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niemanlab, 7 months ago to random

Why is Elon Musk obsessed with casting Twitter/X as the most “authentic” social media platform?

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/why-elon-musk-is-obsessed-with-casting-twitter-x-as-the-most-authentic-social-media-platform/

niemanlab, 3 months ago to random

The world’s wire services call out British palace PR for a royally doctored photo

https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/the-worlds-wire-services-call-out-british-palace-pr-for-a-royally-doctored-photo/

niemanlab, 6 months ago to random

Two researchers at the University of Pennsylvania "offered free digital subscriptions to local newspapers to 2,529 people and found that only 44 (1.7%) actually subscribed." https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/local-news-will-adapt-to-low-demand/

niemanlab, 7 months ago to random

"Figures from ad blocking companies indicate that YouTube’s crackdown is working, with hundreds of thousands of people uninstalling ad blockers in October." https://www.wired.com/story/youtubes-ad-blocker-crackdown-spurs-record-uninstalls/

niemanlab, 10 months ago to random

"As scholars who study genocide and other mass atrocities, as well as international security, we compared New York Times headlines that span approximately seven and a half years of the ongoing conflict in Yemen and the first nine months of the conflict in Ukraine." https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/in-news-headlines-some-civilian-casualties-are-more-valuable-than-others/

niemanlab, 3 months ago to random

For most people, the journey into believing a conspiracy theory might be a more gradual slope — a bit like a real rabbit burrow — that they can also get out of.

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niemanlab, 9 months ago to random

There's a twist in the nonprofit model that the Sun hopes to embrace: a governance structure where the employees themselves will have a say and a vote in how the organization is run. https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/09/the-colorado-sun-a-pioneering-for-profit-nonprofit-hybrid-moves-toward-a-fully-nonprofit-model/

niemanlab, 7 months ago to random

In 2023, bright spots in local news stand out against a grim landscape https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/11/in-2023-bright-spots-in-local-news-stand-out-against-a-grim-landscape/

niemanlab, 1 month ago to random

A huge proportion of tech journalism is characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research. Can we fix it? https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/debugging-tech-journalism/

niemanlab, 3 months ago to random

Feeling the industry-wide pinch, ONA makes programming cuts

https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/feeling-the-industry-wide-pinch-ona-makes-programming-cuts/

niemanlab, 7 months ago to random

“I think the streaming economy has brought on a lot of paralysis of choice. When you can listen to (almost) anything with one click, where do you even begin?” https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/meet-the-first-ever-mixtaper-at-the-new-york-times/

niemanlab, 7 months ago to random

"Why do surveys keep showing news organizations so many older white voices if that’s not who the audience actually is?"
https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/11/when-it-comes-to-audience-diversity-newsrooms-are-asking-the-wrong-questions/

niemanlab, 4 months ago to random

“It’s quite lazy to say that young people don’t care about news.”

https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/young-people-are-giving-up-on-bbc-news-a-new-podcast-is-helping-try-to-get-them-back/

niemanlab, 7 months ago to random

"We recognize that we’re heading into a hugely consequential election in a moment when some social platforms have chosen to mute news, effectively making it harder to access reported, credible journalism." https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/11/how-13-news-publishers-are-using-whatsapp-channels/

niemanlab, 8 months ago to random

"TikTok is a news wasteland." https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/the-news-will-not-find-you-on-tiktok/

niemanlab, 3 months ago to random

Can't find "News" in your Google search results? It's not just you. https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/02/why-is-the-news-tab-missing-from-some-google-search-results/

niemanlab, 5 months ago to random

"We all started sharing what the 'mango' was in our respective countries: that beloved food or activity that everyone in your country or region seems to care about, and seems to capture attention when impacted by climate change." https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/find-your-mango-and-13-other-things-weve-learned-about-how-to-report-on-climate-change/

niemanlab, 8 months ago to random

“It is, in fact, about AI supporting humans. It is not about AI replacing humans.” https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/the-ap-announces-five-ai-tools-to-help-local-newsrooms-with-tasks-like-transcription-and-sorting-pitches/

niemanlab, 8 months ago to random

"For a lot of users, the change will probably be, above all, annoying, and one more blow to eX-Twitter’s utility — one more obstacle to sharing or skimming the kind of quick information bites that drew people to the platform in the first place." https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/news-story-or-meme-after-elon-musk-axes-headlines-its-hard-to-tell/

niemanlab, 7 months ago to random

The New York Times has offered a limited mea culpa for its initial Gaza-hospital-blast coverage. We tracked how the story's presentation on its homepage evolved on that afternoon last week.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/the-new-york-times-offers-a-limited-mea-culpa-for-how-it-initially-presented-news-of-the-gaza-hospital-blast/

niemanlab, 6 months ago to random

"In an industry shedding publishers and jobs and routinely challenged to do more with less, we’re foolish not to at least try on the generative AI suit." https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/the-rise-of-the-ai-class/

niemanlab, 7 months ago to random

Adobe is selling fake AI images of the war in Israel-Gaza https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/11/01/israel-gaza-adobe-artificial-intelligence-images-fake-news/

niemanlab, 6 months ago to random

What does OpenAI’s rapid unscheduled disassembly mean for the future of AI?

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/11/what-does-openais-rapid-unscheduled-disassembly-mean-for-the-future-of-ai/

niemanlab, 7 months ago to random

"Nextdoor's reach is on par with, if not greater than, U.S. newspapers. Instead of harrumphing its lack of journalistic standards, why don’t we embed reporters?" https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2023/newsrooms-hire-beat-reporters-cover-nextdoor-facebook-groups-subreddits/

niemanlab, 6 months ago to random

Nieman Lab now has a WhatsApp Channel!

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/11/nieman-lab-now-has-a-whatsapp-channel/