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👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Trump’s indictment, Russian state disinformation, an AI model for a media company, and more.
📰 Historic arrest. A look at how the editorial boards of the most-read US newspapers reacted to the news of former President Donal Trump’s indictment. http://bit.ly/3ZK4vAK
💥Spread of propaganda. The BBC's Disinformation Team has uncovered that a UK-registered media company is spreading Russian state disinformation to the Arab-speaking world. http://bit.ly/3MiTAem
🤖 Media AI model. Bloomberg announced that they’re introducing BloombergGPT: an LLM “trained on a wide range of financial data to support a diverse set of natural language processing (NLP) tasks within the financial industry.” http://bit.ly/3U97UI2
🇧🇩 Journalist arrested. Authorities in Bangladesh have arrested a newspaper journalist under a controversial media law following the publishing of a story that criticised rising food prices in the country. http://bit.ly/40ONF5a
📨 Age of newsletters. How email newsletters are revitalising local news in Manchester, Sheffield, and Liverpool by delivering local reporting to readers by writers who live locally. https://bit.ly/435axyF
🇩🇿 Press freedom in Algeria. Over the past two years, the Algerian government has prosecuted, arrested or detained at least 11 other journalists and media workers, in what Amnesty International calls an “escalation in crackdown on media.” http://bit.ly/3nLSflX
🪺Good morning from Oxford! Here's our daily roundup on journalism, with readings on AI in media and layoffs and shutdowns in the industry.
✉️AI open letter. An open letter signed by Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak among others has sparked debate over "pausing" AI research over risks. http://bit.ly/431jysn
👩🏽💻A shutdown. Gal-Dem, a magazine for women and non-binary people of colour, will close due to financial challenges, Safi Bugel reports for the Guardian. http://bit.ly/3Gaew3b
🇷🇺 A nuclear warning. Nobel-winning journalist Dmitry Muratov warns Russian state propaganda "is preparing people to think that nuclear war isn't a bad thing" in this interview with BBC News Russia editor Steve Rosenberg. http://bit.ly/3ZB5J0Y
🤖AI concerns. Publishers worry AI chatbots will slash readership as their fuller answers to user questions may lead to fewer people clicking through to news sites, Katie Robertson writes for the New York Times. http://bit.ly/3K8ERQt
💻Disrupting media. Charlotte Klein discusses The Messenger's acquisition of Grid News and the challenges faced by outlets aiming to 'disrupt' the media industry. http://bit.ly/3nHGKfn
🌺 Good morning from Oxford! Here's our daily roundup on journalism worldwide, with readings on press freedom, local journalism and AI:
🇰🇬 Press freedom in Central Asia. Since coming to power, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has taken aim at the country’s free press and approved repressive legislation closely inspired by Russia, IPI member Anna Kapushenko reports http://bit.ly/3JWxr2D
🏡 A sad local news story. Owned by Gannett, 'The Salinas Californian' doesn't employ a single reporter. "The only original content from Salinas comes in the form of paid obituaries making death the only sign of life at the paper," James Rainey reports in this heartbreaking story http://bit.ly/3nvCTBR
🗞 And a happy one. The nonprofit owner of Texas Observer rescinded plans to shut down the 68-year-old magazine a few hours after announcing it would do so. The plan prompted journalists to fight the decision and raise $290,000 to save the publication from closure http://bit.ly/42JCnQO
🤖 A platform fight over AI. S publishers prepare for a new showdown with Microsoft and Google over AI tools such as ChatGPT and Bard, the WSJ reports in this piece. "We have valuable content that’s being used to generate revenue for others off the backs of investments we make" they say http://bit.ly/3Zt4YqR
👋 Good morning! Today's round-up on journalism worldwide includes pieces on recruitment in the industry, a new focus for digital media brands, generative AI and more.
🤖Generative AI. Developments in generative AI could affect 300 million jobs in large economies and lead to the automation of a quarter of the work done in the US and eurozone, new research by Goldman Sachs found. http://bit.ly/3KfW0ce
🔀A shift in focus. "Many of the most well-known digital media companies have abandoned consolidation efforts to concentrate on differentiation" as brands face a tougher market, Alex Sherman writes for CNBC. http://bit.ly/3M2raFj
💼Recruitment challenges. Smaller UK newsbrands and trade magazines are struggling to hire for junior roles, Andrew Kersley writes for Press Gazette. http://bit.ly/42YQ3I3
📊Award winners. The Global Investigative Journalism Network listed the winners of this year's Sigma Awards for data journalism, which include our OCJN member Miguel Ángel Dobrich and his team at Amenaza Roboto. http://bit.ly/42OBZR2
🎙📧Different formats. David Tvrdon argues in favour of turning podcasts into newsletters and vice-versa in this piece for The Fix Media. http://bit.ly/3KbF86k
📬 Our newsletter is out today. Read it here: https://bit.ly/3LSXgDe
👋 Good morning! Today, we are doing a weekly round-up showcasing our most recent pieces and research which include a look at diversity in the newsroom, the intersection between AI and journalism, and more.
