Online harassment. “While many newsrooms encourage journalists to have a presence on social media, they do little to protect them when they’re trolled or attacked online,” says Naseem Miller on the role of newsrooms in protecting journalists from online harassment. http://bit.ly/3lmqTSa
👮Meghan Markle column. Press regulator Ipso will be investigating Jeremy Clarkson’s controversial column about Meghan Markle after receiving over 25k complaints. http://bit.ly/3Ifv8YS
📰 Understanding audiences. To better understand their subscribers and promote audience retention, the Detroit Free Press is creating personas based on their readers. http://bit.ly/3YmWl1l
🌳Covering the Amazon. How digital and independent media outlets are covering stories on the Amazon. http://bit.ly/40MAgec
❌ Journalist arrested. A NewsNation correspondent was arrested while reporting on a news conference regarding a train derailment in Ohio. http://bit.ly/3loqBKv
✂️ Media layoffs. Media conglomerate News Corp announced that it would cut 1,250 jobs after declining earnings due to weakness in its news and digital real estate businesses. http://bit.ly/3Ekc8Gj
🥶Good morning from freezing Oxford! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the future of tabloids, convicted Finnish journalists, journalism paywalls reaching Botswana, and more.
📰 Future of tabloids. With the sale of the National Enquirer, the era of print gossip fades away even more. These voices have been replaced by digital influencers and gossip sites that run the same rumours, often with even less accountability. http://bit.ly/40BLhyO
🇫🇮 Classified docs. A story on the Finnish journalists convicted of publishing classified info: “I’ve nearly forgotten what it was like to live a life without some sword of Damocles—from either the police, the attorney general, some court, or scorn from the public—hanging above me.” http://bit.ly/3JV8uWK
🇧🇼 Newspaper paywalls. Paywalls are popping up all across traditional newspapers in Botswana: “Tech giants are taking away the largest chunk of the advertising market and it is upon us as news publishers to ensure that we do not outsource our creativity for free.” http://bit.ly/3YkvWRF
⛈ Diversifying meteorology. The American Meteorological Society found that Black and African American meteorologists made up 2 percent of the entire membership in 2020: a look at the Black female meteorologists who are looking to diversify a field long dominated by white men. http://bit.ly/3I8oCmE
🏀 Increased profitability. The Athletic’s CCO says the company is looking to expand their profitability by looking at programmatic advertising, ticket sales, sports betting partnerships, and licensing intellectual property to streamers to produce documentaries and scripted series. http://bit.ly/3ljdvyd
🗨Bilingual coverage. For the first time, NPR will produce live bilingual coverage of the State of the Union address and Republican response - in English and Spanish. http://bit.ly/3lml6MB
♀️ Women in media. Women are now at the helm of three of the biggest publishers of financial journalism: the WSJ, the Economist and Financial Times. A look at what effects this has for business. http://bit.ly/3RK1Y7d
🤖 AI and journalism. As the uses of ChatGPT seem to be ever-reaching, The Fix gives a guide on how journalists can best use the tool. http://bit.ly/3lieyyk
🔮 Future of TV. Streaming, sports and legacy television: Industry insiders share their predictions on what the future of TV looks like. http://bit.ly/3HHRaly
🥶Good morning from frosty Oxford! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on limiting online comments, Nigeria’s elections, the podcast boom, and more.
✍️Online moderation. American mass media company Gannett has ended online comments for most of its news sites after difficulties in moderation capacities. http://bit.ly/3HZjalJ
🇳🇬 Fake news. Ahead of the country’s presidential election, Nigeria has asked Google and Meta to control the spread of fake news on their platforms by making posts from official channels visible and flagging unverified election results from unofficial sources. http://bit.ly/3JIAZ9W
🎧Podcast decline. Is the podcast bubble bursting? Figures show that the number of new podcasts shows fell rapidly in the last year with a worldwide decline of 80% compared with the two previous years. http://bit.ly/3wYDZaI
📞 Journalism customer centre. Nordic media company Bonnier News is using feedback they get from calls coming into their customer centre for product development and innovation. http://bit.ly/3K0Z10n
🤖 AI newspaper. For Poynter, Alex Mahadevan uses ChatGPT to see if it is possible to create a fake newspaper through AI. http://bit.ly/3JMNNw7
🇧🇷 Post-colonia journalism. A look into Amazônia Real, a digital media outlet dedicated to “post-colonial journalism” by telling stories about the violation of Indigenous, environmental and human rights in the Brazilian Amazon. http://bit.ly/3JMNPUL
🇬🇧 UK spy bill. The UK's new controversial national security bill might be getting a new amendment that seeks to protect press freedom by allowing anyone facing charges for certain offences to argue that the activity was in the public interest. http://bit.ly/3I0K4Kf
👋 Tips for journalists. Julia Angwin, founder of The Markup, shares her journalistic lessons for journalism rooted in the scientific method as she departs the news organisation. http://bit.ly/3X1JQa1
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide has pieces on Nordic journalist unions taking a stand, YouTube Shorts, UK libel law, "TikTok for text" and journalism and Trump.
