Top news of the week: 27.11.2022.
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The Athletic to double women's sports coverage
It's hoping to double the number of articles written about women's sports from around 900 to about 1800.
‘Verified’ anti-vax accounts proliferate as Twitter struggles to police content
Platform’s paid verification system is being used to give sense of validity to accounts pushing health misinformation
How to Maintain Mental Hygiene as an Open Source Researcher
Online researchers are often exposed to disturbing content – particularly from warzones like Ukraine. Here are some tips from first hand experience on how to stay safe.
Contrary to concerns, news organizations are still seeing a rise in subscriptions
The Medill Subscriber Engagement Index shows “that the bottom has not fallen out,” as some feared would happen as the pandemic eased
BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar criticism
UK coverage kicks off with focus on treatment of migrant workers and gay people, and corruption at Fifa
Amy Coney Barrett urged to step away from gay rights case because of faith affiliation
The US supreme court justice’s history with the People of Praise raises questions about her impartiality in upcoming case
What “longtermism” gets wrong about climate change
A new movement and a popular new book argue that climate change is not an existential threat to humans. That’s a dangerous claim.