🙋🏿♀️Diversity in news. Less than a quarter of the top editors of 100 news brands across five different markets (🇿🇦 🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇺🇲) are people of colour, according to the latest factsheet on race and leadership in news media by our research team. http://bit.ly/3ngltJx
🤖 AI in journalism. OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT has shaken up the news industry. In our latest piece, our own Marina Adami talks to five AI experts about the impact of generative AI on journalism. http://bit.ly/3JDu3JP
🤳Audiences on TikTok. A look into Berlin Fresh: one of the first journalism TikTok accounts run by a media outlet, Deutsche Welle. Journalist Francesco Zaffarano spoke with the journalist behind the project Johanna Rudiger on how to engage with younger audiences around the world. http://bit.ly/3lFlx50
🇵🇭 Academics fact-checking. Our contributor Raksha Kumar spoke with Professor Rachel Khan about Tsek.ph, a fact-checking initiative run by academics at the University of the Philippines and focused exclusively on fact-checking elections. http://bit.ly/3K5cpQD
📣 Increased polarisation. “Divided, ruptured societies. Us and them. Them and us. A failure to unite in the best interests of everyone”: “ we published an edited version of BBC journalist Clive Myrie’s speech at the Society of Editors UK recent conference warning against the risks of propaganda and polarisation. http://bit.ly/40iqzn1
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on terrorism charges for Indian journalists, the media and the Iraq War, journalism in exile, and more.
🇮🇳 Terrorism charges. A Kashmiri journalist has been arrested by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) under “terrorism” charges as crackdown on journalists ramps up in New Delhi. http://bit.ly/3yVRhWn
🔍 Iraq War introspective. With the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, the Columbia Journalism Review revisits the media’s role in the war and the implications for future war coverage. http://bit.ly/42wUJUZ
✊ Journalism in exile. From Nieman Lab, Celeste Katz Marston documents the efforts of exiled journalists and organisations around the world to continue reporting on their home countries. http://bit.ly/40lCSyo
🚨 Confiscated equipment. The Turkish government confiscated and damaged equipment from three Greek journalists while they were in the city of Antakya covering the aftermath of an earthquake that struck the area. http://bit.ly/3K0huK2
🇵🇸🇮🇱 An opinion piece. Haaretz covers in their latest editorial how “Palestinian journalists working in Jerusalem have for years experienced Israel’s iron fist.” https://bit.ly/3JZkFS2
❌ Omissions. After an FBI raid of a Rolling Stone journalist’s devices, the outlet suggested that he was targeted for his coverage of national security, rather than the truth. http://bit.ly/3TDk6AK
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on digital platforms' news content, parity in Italy’s public broadcaster, a reporting trip to the Central African Republic, and more.
💰Digital news. A look at Canada and Australia’s plans to force digital platforms like Facebook and Google to negotiate deals to pay the news media for their content. http://bit.ly/40oXqX7
♀️ Gender parity. There has been controversy over women's representation in Italy's public broadcaster, Rai, sparking calls for more gender diversity in its leadership and programming. http://bit.ly/3FBbo00
🇨🇫 First-hand account. “The obscurity of the war made it hard to justify a reporting trip, which would require leaving my family behind. I also found it difficult to persuade editors to commission a story,” says Anjan Sundaram on his trip to document war in the Central African Republic. http://bit.ly/3loznsg
🤖 Journalism and AI. A deep dive into how AI is transforming journalism: with both its potential benefits and its potential drawbacks. http://bit.ly/3YYPLNV
🤳 TikTok woes. The US Department of Justice is probing TikTok’s parent company surveillance of American journalists via the social media app. http://bit.ly/400M4Zg
📵 More on TikTok. The BBC has advised staff against using TikTok on corporate devices unless for “editorial and marketing purposes”. http://bit.ly/42tHzrR
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on an attack on Afghan journalists, officials cracking down on TikTok, strikes at the BBC, and more.
