Top news of the week: 25.02.2020.
The Guardian, Persian language, Google, Chicago, Extradition, Bharatiya Janata Party
Future Of News & Journalism
@emilybell @celrae @jemimakiss Found a piece I wrote about it for Gigaom https://t.co/baSIZZhTfG
OpenThe Guardian has shown us the future of journalism, and it is — coffee shops!
The Guardian has gotten a fair amount of ribbing on Twitter for opening a coffee shop in London, but the venture is just another element in the newspaper's
In Iran, government overreach makes it increasingly difficult for the Western press to report on what is happening inside a country that is already extremely difficult to access for foreign journalists. https://t.co/MYZFYNo6E2
OpenWant to know what’s really going on in Iran? A lesson for the news industry
As leader of a Persian-language media-organization-in-exile for Iran, I argue for diversifying newsrooms and building stronger bridges among media.
“Eleven years ago when we convened here, the consensus was that the financial model, the former financial model of the journalism business, was broken. And it’s still broken.” https://t.co/vWCekHODML https://t.co/z2udXhQDhc
OpenChicago Journalism Town Hall Tackles Tough Finances, Elusive Diversity
About 300 people attended a Chicago journalism town hall Sunday that was characterized by sharp comments about the search for financial stability and the need for diversity both in newsroom ...
Fact-checking on coronavirus far exceeds that of Zika
https://t.co/cPdC9P9EW2 https://t.co/CRslKt7LJw
OpenFact-checking on coronavirus far exceeds that of Zika
This is Feb. 20, 2020 Factually's edition, a newsletter written by the International Fact-Checking Network and the American Press Institute
RT @GuardianUS: Julian Assange: Australian MPs call on UK to block US extradition https://t.co/3LAAwXRzSZ
OpenJulian Assange: Australian MPs call on UK to block US extradition
Politicians from WikiLeaks founder’s home country have flown to UK to visit him in jail
@Lea_St1 @ivoscherrer @nytimes @NZahn42 @EthixInnovation @hannesgassert @teamhumanshow @dannybuerkli @internetofshit @HumaneTech_ @centreforDR @nniniane @carissaveliz It’s alive! I used one last year for this experiment: https://t.co/YDIW8U9Hkd https://t.co/cZ63gxpM4X
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