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Monthly report: February 2019

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@kashhill shared
On Feb 7, 2019
RT @AndrewCouts: New: @kashhill amazing series blocking the ‘big five’ tech giants is complete! In the final piece, Kash blocks Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple all at once: https://t.co/nqWZ7ZNciX
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@kashhill shared
On Feb 7, 2019
RT @AndrewCouts: New: @kashhill amazing series blocking the ‘big five’ tech giants is complete! In the final piece, Kash blocks Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple all at once: https://t.co/nqWZ7ZNciX
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@jeffjarvis shared
On Feb 6, 2019
RT @SopanDeb: please, please, please. young reporters, do not do this. do not, not not not not not do this. especially today. this is a terrible idea. https://t.co/2ETX6ojmLo https://t.co/yziSvKU4mo
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How I Get It Done: Merchants of Truth author Jill Abramson

The former New York Times executive editor is a gym rat who relishes time with her grandchildren and never records her interviews.

@jeffjarvis shared
On Feb 6, 2019
RT @SopanDeb: please, please, please. young reporters, do not do this. do not, not not not not not do this. especially today. this is a terrible idea. https://t.co/2ETX6ojmLo https://t.co/yziSvKU4mo
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How I Get It Done: Merchants of Truth author Jill Abramson

How I Get It Done: Merchants of Truth author Jill Abramson

The former New York Times executive editor is a gym rat who relishes time with her grandchildren and never records her interviews.

@mediatwit shared
On Feb 12, 2019
Great to see NewsMatch bringing in $7.6 million last year, up 58% since last year's campaign. Great numbers all around, and shows just how much people are supporting local nonprofit newsrooms. https://t.co/YjcnQbUW49
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NewsMatch Raises $7.6 Million for Nonprofit News Organizations in 2018

Journalism matters. Donate and we'll double your impact.

@mediatwit shared
On Feb 12, 2019
Great to see NewsMatch bringing in $7.6 million last year, up 58% since last year's campaign. Great numbers all around, and shows just how much people are supporting local nonprofit newsrooms. https://t.co/YjcnQbUW49
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@emilybell shared
On Feb 19, 2019
RT @chrismoranuk: This piece is timely and excellent. Innovation in news cannot be only technical and must embrace and articulate journalistic expertise. This is a challenge to a number of established processes and one which news organisations have to work on https://t.co/rae4U6wMWG https://t.co/5RlkgrVNCx
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Editorial innovation in news

It is easy to assume that the future of news will be inevitably technical. That assumption is dangerous.

@emilybell shared
On Feb 19, 2019
RT @chrismoranuk: This piece is timely and excellent. Innovation in news cannot be only technical and must embrace and articulate journalistic expertise. This is a challenge to a number of established processes and one which news organisations have to work on https://t.co/rae4U6wMWG https://t.co/5RlkgrVNCx
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Editorial innovation in news

Editorial innovation in news

It is easy to assume that the future of news will be inevitably technical. That assumption is dangerous.

@mediagazer shared
On Feb 2, 2019
Interviews with two R&D managers on their daily routines, specific projects, and the future of news: Tristan Ferne of BBC and Kourtney Bitterly of NYT (Global Editors Network) https://t.co/CvCNoCIDUT https://t.co/XkvZfIlu52
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BBC & The New York Times — where the R&Ds meet the news

For most publishers around, there is a constant need to reinvent the ways to present news, fight digital challenges, and satisfy an…

@mediagazer shared
On Feb 2, 2019
Interviews with two R&D managers on their daily routines, specific projects, and the future of news: Tristan Ferne of BBC and Kourtney Bitterly of NYT (Global Editors Network) https://t.co/CvCNoCIDUT https://t.co/XkvZfIlu52
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BBC & The New York Times — where the R&Ds meet the news

BBC & The New York Times — where the R&Ds meet the news

For most publishers around, there is a constant need to reinvent the ways to present news, fight digital challenges, and satisfy an…

@brianstelter shared
On Feb 12, 2019
>> @antoniogm: "The path to the next golden age in American journalism isn't nostalgia for a vanishing past but the same way that led to the previous golden age, namely, that of profit." And more than likely "this will mean some partiality..." https://t.co/JnG54xmsMw
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Journalism Isn't Dying. It's Returning to Its Roots

The future of journalism is more partisan and supported by more diverse revenue streams—in other words, like the journalism of 200 years ago.

@brianstelter shared
On Feb 12, 2019
>> @antoniogm: "The path to the next golden age in American journalism isn't nostalgia for a vanishing past but the same way that led to the previous golden age, namely, that of profit." And more than likely "this will mean some partiality..." https://t.co/JnG54xmsMw
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Journalism Isn't Dying. It's Returning to Its Roots

Journalism Isn't Dying. It's Returning to Its Roots

The future of journalism is more partisan and supported by more diverse revenue streams—in other words, like the journalism of 200 years ago.

@mathewi shared
On Feb 6, 2019
RT @arctictony: @mathewi @chrismoranuk @mattmcalister I've written about the economic challenges of access bundles here: https://t.co/DopqylkMbj A counterpoint is to think through what the world looks like 3yrs from now if most separate attempts at direct consumer revenue have failed. Then the psychology might be very different
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The trouble with news bundles

This post was originally written for The Information, to which I heartily suggest you subscribe Last week, The Information Editor-in-Chief Jessica Lessin suggested in a column that an aggregated ne…

@mathewi shared
On Feb 6, 2019
RT @arctictony: @mathewi @chrismoranuk @mattmcalister I've written about the economic challenges of access bundles here: https://t.co/DopqylkMbj A counterpoint is to think through what the world looks like 3yrs from now if most separate attempts at direct consumer revenue have failed. Then the psychology might be very different
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The trouble with news bundles

The trouble with news bundles

This post was originally written for The Information, to which I heartily suggest you subscribe Last week, The Information Editor-in-Chief Jessica Lessin suggested in a column that an ...

@brianstelter shared
On Feb 13, 2019
RT @FreedomForumIns: Join us tonight as @JillAbramson, Former Exec. Editor of @nytimes, talks about her new book, “Merchants of Truth: The Business of News & the Fight for Facts,” w/ @brianstelter, Chief Media Correspondent at @CNN. This event is free. Registration required. https://t.co/1Z7TMimavE
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The Future of News: Jill Abramson in Conversation with Brian Stelter

Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, talks about her new book, “Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts,” in a conversation moderated by CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter.

@brianstelter shared
On Feb 13, 2019
RT @FreedomForumIns: Join us tonight as @JillAbramson, Former Exec. Editor of @nytimes, talks about her new book, “Merchants of Truth: The Business of News & the Fight for Facts,” w/ @brianstelter, Chief Media Correspondent at @CNN. This event is free. Registration required. https://t.co/1Z7TMimavE
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The Future of News: Jill Abramson in Conversation with Brian Stelter

The Future of News: Jill Abramson in Conversation with Brian Stelter

Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, talks about her new book, “Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts,” in a conversation moderated by ...

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