🇦🇫 Attack on journalists. A bomb attack during a press event to mark National Journalists Day in Afghanistan killed three and wounded more than 30 people according to the Afghanistan Journalists Center. http://bit.ly/3TAdenL
🎵TikTok news. Amid growing concern about TikTok in Western governments, "U.S. officials told TikTok to rid itself of Chinese ownership and implied the app could face an outright ban if ByteDance doesn’t comply," Juro Osawa of The Information reported. http://bit.ly/42i8p69
🪧BBC strike. 1,000 BBC journalists went on strike for 24 hours yesterday morning to protest against proposed cuts to local radio. http://bit.ly/42jxnC6
💻More content. BuzzFeed News is encouraging its reporters to publish more stories in a bid to boost traffic amid declining revenue, Alexandra Bruell of the Wall Street Journal reports. http://bit.ly/3lgsLwb
🎨AI image magazine. Image creation company Midjourney announced it will launch a monthly magazine featuring its AI-generated images and prompt ideas, Matt Novak reports for Forbes Tech. http://bit.ly/3lhimAa
🤖New new tech. What's GPT-4 and how is it different from previous iterations of the OpenAI technology, including ChatGPT? http://bit.ly/3yEs2Ih
🖊Explanatory journalism. Emma Löfgren explains explanatory journalism for The Fix Media. http://bit.ly/3mZ4URU
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on a second defamation suit for Fox News, social media harassment in Myanmar, smear campaigns against journalists in Hungary, and more.
🧑⚖️ Legal challenges. As Fox News continues its battle against the Dominion lawsuit scandal, another firm is also preparing to sue the network for defamation related to its coverage of Donald Trump’s stolen-election claim. http://bit.ly/3yD800G
🇲🇲 Content moderation. UN-appointed independent rights experts on Myanmar have urged social media platforms to monitor content more carefully related to the junta’s message of “violent and misogynistic content”. http://bit.ly/3JDOo2U
🇭🇺 Press freedom rollbacks. Coordinated smear campaigns against Hungarian media outlets show how far the marginalisation of the independent press has gone in the country. http://bit.ly/4052U93
⚽ BBC impartiality. “[Lineker’s] comments, and the BBC’s response to them, thus play into a second broader debate—what those who work for news organizations that like to position themselves as neutral are and aren’t allowed to say on their own time,” says Jon Allsop on the Lineker/BBC saga. http://bit.ly/3mJSddD
🖱️Online community. A conversation with Giancarlo Fiorella, who runs Bellingcat’s server on Discord, where a community of 15,000 people meets daily to discuss news stories and contribute to investigations. http://bit.ly/3TcJuNk
🗞️ Newspaper strikes. Differing accounts of an incident that took place over the weekend at a newspaper production facility is complicating the saga of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette happening since October. http://bit.ly/3lcRJwo
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on disinformation campaigns in the MENA region, layoffs at Euronews, fake news in an Indian province, and more.
🕯️Violence against women. Hundreds of women in the Middle East and North Africa region, particularly journalists and human rights activists, have faced disinformation attacks in the public sphere during the last decade. http://bit.ly/3FeXVKW
✂️ Massive layoffs. Nearly half of the Euronews workforce will be laid off and the media outlet’s headquarters in Lyon will be sold. http://bit.ly/3ZIR1pO
📹 Fake news on video. Fake news alleging attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in a southern state of India are refusing to die down, amplified by mainstream media outlets. http://bit.ly/3mFHq4r
🇺🇦 Reporting on corruption. Ukrainian journalists are ramping up their reporting on high-level corruption, as Kyiv strives for European Union membership. http://bit.ly/41Yt9jk
🔍 Disinformation campaign via avatars. A crusading French-Ghanaian investigative reporter has been unmasked as a completely fictitious persona created by an Israeli private intelligence company to smear opponents and subvert elections. http://bit.ly/3yp52wK
🚨 Attack on journalists. No arrests have been made on the separate assaults of two South African journalists last month. http://bit.ly/3T6QdrW
❌ More media layoffs. In their second layoff within three months, Morning Brew is laying off 40 staffers, according to an internal note to staff. https://bit.ly/3Yw9HYg
Happy International Women’s Day. Today we publish research looking at the representation of women in top editorial positions around the world.
We find that only 22% of the top editors across 240 major outlets in 12 markets are women. This is according to new research from the Reuters Institute by Kirsten Eddy, Amy A. Ross Arguedas, Mitali Mukherjee and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen.
The research looks at the gender breakdown of top editorial figures at leading offline and online news outlets in 🇲🇽 🇰🇪 🇧🇷 🇰🇷 🇯🇵 🇪🇸 🇿🇦 🇩🇪 🇭🇰 🇬🇧 🇫🇮 🇺🇸
➡ Women editors by country:
Despite a wide variation, no market in our sample has a majority of women top editors in 2023:
🇲🇽 5%
🇰🇪 13%
🇧🇷 13%
🇰🇷 14%
🇯🇵 17%
🇪🇸 19%
🇿🇦 20%
🇩🇪 20%
🇭🇰 27%
🇬🇧 35%
🇫🇮 36%
🇺🇸 44%
➡ New women editors:
Among the 38 new top editors appointed, only 26% are women.
