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Solidarity journalism ‘is not biased – it’s public service’, argues Anita Varma, the leader of the Solidarity Journalism Initiative. Emma Löfgren explains how to leverage its principles in your newsroom.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including how traffic is declining across the board, how one project helps bring war criminals to justice, and some tips on how to best introduce generative AI in your newsroom.
📊 2023 Publishing Trends Report;
⚖️ How The Reckoning Project documents Russian war crimes;
🤖 Make the most of generative AI;
✌️ Our weekly digest.
The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies was created to bring justice for Ukrainians who’ve suffered from Russian war crimes. The Fix spoke with co-founder Janine di Giovanni about the project’s thesis and their advice for war journalists.
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📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: The state of Belarusian media; appealing to young audiences
▪️The articles featured pertain to this summer's media events, long-term challenges for Wikipedia, tips on war crime reporting, and where rubbish ends up;
▪️Interesting insights on Financial Times' new service FT Edit aimed at younger audiences among others, Aftonbladet's “rather cringey” attempt at AI-generated rap to tell news stories, and BuzzFeed's experiment with AI-powered kitchen assistant from our colleagues at Press Gazette and NYT;
▪️Great opportunities from the Pulitzer Center, The Journalists and Writers Foundation, BBC, EUobserver, and International Media Support.
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🗞 What's your media job series: part one
We spoke to an array of media professionals to get a better understanding of what their positions entail. The first part provides a comprehensive overview of four different roles within the industry, offering valuable insights for media enthusiasts.
Here is a selection of profiles we have for you this time:
▪️Head of audience, featuring Sebastian Katthöver of German public international broadcaster Deutsche Welle;
▪️Head of audio and newsletters, featuring Hana Němečková of Czech online outlet Seznam Zprávy;
▪️Head of paid content, featuring Nick Tjaardstra of German financial outlets Handelsblatt and WirtschaftsWoche;
▪️Events manager, featuring Tamara Novel of Brussels-based pan-European media network EURACTIV.
👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?
Here are this week's stories picked by our team:
▪️Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich was pardoned this week, shortly after being sentenced to eight years in prison. Protasevich is a former editor of Nexta, a key voice of Belarusian 2020 democratic protests. He was arrested two years ago when the Lukashenka regime essentially hijacked a commercial plane flying from Athens to Vilnius, forcing it to make a landing in Minsk and detaining Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega.
▪️BBC News launched BBC Verify, a brand aimed at increasing transparency and fostering audience trust by opening the curtains behind the reporting and verification process.
▪️Twitter has improved its standing among advertisers, which was worsened by Elon Musk’s erratic behaviour and drastic staffing cuts, following the hire of new CEO Linda Yaccarino, who comes from the advertising industry.
📍 Find out more in this week's digest.
🗓 As summer approaches, it's not just a time for relaxation. Get ready for an exciting lineup of media events that will undoubtedly inspire you and expand your horizons. From captivating masterclasses to thought-provoking speakers, these five gatherings promise invaluable networking opportunities.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is a compilation of our featured articles this week:
📰 "How Daily Maverick Retains 24,000 Paid Members" - Discover the strategies behind its successful membership retention;
📺 "Decline of TV and Risks from Telegram: Five Insights about Ukraine's Media Industry and News Consumption" - Gain valuable insights into the changing media landscape in Ukraine;
🤖 "How Gazeta Wyborcza Uses AI in the Newsroom" - Explore the innovative ways Poland's top newspaper incorporates AI technology in their newsroom;
📊 "AOP Report on the UK Publishers' Priorities for 2023" - Get an in-depth look at the key priorities shaping the UK publishing industry;
✌️ "Weekly Digest: Vice's Bankruptcy and the Decline of Print" - Stay updated with the latest news.
👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?
Here are this week's stories picked by our team:
▪️American digital media company Vice Media filed for bankruptcy on Monday. The process “is likely to result in the sale of the company to Fortress Investment Group and Soros Fund Management for $225 million”, Vice itself reports.
▪️News UK, one of the UK’s biggest news companies that publishes The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun, is set to close one of its three printing plants located in Knowsley.
📍 Find out more in this week's digest.
🇿🇦 Independent South African publisher Daily Maverick amassed 24,000 paid supporters. How is it retaining them? We spoke with General Manager of Reader Revenue Francesca Beighton to find out.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including AI reporting tips, media research findings, what a news editor does, and what EU can do to improve press freedom.
🤖 How to cover AI;
📚Our monthly research roundup;
📋 What the media job of editor entails;
🇪🇺 The state of press freedom in EU;
✌️Our weekly digest.
New in our series exploring news media jobs: Hleb Liapeika spoke with Emma Löfgren, who leads The Local Sweden, about the editor position.
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Did you know Americans today are more concerned about misinformation than sexism, racism, terrorism and climate change?
This and other recent studies in our latest research roundup, with a brief interview with Global Investigative Journalism Network's Social Media Editor Holly Pate.
When reporting on AI, there’s a risk of falling into sci-fi biases or marketing hype, Alberto Puliafito argues in his latest article for The Fix. Here’s how to make sure your coverage of this emerging field is competent.
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👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?
Here are this week's stories picked by our team:
▪️Richard Sharp resigned as chairman of the BBC as a result of the investigation into a potential conflict of interest in the process of his appointment. Sharp helped Boris Johnson, prime minister at the time, secure a £800,000 loan shortly before his appointment as BBC chair in early 2021. He didn’t disclose his connection to the loan during the appointment process.
