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WEBA mysterious influencer network has been pushing sexual smears of Kamala Harris. “The network that would push the sexual smears began with more run-of-the-mill Republican talking points, but it was unusual in one way, a person who participated in its video calls said: None of the participants identified themselves by name, and all joined ...
Now nonprofit, The Salt Lake Tribune has achieved something rare …
WEBNov 4, 2019 · The Salt Lake Tribune has plenty to celebrate in 2021. The first (and so far only) major newspaper to become a nonprofit is financially sustainable and, after years of layoffs and cuts, is growing its newsroom. Executive editor Lauren Gustus announced the news in a note to readers in which the relief of escaping hedge fund ownership was …
“The differences seem to be growing”: A look at the rising …
WEBJun 14, 2022 · Last week, Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism released its annual report on digital news, which we covered broadly here. Below, Kirsten Eddy, a research fellow at RISJ, pulled out some of her findings …
Taking local news to the really local level: Using location data to ...
WEBApr 2, 2019 · Our way of exploring the issue was to test an app that sends people local news stories about where they actually are. Unlike national or international newsrooms that are incentivized to send or organize stories by continent, country, state, or city — local newsrooms can organize stories about neighborhoods, wards, counties, and towns. …
How are journalists like Instagram influencers? In some key ways ...
WEBNov 12, 2020 · Plus: How news organizations use TikTok, challenges in covering white nationalism, newsbot–audience communication, and the organizational behavior of Russia Today.
How to successfully pitch The New York Times (or, well, anyone else)
WEBSep 6, 2018 · Most bad freelance pitches are bad for the same few reasons. But they’re often salvageable with a little tweaking.
Race and the newsroom: What seven research studies say
WEBJul 22, 2020 · Race and the newsroom: What seven research studies say Differing notions of objectivity in Black and mainstream white newspapers, how white reporters see their ethical obligations in covering race, the ways that reporters’ race affects their coverage of political candidates, and more.
Why do some people avoid news? Because they don’t trust us — …
WEBNov 8, 2018 · What if distrust is a smaller problem than the way news consumption leaves readers stressed, anxious, depressed, afraid, disempowered, and exhausted?
Why The New York Times built a tool for crowdsourced time travel
WEBOct 23, 2014 · Madison, a new tool that asks readers to help identify ads in the Times archives, is part of a new open source platform for crowdsourcing built by the company's R&D Lab.
U.S. journalism really has become more subjective and personal
WEBJan 26, 2018 · A deep linguistic analysis finds that newspapers today are a lot like newspapers 30 years ago. But TV news — especially cable news — has ramped up the emotion, the conversationality, and the arguing.
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