While half of the markets we track have seen a growing share of women among top editors, many others have seen declines, particularly in 🇿🇦 South Africa: 40%>20%.
➡ Women journalists compared to women editors:
There are considerably more women working as journalists than there are women among top editors in all markets covered except the 🇺🇸 US.
➡ Correlations with broader gender equality measures:
We find only a weak correlation between the % of top editors who are women and wider gender equality as measured by the UN Gender Inequality Index.
➡ Those who get news from outlets with women editors:
In half of the markets covered, less than half of online news users have accessed news from at least one major outlet with a woman as top editor in the past week.
🔗 Read the full findings
💻 🏴 On our website: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/women-and-leadership-news-media-2023-evidence-12-markets
💻 🇪🇸 In Spanish: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/es/mujeres-y-liderazgo-en-los-medios-informativos-en-2023-evidencias-de-12-mercados
📄 In PDF: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/Eddy_et_al_Women_and_Leadership_2023.pdf
#iwd2023 #happywomensday2023 #InternationalWomensDay
👋 Good morning! Today we are hosting our 2023 Reuters Memorial Lecture. The speaker will be Carlos F. Chamorro, editor of Confidencial Nicaragua.
The event will be live-streamed from 17:30 🇬🇧 on our Twitter account and on this link. http://bit.ly/35vk613
Read our interview. http://bit.ly/3ISrTpk
En Español. http://bit.ly/3kKWEEH
🗣The title of the lecture will be: 'How to report under a dictatorship: lessons from Nicaragua and beyond'
👥 It'll be followed by a panel hosted by our own Alan Rusbridger w/ Luz Mely Reyes from Venezuela's Efecto Cocuyo & John-Allan Namu from Africa Uncensored.
🧳Chamorro was forced into exile in 2021 along with many other journalists by Daniel Ortega, who has jailed dozens of activists since 2007.
🚓Ortega’s regime raided Chamorro’s newsroom and seized his property.http://bit.ly/3ZK3Srm
🇳🇮 Earlier this year, Ortega also stripped Chamorro of his Nicaraguan citizenship along with other opposition leaders, intellectuals and activists. http://bit.ly/3SZkUPV
⬇️Nicaragua is now ranked 160th out of 180 countries on the 2022 RSF World Press Freedom Index. "The few media outlets that still operate within the country avoid confronting the government for fear of reprisals," RSF says. http://bit.ly/3mrHkNx
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on copyright complaints on critical articles, Guatemalan journalists under investigation, SNP’s exclusion of journalists, and more.
❌ Copyright claims. Fake copyright claims on articles critical of oil lobbyists has forced a publisher in Equatorial Guinea to take down those articles from their website. http://bit.ly/3y5PCNI
🇬🇹 Under investigation. A Guatemalan judge has ordered the investigation of nine journalists from a newspaper known for hard-hitting investigations of government wrongdoing due to what he describes to be the malicious prosecution of members of the justice system. http://bit.ly/3SFghdy
🗳 Journalists access. Some journalists are concerned about the Scottish National Party’s decision to not allow journalists to access the party’s leadership hustings. http://bit.ly/3SKPqwL
💻 AI tools. A first-person piece by the cofounder of Worldcrunch, an outlet that publishes English editions of top foreign-language journalism, on how his newsroom has been using AI tools for the past decade. http://bit.ly/3Yanu6B
🇦🇺 Strikes for better pay. ABC journalists will walk off the job next Tuesday to improve pay and conditions. If no deal is offered more action is likely, including a 24-hour strike. http://bit.ly/3EKdCK3
✂️ More on AI. Publisher Axel Springer has told its employees that job cuts are to be expected for its German newspapers Bild and Die Welt due to automation and AI making some jobs redundant. http://bit.ly/3J6j1gX
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Meta’s journalism projects, plans of expansion for Axel Springer, offline news in Venezuela, and more.