🏳️🌈 But first... Sign up to our Global Journalism Seminar with Caleb Okereke at 13:00 UK time today. He’ll be talking about telling LGBTQ+ stories through data visualisation: http://bit.ly/3JxkGgm
🌐 Nordic unions leave IFJ. Nordic journalist unions have quit the global media union the IFJ, accusing it of "undemocratic practices, unethical finances and of allowing the Russian state media representatives to continue as members," reports Reuters http://bit.ly/3l1Zzby
📱 Competing with TikTok. YouTube Shorts is rolling out new incentives for creators to take a cut of advertising revenue, in a bit to compete with TikTok, report Cristina Criddle and Arjun Neil Alim http://bit.ly/3HKECuS
👩⚖️ Lawfare. The war in Ukraine has exposed how Russian oligarchs have used the UK's libel laws to "intimidate British journalists and British publishers," says prominent media advocate and lawyer Geoffrey Robertson http://bit.ly/3wM37kR
⚙️ “TikTok for text”. Instagram's co-founders are launching a "TikTok for text," reports Casey Newton. Their Artifact app will use machine learning to serve up articles it thinks will be of interest to users http://bit.ly/3HJfDrH
👱🏼♂️ Trump and the media. Columbia Journalism Review has published a four-part report into Donald Trump's relationship with the media, billed as "an encyclopedic look at one of the most consequential moments in American media history" http://bit.ly/3HNawqr
⛅️Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the censorship of a documentary on Prime Minister Modi, the closure of BBC Arabic, the expansion of AI journalism, and more.
❌ Documentary censorship. Indian government officials have not only successfully removed a BBC documentary that explores Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in a 2002 massacre in Gujarat, but now it seems the BBC has issued its own series of takedowns on copyright grounds. http://bit.ly/3Y4xpuQ
📻 Off the air. After 85 years on the air, BBC Arabic —the first foreign language radio of the British Empire Service— has ceased operations due to the Corporation’s plan to cut costs and focus on digital content production. http://bit.ly/3Dp9370
🤖 Usage of AI. Buzzfeed’s share price has jumped following news that it will use technology from ChatGPT creator OpenAI to write content and articles that are individually tailored for readers. http://bit.ly/3kSluCa
📱Digital newsrooms. The News Movement, a video news organisation started by former top executives at the BBC and News Corp., is acquiring The Recount, a social video startup, as part of the company’s effort of translating traditional news values into the visual language of TikTok. http://bit.ly/3Hi1dgS
🗞 National security bill. The Financial Times editorial board is concerned about the impact UK’s revamped national security bill could have on journalists: “[it] risks lumping in investigative journalists, whistleblowers and civil-society groups with spies.” http://bit.ly/3Hhe9Dx
💰News media moguls. Jeff Bezos has assured his newsroom that he is not looking to sell The Washington Post, after rumours to the contrary. The Guardian’s Edward Helmore looks into what the implications have been on the acquisition of media companies by rich moguls. http://bit.ly/3Rec9AF
🧑💻Online trolls. “In the month before the announcement we had an average of 1,348 daily comments flagged by our systems as toxic. In the past month the average was 815, a 40 per cent decrease,” says The Times after requiring real names for commenting. http://bit.ly/3Risd4q
⛅ Hello! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes pieces on a membership programme, an MA in podcasting, Trump on Meta, a sponsorship deal and photographing closed newsrooms
🎂 A new membership programme. As Indian digital news site Scroll marks its 9th birthday, it is launching a membership programme. Members will get exclusive newsletters, podcasts and invitations to events http://bit.ly/3kK52DY
🎙️ An MA in podcasting. London’s City University is launching a master's degree in Podcasting. The course has been created in collaboration with some of the biggest names in podcasting including Spotify and BBC Sounds and will cover aspects including editorial, technical, law and business https://bit.ly/3j5M4ae
