The Fix Media

30 Apr 2023 18:00

✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including how Russian propaganda exploits fact-checking, learnings from 2023 International Journalism Festival, what European media can do to counter Kremlin's narratives, and tips on how to engage your audience.

🤬 How Moscow abuses the fact-checking format;

✍️ What experts said at IJF 23;

👊 Battling Russian propaganda;

🫂 How to connect with your audience;

✌️ Our weekly digest.

The Fix Media

27 Apr 2023 15:14

👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?

Here are this week's stories picked by our team:

▪️Journalists reporting for Italian newspaper La Repubblica came under Russian shelling on Wednesday in Kherson, resulting in the death of Ukrainian journalist and fixer Bogdan Bitik. Italian journalist Corrado Zunino was wounded in the attack.

▪️Several high-profile firings took place in the American cable news industry early this week. Most notably, conservative news channel Fox News parted ways with its most prominent host Tucker Carlson.

▪️Other notable ousters in American cable television include popular CNN host Don Lemon who Axios reports “didn’t fit as well with CNN’s new approach to more moderate conversations” (and was also a subject of controversy over his sexist remark), as well as CEO of NBCUniversal Jeff Shell investigated for an inappropriate romantic relationship with a woman in his company.

📍 Find out more in this week's digest.

The Fix Media

25 Apr 2023 16:23

New study from Ukrainian NGO Lviv Media Forum highlights how Russian propaganda narratives sip through to European news coverage – and offers advice on how to do better.

Iryna Hoiuk shares key excerpts from the organisation’s latest report on countering Russian propaganda.

The Fix Media

24 Apr 2023 15:49

Since invading Ukraine, Russia has hijacked the fact-checking news format and started using it for its own propaganda. Veronika Snoj explains how in her latest piece for The Fix.

The Fix Media

23 Apr 2023 18:00

✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including a look at solutions journalism in Central Asia. what a journalist influencer does, a decade-long investigation, and our list of Telegram channels covering Russia's invasion.

🌏 How solutions journalism works in Central Asia;

👨‍💻 A profile of journalist influencer;

⚖️ How justice prevailed decades later thanks to the work of journalists;

📰 Telegram channels to stay on top of developments in Ukraine;

✌️ Our weekly digest.

The Fix Media

20 Apr 2023 14:26

👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?

Here are this week's stories picked by our team:

▪️Fox News, the most popular conservative TV news channel in the United States, reached a last-minute settlement with voting machines manufacturer Dominion over the latter’s defamation lawsuit. Fox News will pay the company $787.5 million (€718.6 million) to avoid going through a trial, which was due to begin this week.

▪️Swedish Radio, Sweden’s public radio service, announced it would quit Twitter, becoming the first big European media organisation to do so recently. While individual journalists are still free to use the platform, organisational accounts will either shut down or cease publication.

📍 Find out more in this week's digest.

The Fix Media

17 Apr 2023 13:56

🇰🇬🇺🇿 Central Asia has struggled with press freedom, but there are inspiring examples of outlets doing investigative reporting and solutions journalism.

We speak with Kyrgyzstan’s @kloopnews and Uzbekistan’s Sarpa.

The Fix Media

16 Apr 2023 18:01

✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including what the release of GPT-4 means, the story of one outlet looking to connect two nations, and a profile of Popular Front.

🤖 GPT-4 and its implications;

🇵🇱 How Belarusians founded an outlet in Poland;

📔 A guide to independent war reporting.

✌️ Our weekly digest.

The Fix Media

13 Apr 2023 16:26

👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?

Here are this week's stories picked by our team:

▪️Substack Notes, the platform’s new feature for short posts that aims to provide an alternative to Twitter, was rolled out to all users this week. The product allows to post “almost anything—including posts, quotes, comments, images, and links”, the announcement says.

▪️NPR became the first major US news organisation to ditch Twitter on Wednesday – because of the platform’s decision to label the broadcaster “government-funded media”.

▪️The US government designated American journalist Evan Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained” this week, effectively making an official recognition that he is a hostage taken by the Russian state.

📍 Find out more in this week's digest.