💰 Journalism funding. As Meta distances itself from the news industry, what happened to the funding of Meta’s Global News Partnerships? The Tow Center has tallied data about all known Meta Journalism Project initiatives to find answers. http://bit.ly/3Iy9EFv
🖱 Expansion to America. German publishing giant Axel Springer has plans to become America’s top digital publisher after its owner received Springer shares worth €1bn which owns Politico, Insider, and others. http://bit.ly/3kudTtM
🚌 News offline. How some Venezuelan outlets are spreading the news on buses and balconies as the government continues to threaten independent media. http://bit.ly/3mh1l9i
📺 Spreading misinformation. Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, testified that some network hosts endorsed false claims that the 2020 US election was stolen. http://bit.ly/3ZoBTgw
📈 Staff growth. Politico’s UK newsroom is looking to expand to more than 50 journalists within a year and a half, after nearly doubling its staff in the past month. http://bit.ly/3EJL4QZ
🐦 Tech layoffs. Twitter has laid off 10% of its current workforce, nearly 200 employees. This is the latest round of job losses at Twitter since chief executive Elon Musk sacked about 50% of its 7,500 employees when he took over in October. http://bit.ly/3EGQa00
💻 Internet shutdowns. New research shows that a record number of countries switched off access to internet services in response to political upheaval last year with access to services restricted 187 times by 35 countries, with India, Iran and Myanmar repeatedly enforcing blackouts. http://bit.ly/3IYB4pf
☁️ Good morning from cloudy Oxford! Here's today's roundup, with readings from our team on press freedom in Russia, health journalism in Africa and more
🪆 A profile in courage. Read Katherine Dunn’s excellent profile of WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested in Russia while doing his job http://bit.ly/3Gm0f3y
🇹🇿 Science to the masses. Our contributor Maurice Oniango spoke with Syriacus Buguzi about MwanaSayansi, a digital newspaper covering health and science in Swahili for local audiences in Tanzania http://bit.ly/3GlYnHZ
✍️ Engaging audiences in the age of ChatGPT. Here are four takeaways from BBCAcademy Trust in News conference, featuring Deborah Turness Belén López Garrido. Marianna Spring and others
http://bit.ly/3KiGzhU
☀️ Good morning from Oxford! Here's our daily roundup on journalism, with readings on the expulsion of French journalists from Burkina Faso, Twitter news and more.
🇧🇫 An expulsion. Burkina Faso expelled two correspondents from French newspapers Le Monde and Libération from the country following the publication of a Libération investigation. http://bit.ly/3zBzjc1
🇬🇧 Internal disagreements. Semafor's Max Tani delved into the internal disagreements at the Guardian over how to cover trans issues. http://bit.ly/3ZE1WjA
🐶Changes on Twitter. You may have noticed a dog has replaced the Twitter logo today - the 'doge' meme. For some insight on the changes taking place on Twitter, Shirin Ghaffary outlines what's to come and the impact it may have on the platform. http://bit.ly/40G8VJZ
🇸🇪 A shift in focus. Swedish publisher Bonnier is experimenting with less print and a greater digital focus on smaller titles, Peter Bale writes for INMA. http://bit.ly/3nIduVR
📬 Our newsletter is out today. Read it here: https://bit.ly/3ZDrq0r
🌥Good morning! Today: a brief weekly round-up showcasing our most recent pieces.
👩🏿💻Women in data journalism. A new piece from our contributor Maurice Oniang’o explores the golden age of data journalism in Kenya. http://bit.ly/42YKHMD
📺Spanish-language Russian propaganda. Despite Western bans, Russian propaganda is still spreading false narratives about the invasion of Ukraine in Latin America and beyond. In our latest piece, Gretel Kahn analyses the impact of this with the help of fact-checkers and experts. http://bit.ly/3m1KQyb
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on an apology from a newspaper, different perspectives shown on Google searches, suspension of a French broadcaster, and more.
🗞️ Racist origins. The owner of the Guardian has issued an apology for the role the newspaper’s founders had in transatlantic slavery and announced a decade-long programme of restorative justice after an academic research revealing the newspaper’s origins. http://bit.ly/3ze4SZl
👁️ Different perspectives. Google is launching new features in their search called “Perspectives” that would provide different viewpoints from experts and journalists for a given news topic. https://bit.ly/42QGASI
❌ Suspension of broadcaster. Burkina Faso suspended broadcasts by France 24, accusing them of "acting as a mouthpiece" for an al-Qaeda affiliated group after the French channel interviewed the leader of al-Qaeda's North African wing. http://bit.ly/3TTqvrl
📜 Diversity in UK media. A new report by the Ethical Journalism Network has found that racism is “commonplace” in the UK journalism industry and that more Black people in senior positions and more race correspondents are needed to improve diversity of coverage. http://bit.ly/40GAEKj
✂️ AI ethics. Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon and Twitter have been cutting staff from teams dedicated to evaluating ethical issues around the use of artificial intelligence on their platforms and products. http://bit.ly/3zhCe9I
👋 Good morning! Today's round-up on journalism worldwide includes pieces on press freedom in Bangladesh, the looming US TikTok ban, local news in the UK and US, and Twitter in India.