📱 He’s back. "When Trump is given a platform, it ratchets up the temperature on a landscape that is already simmering." Some US campaigners are pushing back against Meta’s decision to lift their ban on Donald Trump http://bit.ly/3XTOIi6
💰 A sponsorship deal. Verizon is sponsoring Semafor's '10 Minute Texts' interview series with its logo being placed at the top of each conversation. It will also get its own branded text series, published monthly, distinct from the editorial series, reports Sara Guaglione http://bit.ly/3XIOr22
📸 Photographing closed newsrooms. “Often you would find almost like an archeological site — layers and layers of technology that had once played a part in newspaper production.” Photographer Jeremiah Ariaz tells Kristen Hare about his project documenting Kansas' closed newsrooms http://bit.ly/3RaeA7l
🏢 A “whitewash”. The Guardian has been criticised by several producers working on a podcast series about the paper's links to the slave trade. They are accusing the outlet of “institutional racism, editorial whiteness and ignorance.” http://bit.ly/402eXVr
☀️Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the passing of a Cameroonian journalist, a new conservative media network in the US, plagiarism by an AI journalist, and more.
🕯On the death of a journalist. Prominent Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo was found dead, the latest in a string of attacks against journalists in Cameroon. http://bit.ly/3XDX0uP
🇺🇸 Conservative media. Americano Media, a new conservative media network targeting the Spanish-speaking population in the U.S., is expanding its presence ahead of the 2024 election. http://bit.ly/3kBOZYI
🤖 AI journalism. According to a new Futurism investigation, the CNET AI's work has “demonstrated deep structural and phrasing similarities to articles previously published elsewhere, without giving credit.” http://bit.ly/3Jb74XL
🐦 Twitter visuals. For Nieman Lab, Joshua Benton looks into the implications of Twitter’s upcoming new feature which will visually tie journalists’ accounts to their employers. http://bit.ly/3XqoYdr
🔍Attack on journalist. An investigation by @openDemocracy has revealed that the UK government helped a Russian warlord to circumvent his own sanctions and mount a targeted legal attack on a British journalist. http://bit.ly/3XUHqdW
📱Curation of stories. A new app that puts together curated stories from some of the world’s biggest news organisations is looking to capture consumers who would never pay for news subscriptions. http://bit.ly/3kFvwGD
📺 BBC woes. BBC chairman, Richard Sharp, has emailed the broadcaster’s staff justifying his role in the provision of a loan of up to £800,000 to Boris Johnson. Currently, his appointment as BBC chair is under investigation. http://bit.ly/3XVGtST
☀️Good morning and happy Friday! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on media lawsuits, fake news in India, AI journalism and more.
⚖️ Media lawsuit. Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch is expected to be questioned in a defamation lawsuit over his network’s coverage of unfounded vote-rigging claims during the 2020 United States presidential election. http://bit.ly/3QQ6IYx
🧑⚖️Social media regulations. The US Supreme Court is expected to hear two cases that bar online platforms from taking down certain political content and one that questions a 1996 statute that protects the platforms from liability for the content posted by their users. http://bit.ly/3GUqgX5
🇮🇳 Fake news proposal. The Editors Guild of India is urging the government to reject a proposal that would allow the government to determine what is considered ‘fake news’ arguing that the measure would be akin to censorship. http://bit.ly/3kwV5cY
🤖 AI journalism. CNET’s parent company Red Ventures has used AI tools like Wordsmith to write stories for at least a year and a half, causing concerns about layoffs and restructuring. http://bit.ly/3QVkzws
📰 New leadership. After two years as deputy editor of The Sunday Times, Ben Taylor has been named editor of the paper - replacing Wall Street Journal-bound Emma Tucker. http://bit.ly/3HjciPR
Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on ChatGPT, successful newsletters, tips for freelancers and more.
