Top news of the week: 05.03.2023.
AP’s journalism from Mariupol ‘saved tens of thousands of civilians’
Associated Press (AP) journalists who stayed in Mariupol to report on Russia's siege of the city last year saved "tens of thousands of lives".
Where did Facebook’s funding for journalism really go?
<p>“People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta (then Facebook) announced its three-year, $300 million commitment ...
Remembering Mandy Jenkins, Kent State grad and national digital news pioneer
Jenkins helped launch or served in leading roles at various national news organizations. She graduated from Kent State and later launched Mahoning Matters, a digital news startup in ...
On Facebook, Visual Misinfo Widespread, Highly Asymmetric Across Party Lines
When it comes to U.S. politics, right-leaning images are 5–8 times more likely to be misleading than left-leaning ones, per new research.
Is there a future for video games journalism?
The world’s power brokers are investing desperately in the games industry, but games media is another story entirely.
Sky News Names Former CBS News President David Rhodes Executive Chairman
Jonathan Levy has been appointed managing director and executive editor of Sky News U.K.
2023 State of The Times Remarks
And in this increasingly polarized era, fewer institutions are engaged in the difficult work of searching for the truth with an open mind and a first order commitment to …
A fake news frenzy: why ChatGPT could be disastrous for truth in journalism
A platform that can mimic humans’ writing with no commitment to the truth is a gift for those who benefit from disinformation, says Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital ...