Top news of the week: 17.04.2022.
Future Of News & Journalism
How Silicon Valley is helping Putin and other tyrants win the information war
As state-backed accounts fight for our attention, Facebook pages of independent media outlets are disappearing
In a vulnerable media economy, journalists are demanding ownership of their work
When job security in media is a thing of the past, intellectual property ownership is increasingly a right that media workers are demanding.
'Jack Dorsey's First Tweet' NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280
Crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi bought Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet as an NFT for $2.9 million last year. He listed the NFT for sale again at $48 million last week.
“Crushing resistance”: Yet again, newsrooms aren’t showing up to the industry’s largest diversity survey
Meredith Clark, who has led the News Leaders Association's diversity survey in recent years, has resigned from the project. "You don't get to transparency about diversity by relying on ...
Opinion Journalism Is Broken
‘To say this isn’t to deny science isn’t to acknowledge it honestly.’” The publication of anti-science opinion columns helps provide cover for anti-science politicians to …
The hardest story to write
After nearly seven years publishing some of the most provocative and memorable food stories in journalism, The Counter will cease publication on May 20.
The Markup Appoints Stephen J. Adler as Interim Editor-In-Chief
Data-driven investigations of tech and how it influences society
How Vox Media’s growth explains what happens when digital media companies combine
Digitally-focused media companies are consolidating brands. What benefits will be reaped from those actions remain to be seen.