🤖A new era of AI. Microsoft is considering a $10 billion investment in ChatGPT owner OpenAI, a step that could become "the defining deal for a new era of artificial intelligence," write Richard Waters and Tabby Kinder for the Financial Times. http://bit.ly/3iCLHE9
📧Growing a newsletter. Outriders started as a weekly newsletter and in 5 years has grown to be a much broader platform with thousands of subscribers to its membership program. http://bit.ly/3IXZXSq
🪙Success with minimal funds. Another successful newsletter is Cheapskate, a London-based publication detailing free events around the city which last month won Women in Journalism’s Georgina Henry Award for digital innovation. http://bit.ly/3XFlG5T
🖊 On freelancing. Caroline Harrap shares her tips on being a freelance journalist in this piece for Press Gazette, including on pitching, navigating rates and chasing invoices. http://bit.ly/3QOO8jA
📬 Our newsletter is out today. Read it here: https://bit.ly/3XyCNWT
🌤Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on newsletter-led platforms, AI’s role in the newsroom, Australia’s court reporting, and more.
🗞Newsletters first. A regional UK publisher is making its local news titles “newsletter-led”, shifting away from websites as its flagship content of delivery. https://bit.ly/3W23nXi
🤖 AI-assisted reporting. As newsrooms and journalists are grappling with the role AI can have in their work, CNET is employing the help of AI technology to see if it can facilitate the job of their journalists. https://bit.ly/3H1h6t2
🇦🇺 Courtroom reporting. New federal court rules will prevent journalists in Australia from reporting on court cases until the first direction hearings by barring them from accessing case documents early-on. https://bit.ly/3IKNOA8
🐦 Twitter and journalism. “Twitter has been a useful tool for journalism, but it has also become a crutch,” says Matthew Ingram for the Columbia Journalism Review looking into the implications the changes at Twitter has on journalism. https://bit.ly/3kcZy4l
🇨🇦 Canada’s databases. Canada’s newly launched Investigative Journalism Foundation is aiming to expand investigative journalism in the country by building public interest, shareable databases. https://bit.ly/3WgHL9S
📰 Cancelling subscriptions. The Minneapolis Star Tribune has given their readers the option to cancel their subscriptions online which has resulted in subscriber retention and acquisition. https://bit.ly/3GGPZC2
🇮🇷 Reporting on Iran. The BBC Persian Service documents the challenges and difficulties that come with reporting on Iran as mass anti-government protests continue in the country. https://bit.ly/3ILLmcQ
☕️Short-form video content. Morning Brew is looking to expand and retain its Gen Z audience by acquiring Our Future, a digital media startup that produces short-form business video content. https://bit.ly/3XtwcwR
👋Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Finland’s fight against misinformation, the role of social media in Brazil’s storming of the Congress, the future of GB News, and more.
🇫🇮 Learning about misinformation. Students in Finland are learning how to spot propaganda and misinformation in the classroom, as the country ranks No. 1 of 41 European countries on resilience against misinformation. https://bit.ly/3GWPRzZ
🇧🇷 Social media in Brazil. The storming of Brazil’s Congress is not only playing out on the streets of Brazil, but also on social media. BBC’s Disinformation & Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring talks about the role social media is playing in what is happening in Brazil. https://bit.ly/3GVzUK9
📺 Money and staff woes. The new Conservative broadcaster GB News is struggling financially as well as with staff retention as advertisers continue to boycott the channel. https://bit.ly/3CFLzKI
🇹🇿 Press freedom on the rise. Press freedom is improving in Tanzania as the number of journalists being censured for their work has fallen slightly. https://bit.ly/3CEkSpR
🔍The fascination with George Santos. After newly elected Republican Congressman George Santos falsely claimed that he had been a journalist for Globo, Brazilians have taken a particular interest in stories about the American politician. https://bit.ly/3vSAHp9
🇺🇦 Media in Ukraine. “It’s basically like running a Ukrainian TimeOut or Curbed, except your nation’s fighting a full-scale war.” says Yaroslav Druziuk, the Editor-in-Chief of The Village Ukraine about what it is like to run an outlet amidst a war. https://bit.ly/3vRU1CT
✍️ A new research centre. The Newmark J-School is starting the Journalism Protection Initiative which will conduct and host research into the growing threats to journalism and journalists in the U.S. and around the world. https://bit.ly/3io7PC4
🔮Future of journalism. Our annual 'Trends and predictions' report is out. It looks at the trends that will be shaping journalism in 2023.
📒Full report https://bit.ly/3GUgRQu
📃 PDF version https://bit.ly/3W1zeax