🇧🇩 Journalist’s family assaulted. “They attacked me with iron rods, saying 'Your brother writes about the PM? Against the government? He is a journalist? We will show you now.'” The brother of Al Jazeera journalist Zulkarnain Saer Khan was attacked in Dhaka. http://bit.ly/3ZeyQa9
🗞️ UK local news. As news publishing giant Reach embarks on a round of job cuts threatening over 600 positions Mark Sweney looks at the precarious state of UK local news, as well as at those like The Manchester Mill and The Bristol Cable who are proving more resilient http://bit.ly/3TO6uSY
🤳 Independent TikTokers. "TikTok has allowed those who have traditionally been shut out of the media and entertainment industry a way to circumvent legacy gatekeepers and get a foot in the door," says Taylor Lorenz http://bit.ly/3M1OZwC
🐦 Twitter accounts banned. 122 Twitter accounts, including many belonging to Indian and foreign journalists, were blocked in India last week following legal requests from the government, reports Samriddhi Sakunia for Rest of World http://bit.ly/3TLpphm
🇺🇸 Investigative outlet to close. Progressive investigative news magazine the Texas Observer, publishing since 1954, is closing, laying off 17 staff including 13 journalists http://bit.ly/3lN3CcM
👋 Hello from a Spring-like Oxford! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on journalism in Iraq, disinformation in Hungary, Midjourney and saving local news in California.
🇭🇺 A government takeover. “Hungary's media environment has been entirely taken over by the governing party.” Lucina Di Meco, co-founder of #ShePersisted and co-author of a report into political disinformation in the country, tells Open Democracy https://bit.ly/42wN1uf
🐻 Preserving local news. California legislator Buffy Wicks is proposing a law to make tech giants compensate local news outlets for using their journalism. "People like me need reporters like you to hold our feet to the fire, that is crucial" http://bit.ly/3FLXmZz
🕯 A deadly country for journalists. "Post-invasion Iraq has produced a partisan and sectarian media landscape in which violence against journalists has increased." At least 282 journalists have been killed in Iraq since 2003, and many can only work in exile, reports Zainab Almashat http://bit.ly/3FIN5NH
👮 Banned from Midjourney. Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins was banned from AI image generator Midjourney after prompting it to visualise Donald Trump's arrest and escape (via a McDonald's). "I suspect it was pushing my luck when I did the thread" http://bit.ly/3JDlVsK
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on attacks against journalists in Ecuador, Twitter accounts suspended in India, labour strife at the NYT, and more.
🇪🇨 Attacks on press. The government of Ecuador has opened a terrorism investigation after journalists at various news outlets in Ecuador have been sent envelopes containing electronic devices fitted with explosives. http://bit.ly/3TxtwgP
❌ Suspended accounts. Several Twitter accounts, including those belonging to journalists, have been withheld due to suspected links to a radical organisation in Punjab. http://bit.ly/42r4kwI
💰 Labour strife. Proposed changes to the compensation system, including wages and healthcare benefits, are dividing staff at the New York Times, with union and management unable to reach an agreement. http://bit.ly/40mbBfl
👏 A journalist freed. French journalist Olivier Dubois has been released after being kidnapped almost a year ago by the al Qaeda-linked Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM). https://bit.ly/40pHPpV
🇮🇶🇺🇲 On the Iraq War. A critical retrospective on the role the media played in justifying the Iraq War. https://bit.ly/401EcXr
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on an investigation into TikTok, a trial in Rwanda, the state of press freedom in Hungary, and more.
🔍An investigation. US authorities are investigating TikTok's parent company's alleged use of the app to surveil US journalists, Emily Baker-White reports for Forbes. http://bit.ly/40dcvut
🕯A journalist’s death. Rights organisations are demanding Rwandan authorities conduct a transparent investigation into journalist John Williams Ntwali's death following a conviction after a trial held in the absence of independent observers and reporters. http://bit.ly/3ZYcuv0
🇭🇺Press freedom. This piece by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project evaluates the state of press freedom in Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. http://bit.ly/40hfRNo
📱Newspapers on Kindle. Amazon is no longer selling newspaper and magazine subscriptions after eliminating both the print and Kindle options it used to offer readers, Laura Hazard Owen reports for Nieman Lab. http://bit.ly/42fhD3n
💻Online subscriptions. A lower subscription price would make 39% of UK and 42% of US respondents more likely to pay for a website subscription, a new YouGov poll shared with Press Gazette found. http://bit.ly/3YVQQG4
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on anti-semitisim at France’s public broadcaster, exiled journalists in Guatemala, media coverage in Greece, and more.