The Fix Media

10 Apr 2023 15:59

Everything you wanted to know about GPT-4 but weren't sure where to ask – in the latest guide by Alberto Puliafito.

The Fix Media

09 Apr 2023 18:00

✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including an introduction to engaged journalism, why ChatGPT was banned in Italy, dealing with deep fakes, the power of Russian propaganda, and hybrid cross-border publishing.

🔗 Engaged journalism and how to get started;

🇮🇹 ChatGPT is banned in Italy: what this means;

🖼 The hidden danger of deep fakes;

📺 Russian propaganda is still working;

📰 Cross-border publishing goes hybrid;

✌️ Our weekly digest.

The Fix Media

05 Apr 2023 17:26

Despite facing a stiff rebuke in the West, Russian state propagandists have had their share of success – both at home and abroad, Anton Protsiuk writes in the note that previously appeared in The Fix Media’s weekly newsletter.

The Fix Media

04 Apr 2023 15:17

🇮🇹 You might have heard the news of ChatGPT being banned in Italy. What happened – and why? Italian media manager and The Fix’s contributor Alberto Puliafito explains.

The Fix Media

03 Apr 2023 13:20

📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Don’t underestimate Russian propaganda

▪️The articles featured pertain to insights from EBU's climate journalism report, key findings from WAN-IFRA's World Press Trends Outlook report, ethical dilemmas in wartime journalism, and what Russians read on Telegram;

▪️Interesting insights on The New York Times' strategy, its relationship with tech giants and how gamification helps the outlet attract audiences, as well as how The Economist built one of their most successful newsletters on LinkedIn, reaching 2.7 million subscribers from our colleagues at The Verge. Press Gazette and Italian journalist Francesco Zaffarano;

▪️Great opportunities from World Congress & Media Innovation Festival, JournalismAI, Financial Times, and International Media Support.

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The Fix Media

31 Mar 2023 17:34

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Telegram became a refuge for censored Russian media outlets that condemned the war. Yet, Russians opt to mainly follow pro-invasion content on the platform, Veronika Snoj found.

The Fix Media

27 Apr 2023 18:02

🖥 ChatGPT in journalism: What you need to know

When OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT for the public it took the world by storm. Some praised it, others dismissed it, but it is unlikely to leave you indifferent. If you are unsure what this technology means and how to make use of it for your work, we have a few ideas to get the ball rolling.

Here is a selection of articles we have for you on the topic:

▪️Amid calls that AI is going to take millions of jobs, let's start off with what ChatGPT is not

▪️Don't even know where to start? Alberto Puliafito has got you covered with his advanced guide to ChatGPT specifically for journalists

▪️There was GPT-3, now GPT-4 has been rolled out. Alberto once again lays out everything there is to know

📍Not all rosy: Italy has already banned ChatGPT. Here is why

The Fix Media

26 Apr 2023 17:52

What worked in 2010 may no longer be effective in 2023. Just ask BuzzFeed, whose social media-driven news growth is a prime example. Audiences should now be at the heart of your journalism, and newsletters and podcasts may be just what the doctor ordered.

The Fix Media

25 Apr 2023 12:08

What are the areas you can’t ignore if you want to build a solid newsroom for the future? Emma Löfgren lays out five insights from global experts shared during the 2023 International Journalism Festival, which took place in Perugia.

The Fix Media

24 Apr 2023 12:30

📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: What it’s like to be a journalist-influencer

▪️The articles featured pertain to a look at solutions journalism in Central Asia. what a journalist influencer does, a decade-long investigation, and our list of Telegram channels covering Russia's invasion;

▪️Interesting insights on the shutdown of BuzzFeed News, and The Washington Post's coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine after the opening of the Kyiv bureau from our colleagues at Semafor and The Village Ukraine;

▪️Great opportunities from the European Commission, Syli, Politico Europe, and Financial Times.

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The Fix Media

21 Apr 2023 13:20

In Ukraine, millions of people use Telegram for messaging, but also for various other purposes, from getting air raid alerts to reading news. Not all news channels are reliable, though. We mapped Telegram channels in Ukraine a year into the full-scale war.