▪️Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published the organisation’s annual World Press Freedom Index. The report shows a further decline in worldwide press freedom, following the recent multi-year trend, with a record 31 countries assessed to be in a “very serious” situation.
📍 Find out more in this week's digest.
📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Media’s (lack of) reckoning with sexual misconduct
▪️The articles featured pertain to how traffic is declining across the board, how one project helps bring war criminals to justice, and some tips on how to best introduce generative AI in your newsroom;
▪️Interesting insights on how NYT columnist Maureen Dowd's lamenting of remote work in journalism, yearning for newsrooms of old, overlooks new realities, and the advertising industry's historic resilience in the face of the rise of AI from our colleagues at The Walrus and The Rebooting's Brian Morrissey;
▪️Great opportunities from Journalismfund Europe, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, The Shift, and International Fund for Public Interest Media.
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How can newsrooms get generative AI right? We at The Fix have been covering various angles of text and image generation in news media.
To get you started, here’s a selection of seven articles by Alberto Puliafito, Sofiia Padalko, Jakub Parusinski, and Anna Sofia Lippolis.
👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?
Here are this week's stories picked by our team:
▪️British media failed to adequately cover prominent columnist Nick Cohen’s departure from The Guardian’s parent company, which was caused by his long term sexual misconduct, The New York Times reports.
▪️Major news companies are exploring deals with AI firms “that could help them reap the benefits of AI’s explosive consumer adoption, rather than be overcome by it”, Axios reports.
📍 Find out more in this week's digest.
✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including this summer's media events, long-term challenges for Wikipedia, tips on war crime reporting, and where rubbish ends up.
🗓 Five media events to attend this summer;
📖 Impact of generative AI on the future of Wikipedia;
📝 How to cover war crimes;
🗑 Case studies of what happens to garbage;
✌️ Our weekly digest.
Reporting on war crimes requires a balance of rigorous fact-checking and ethical considerations. We summarised key insights presented at two panels at the 2023 International Journalism Festival.
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🤖 Wikipedia has been a huge success story, but there are long-term risks looming on the horizon.
Anton Protsiuk looks at how declining readership, generative AI, and other factors might threaten the world’s largest nonprofit web resource.
📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Retaining a successful membership program; Ukraine’s media update
▪️The articles featured pertain to the strategies behind Daily Maverick's successful membership retention, insights into the changing media landscape in Ukraine, how Poland's top newspaper incorporates AI technology in their newsroom, and key priorities shaping the UK publishing industry;
▪️Interesting insights on the rationale behind the launch of NYT's own audio platform, and the approach of Romania's GenZ-focused outlet relying solely on Instagram and TikTok from Vanity Fair and our colleague Francesco Zaffarano;
▪️Great opportunities from the Pulitzer Center, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the BBC, and The Kyiv Independent.
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Refusing to use generative AI is like not using search engines 30 years ago, Gazeta Wyborcza’s Aleksandra Sobczak says. We examined how how one of Poland’s biggest newspapers approaches using generative AI.
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🇺🇦 In our latest article, we look at how Ukraine’s media industry and news consumption are changing during the war. TV is declining, Telegram is now a major news platform – and publishers have to adapt to the new reality.
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📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: How to report on AI better; press freedom update
▪️The articles featured pertain to AI reporting tips, media research findings, what a news editor does, and what the EU can do to improve press freedom;
▪️Interesting insights on Mediahuis acquiring EURACTIV, and challenges to press freedom in Japan from our colleague Christophe Leclercq and Deutsche Welle;
▪️Great opportunities from Free Press Unlimited, International Fund for Public Interest Media, Internews, and RNW Media.
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Despite some recent improvements, threats to press freedom abound in many European countries, Charlotte Lavin writes in her latest piece for The Fix. What can the European Union do?
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👋 So what news has this week brought us in the field of media?
Here are this week's stories picked by our team:
▪️Arman Soldin, a video coordinator working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency, was killed in eastern Ukraine by a Russian rocket strike on Tuesday.
▪️The 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced on Monday, with several prizes awarded to the Associated Press (AP) and The New York Times for their coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
📍 Find out more in this week's digest.
📰 What's Inside The Fix Weekly Newsletter: Life after news media; getting better at constructive journalism
▪️The articles featured pertain to a profile of constructive journalism, what the job of a research director in media entails, the use of AI in newsrooms, and how ChatGPT returned to Italy after the ban;
▪️Interesting insights on The Financial Times' running 36 newsletters, and The Economist's TikTok strategy from our colleagues at Press Gazette, and INMA;
▪️Great opportunities from MDIF Ventures, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, International Press Institute, the Pulitzer Center, and the BBC.
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✌️ Good evening! Here is the full list of stories we had this week, including a profile of constructive journalism, what the job of research director in media entails, the use of AI in newsrooms, and how ChatGPT returned to Italy after the ban.
🏗 Introduction to constructive journalism;
🧑🔬 A profile of the position of research director;
🤖 How newsrooms can benefit from using AI;
🇮🇹 The return of ChatGPT in Italy: what changed;
✌️Our weekly digest.
🇮🇹 ChatGPT is making a comeback in Italy after addressing some privacy concerns raised by Italian authorities.
We look at what new features are now available thanks to OpenAI’s spat with Italy’s government – and whether it’s enough.
