Top news of the week: 25.09.2022.
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Four media outlets facing libel claims over Nursultan Nazarbayev reports
Complaints filed by charity named after ex-president reopen the debate over legal action against public interest journalism
Tow Center audience study: Reader perspectives on local partisan news sites
<p>More information and background on partisan news networks and how they function can be found here. Executive Summary and Key Findings The Tow Center for Digital Journalism started ...
NPR chief news executive Nancy Barnes to depart as network reshapes top ranks
Nancy Barnes, NPR's newsroom leader, announced her departure as the network moved to create a new executive to oversee both the news and programming divisions.
Platform moderation, speech, and the courts
<p>In May, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down most of the provisions of a social media law, enacted by the state of Florida in 2021, that would have made it an ...
“You don’t know which side is playing you”: The authors of Meme Wars have some advice for journalists
"The media treating Twitter like an assignment editor is one of the fundamental errors that enabled meme warriors to play everyone."
With a focus on millions of young followers, Will Media is changing journalism in Italy
Italian journalist Francesco Zaffarano has almost a decade’s experience in digital journalism. He worked in social media and audience engagement for a range of Italian and English-language ...
Gannett positions for the future by cutting today
The biggest US news company could have set a new course after disappointing financial results in August. Instead, it doubled down.