🇫🇷 Suspension of journalists. France’s state-funded news channel France 24 has suspended four journalists working for its Arabic service over allegations of anti-Semitism. http://bit.ly/42fxO0A
✏️ Journalist in prison. “The persecution of my father was not merely the result of some vendetta by the well-connected. It is part of a coordinated campaign to crush journalism in the country,” says Jose Ruben Zamora. http://bit.ly/3lkOUcv
🚆 Media in Greece. A train collision in Greece has highlighted sensationalist reporting in the country. http://bit.ly/3Jq1rDQ
📰 Newspaper defamation. The Domani newspaper is currently under investigation by Italian authorities for a defamation case against a government official. http://bit.ly/3JcJSqy
🪧 BBC Walkout. Today, BBC employees are planning on staging a strike over the Gary Lineker saga. http://bit.ly/3JloYFR
💬 Trust in news. “Open debate over journalism ethics signals healthy governance. Such argumentation might amplify polarization, but it also facilitates the exchange of diverse opinions and encourages critical analyses of reality,” says Michael J. Socolow for Nieman Lab. http://bit.ly/3Jlp5Bh
✂️ More tech cuts. In their second wave of mass redundancies since last November, Meta has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs. http://bit.ly/3JIz7xPri
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on online news access in Canada, the saga of Gary Lineker and the BBC, antenna television being back, and more.
🇨🇦 News access. Meta said that it would end availability of news content for Canadians on its platforms if the country's Online News Act passes in its current form. The Act would force platforms like Meta to pay news publishers for their content. http://bit.ly/3mJzfnA
⚽ Off the air. Gary Lineker is to return to presenting sport on the BBC after being taken off the air for criticising government asylum plans. Presenters, pundits and commentators had pulled out of BBC football coverage in support of the host. http://bit.ly/3YGI3I7
📺 Old-school broadcasting. Amidst the streaming era, millions of users have rediscovered antennas as a reliable way to watch broadcast networks. A look at what the future of television might look like. http://bit.ly/3T7Udsx
🇺🇦 Future of independent media. Ukrainian independent media is fighting to survive amidst the context of the war, with funding uncertainties and security concerns being the paramount challenges of outlets. http://bit.ly/3JfFeIg
🇺🇲 News startup. A new media startup says it is looking to be an alternative to a news media in the U.S. that “has come under the sway of partisan influences.” http://bit.ly/3LjLUbg
🇮🇳 Opinion piece. “Nearly half a century after the government of India kicked me out of the country for writing a story that struck an exposed nerve, foreign journalists there are under the gun again,” writes Lewis M. Simons. http://bit.ly/3JAofBW
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Scotland’s newspaper environment, AI-written articles, Rest of World turn 3, and more.
📰 In decline. Scotland’s newspapers are struggling due to dwindling advertisement and high production costs. http://bit.ly/3Fbts0u
🤖 AI-powered writing. he Daily Mirror and the Express have published their first articles written using AI. However, the chief executive of their partner company says journalists should not fear for their jobs. http://bit.ly/3yrZZf4
🎂 Non-western coverage. On the eve of Rest of World‘s third birthday, the Columbia Journalism Review spoke with its founding executive editor, Anup Kaphle. http://bit.ly/3yoCDH1
📱Social media policies. “What are newsroom leaders doing to support and protect their journalists facing the increasing risks and challenges of social media?” is the question at the heart of new research published by Digital Journalism. http://bit.ly/3Jruisz
💬 The business of dubbing. YouTube creators are now dubbing their English-language content into other languages to expand the reach of their social media empires. http://bit.ly/3JouqJi
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on Afghan journalists, reporting in exile, an emerging news outlet in India, and more.
❓ Stranded journalists. Hundreds of Afghan journalists remain stranded under Taliban rule with critics accusing the UK of failing to meet its obligations to the journalists who supported their mission in Afghanistan. http://bit.ly/3yANsWN
🎤 Journalists in exile. On the challenges that dozens of media outlets and their journalists have fled Russia in exile to try to continue reporting from abroad. https://bit.ly/41Rw4dr
🇮🇳 Stories from marginalised groups. An emerging news outlet called The Mooknayak — or “the leader of the voiceless” — focuses on reporting stories on Dalit and other marginalised groups in India. http://bit.ly/3IPIdqK
📺 Sanction dodging. Despite EU sanctions designed to keep Russia’s state-controlled news network RT off the air, the French wing of the news outlet has been able to keep producing content. http://bit.ly/3yg41qu
🐦 Twitter insiders. Current and former Twitter employees have told the BBC that features intended to protect Twitter users from trolling and harassment are proving difficult to maintain. http://bit.ly/3yj4NmO
❌ Vaccine claims. Regulator Ofcom has said that GB News broke broadcasting rules last April when a former host "potentially harmful and materially misleading" claims about Covid-19 vaccines. http://bit.ly/3yifjuz
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on messages leak, an app that shares news from independent publishers, Bosnian journalists investigated, and more.
