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Future Of News & Journalism

On Oct 16, 2020
@emilybell shared
RT @chrismoranuk: Fascinating stuff here. One observation: we've been down the 'homepage is dead' road before in wake of Buzzfeed's initial success. But most news orgs' USP is how they see the world and the homepage captures that. The aggregation is part of the point https://t.co/hrduqru9jR
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Ex-Dow Jones CEO Will Lewis on future of news: Advertising is 'gone', high-quality impactful journalism 'absolutely critical'

Ex-Dow Jones CEO Will Lewis on future of news: Advertising is 'gone', high-quality impactful journalism 'absolutely critical'

Former Dow Jones chief executive Will Lewis on why news industry needs 'consistent flow of high-quality impactful journalism' to prosper - not PRs

On Oct 13, 2020
@jbenton shared
RT @bobbie: Very sad to hear that @danielsbaum died last week. Dan and Margaret were a great help in the early days of Matter, and helped guide one of our breakthrough stories. The only thing I knew to expect from Dan was that he'd surprise me. https://t.co/WOH8krQPDA
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The fired New Yorker writer who helped birth Media Twitter has died (and I’m sure he’d apologize if he could)

The fired New Yorker writer who helped birth Media Twitter has died (and I’m sure he’d apologize if he could)

When Dan Baum started spooling out the story of his ouster on Twitter in 2009, the media world was entranced — and a new kind of digital serial storytelling seemed possible.

On Oct 15, 2020
@webjournalist shared
Today is the day! [BLANK] is the Future of Journalism is back for a third installment with a new, amazing panel: @juliachanb @charohenriquez @mitrakalita and @samsanders. #ONA20 be ready! https://t.co/KCkTLLE7Rd
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[BLANK] is the Future of Journalism

[BLANK] is the Future of Journalism

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On Oct 17, 2020
@mediagazer shared
Q&A with the director of the NewStart initiative, which aims to connect people interested in newspaper ownership with owners looking to sell (@lharriswrites / Columbia Journalism Review) https://t.co/DCl46Yvlpp https://t.co/CKOlZIPCvL
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In search of the next generation of local media owners

In search of the next generation of local media owners

<p>Though a deepening economic crisis continues to plague the local news landscape in the United States, the NewStart initiative has set out to ensure that one aspect is not overlooked: ...

On Oct 15, 2020
@Poynter shared
>@TomWJones writes "Ultimately, it’s just bad optics and it’s alienating a bunch of people for one night of decent ratings." https://t.co/fYAv1if0us
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Why would NBC schedule a town hall with President Trump tonight?

Why would NBC schedule a town hall with President Trump tonight?

There are plenty of reasons not to be too upset over NBC’s decision. That doesn’t mean that decision is right.

On Oct 13, 2020
@emilybell shared
RT @julieposetti: Our survey illustrates the serious #mentalhealth crisis developing within international journalism during #COVID19's first wave. Respondents identified the psychological/emotional impacts of #CoveringCOVID as the most difficult challenge. Read more: https://t.co/s1GfeOvnZ2 https://t.co/LBHkIfi8nu
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International Center for Journalists

International Center for Journalists

The yearlong “Journalism and the Pandemic Project” will include additional reports in the coming months - drawing on surveys in six other languages - that further analyze: How the …