The Fix Media

18 Apr 2023 17:24

Being both a journalist and an influencer is quite a unique position. How does this work for Emilio "Nanisimo" Doménech? Vera Penêda looks at his job in the latest profile.

The Fix Media

17 Apr 2023 11:18

📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: How to navigate the sea of AI-generated content

▪️The articles featured pertain to what the release of GPT-4 means, the story of one outlet looking to connect two nations, and a profile of Popular Front;

▪️Interesting insights on The Economist’s highly effective podcast strategy, and how newsletter publishers are expanding into other formats from our colleagues at Vulture, and Digiday;

▪️Great opportunities from The Times, Euronews, Bauer Media Audio Ireland, and Journalismfund Europe.

📍Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for more news on the European media space!

The Fix Media

14 Apr 2023 17:09

Lately, conflict journalism has been at the forefront of news. Independent media like Popular Front play a particularly important role in that. We spoke with the founder Jake Hanrahan about his project, censorship and industry trends.

The Fix Media

11 Apr 2023 15:28

A group of Belarusian journalists in exile launched a local outlet to build a bridge between Belarusians and Poles. Hleb Liapeika looks at the story of @MOSTMediaio and their ambitious plans in his latest piece for The Fix.

The Fix Media

10 Apr 2023 13:10

📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: How to get better at engaging your audience

▪️The articles featured pertain to an introduction to engaged journalism, why ChatGPT was banned in Italy, dealing with deep fakes, the power of Russian propaganda, and hybrid cross-border publishing;

▪️Interesting insights on the new editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal Emma Tucker, and another potential replacement of Twitter — Substack Notes from our colleagues at New York Magazine, and Substack founders themselves: Hamish McKenzie, Chris Best, and Jairaj Sethi;

▪️Great opportunities from Deutsche Welle, EURACTIV, the International Center for Journalists, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

📍Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for more news on the European media space!

The Fix Media

06 Apr 2023 14:01

👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?

Here are this week's stories picked by our team:

▪️American journalist Evan Gershkovich remains in Russian custody after having been detained last week on spying allegations while on a reporting trip in Yekaterinburg. He is held in the Lefortovo prison in Moscow.

▪️Business news company Bloomberg announced the launch of BloombergGPT, a large language model (LLM) trained on financial data to support reporting on the finance industry.

▪️Financial Times acquired a majority stake in Endpoints News, a medical news B2B publication that was launched in 2014 and has over 163,000 subscribers reporting on the biopharma industry.

📍 Find out more in this week's digest.

The Fix Media

05 Apr 2023 14:23

The internet fell for a fake Pope, a fake photo of Trump’s arrest has been making rounds – and it’s just the start of an era of easy-to-produce, extremely realistic AI-generated fake photos.

Alberto Puliafito explains how journalists should approach handling deepfakes.

The Fix Media

03 Apr 2023 16:12

Engaged journalism aims to close the gap between newsrooms and audience – but there are a number of pitfalls to watch out for. Emma Löfgren explains in the latest guide from The Fix.

The Fix Media

02 Apr 2023 18:01

✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including insights from EBU's climate journalism report, key findings from WAN-IFRA's World Press Trends Outlook report, ethical dilemmas in wartime journalism, and what Russians read on Telegram.

🌏 What EBU's report says about climate journalism;

🗞 The state of the news business;

🇺🇦 What dilemmas Ukrainian journalists face amid hostilities;

📺 The darker side of Telegram in Russia;

✌️ Our weekly digest.

The Fix Media

30 Mar 2023 16:29

👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?

Here are this week's stories picked by our team:

▪️Axios HQ, Axios’s sister company that makes software for organisational communications, raised $20 million to fund its expansion with the use of generative AI tools.

▪️The Guardian’s owner Scott Trust apologised for its founders’ links to transatlantic slavery in the early 19th century.

▪️Oleksandr Tsakhniv, a former journalist at the Vchasno news agency covering the beleaguered Donbas region, was killed in combat while defending eastern Ukraine from Russia’s invasion. He was 37 and originated from the mining town of Selidove in the eastern Donetsk region. Before the full-scale war, he covered corruption in the region and worked on anti-corruption investigations, Vchasno notes.

📍 Find out more in this week's digest.