🔍 Breach of trust? Behind the WhatsApp message leaks of former UK Health Minister Matt Hancock and the journalist who handed over the messages to the press, Isabel Oakeshott. http://bit.ly/3SLI9N6
🤳Independent news. A look into OptOut News, an aggregation app that shares news, podcasts, and streaming video from “exclusively independent” news publishers. http://bit.ly/3IL25eK
🚨 Under investigation. Three Bosnian journalists are facing criminal investigations after publishing an article that alleges that local authorities failed to arrest a suspect in connection with a sexual assault investigation. http://bit.ly/3ZAvBKV
📺 Pan-Africa streaming. A new pan-Africa video streaming platform might be coming soon due to a collaboration between Africa's biggest pay TV company, MultiChoice Group, and Comcast. http://bit.ly/3kFxGq9
🇺🇦 Journalism during wartime. A deep-dive into how the invasion of Ukraine has changed the way journalists do their reporting in the country.http://bit.ly/3YfpGK7
📉 Redundancy notice. The Daily Mail has announced their intention to make some of its journalists’ jobs redundant due to declining print readership and increased cost of paper. http://bit.ly/3SNUiS2
😢Outlet closure. After 15 years of existence, Vice France will be closing its doors according to a Tweet by its Editor-In-Chief, Paul Douard. http://bit.ly/3KOdixG
✂️ Media layoffs. Big shake ups are coming soon to CNET with leadership shifts and a layoff wave of around 10 percent of the publisher. http://bit.ly/3J8Cdus
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the war in Ukraine, Google and news in Canada, faked reporters' accounts and more.
🇺🇦The digital front. One year into the war in Ukraine, the fight against Russian disinformation continues. “This is the most digital conflict to ever occur,” Nina Jankowicz told Voice of America. http://bit.ly/3II0yWR
🕯Journalist deaths in Ukraine. Maksym Levin, a Ukrainian photographer killed while covering the war almost a year ago, is remembered in this piece. http://bit.ly/3y1Riba
🇨🇦News-blocking. In Canada, MPs have summoned Google executives over the blocking of some Canadians' access to news on Google platforms in response to a government bill that would force platforms to share revenues with news publishers. http://bit.ly/3medlJ1
📱Faked accounts. Two Reuters journalists were impersonated online through faked social media accounts that were then used to engage with Chinese activists. http://bit.ly/3meyOBv
🇬🇧Strike action. Strikes at the BBC could affect coverage of important events this spring, including the coronation of King Charles III, as union members protest over cuts to local radio services. http://bit.ly/3ZwkW3K
👋 Good morning! Our daily round-up on journalism worldwide includes stories on the ongoing debate of AI in journalism, a comic strip removed from major US newspapers, why Google is blocking news content in Canada, and more.
🤖 AI Journalism. A deep dive into the implications AI has on journalism, and why publishers should be cautious about their implementation in newsrooms. http://bit.ly/3xU7VVR
💬 Fall from grace. A number of US newspapers have dropped the popular and long-running comic strip Dilbert after its creator made racist comments in an online video. http://bit.ly/3ZqcIdo
🇨🇦 Blocking news. Google is limiting access to news content for a small percentage of Canadian users in response to the government’s proposed Online News Act which would require platforms like Google to negotiate payments with publishers when they link to their content. http://bit.ly/3ICbZzj
🚨Fraud charges. The founder and CEO of Ozy Media has been indicted on charges of repeatedly lying to investors and lenders about core aspects of the company’s business. http://bit.ly/3EI0BR7
💸 Paywall models. A look into how some UK publishers are successfully establishing paywall revenue models in a media environment where they are a relative rarity. http://bit.ly/3ZqcKSy
❌ State media laws. A new proposed bill in Florida will make it easier to sue journalists and publishers for defamation, as well as repeal the “journalist’s privilege” section of the state law which protects journalists from being compelled to reveal the identity of sources in court. http://bit.ly/3SEO9aI
📱App for curated news. Artifact, the personalized news reader built by Instagram’s co-founders, is now open to the public. The app uses machine learning to serve up articles it thinks will be of interest to users. http://bit.ly/3Sv3YAB