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@NiemanLab shared
On Jan 31, 2020
"Our corporate media system prioritizes making money over producing adversarial journalism and covering working-class issues. We should dare to imagine something different: a public media system that privileges democracy over profits." — @VWPickard https://t.co/JiP3RVBTi1 https://t.co/HAEzTjvEy3
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We Need a Media System That Serves People’s Needs, Not Corporations’

Our corporate media system prioritizes making money over producing adversarial journalism and covering working-class issues. We should dare to imagine something different: a public media system that privileges democracy over profits.

@NiemanLab shared
On Jan 31, 2020
"Our corporate media system prioritizes making money over producing adversarial journalism and covering working-class issues. We should dare to imagine something different: a public media system that privileges democracy over profits." — @VWPickard https://t.co/JiP3RVBTi1 https://t.co/HAEzTjvEy3
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We Need a Media System That Serves People’s Needs, Not Corporations’

We Need a Media System That Serves People’s Needs, Not Corporations’

Our corporate media system prioritizes making money over producing adversarial journalism and covering working-class issues. We should dare to imagine something different: a public media ...

@mediagazer shared
On Jan 19, 2020
Newsrooms in Europe, inspired by the US' Pop-Up Magazine, are experimenting with live news formats, like presenting unpublished stories, in theaters (@catherinecadams / Nieman Lab) https://t.co/C8MeM2ooX3 https://t.co/LTqSCGKi54
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Putting news on stage: Bringing journalism back to the theater as a public space

Audiences want proximity and, perhaps more than ever, humanity. Telling stories in a real physical space can be an antidote to the virtual epidemic.

@mediagazer shared
On Jan 19, 2020
Newsrooms in Europe, inspired by the US' Pop-Up Magazine, are experimenting with live news formats, like presenting unpublished stories, in theaters (@catherinecadams / Nieman Lab) https://t.co/C8MeM2ooX3 https://t.co/LTqSCGKi54
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Putting news on stage: Bringing journalism back to the theater as a public space

Putting news on stage: Bringing journalism back to the theater as a public space

Audiences want proximity and, perhaps more than ever, humanity. Telling stories in a real physical space can be an antidote to the virtual epidemic.

@NiemanLab shared
On Jan 16, 2020
Introducing the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows! @mercyorengo @nicolejbe @dildaydoc @wendyluwrites @tomerovadia @amysilvermanaz @elizabethtoohey @lewispants https://t.co/Yx92CcLAoH
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Nieman Foundation announces the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected eight media innovators to be the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows.

@NiemanLab shared
On Jan 16, 2020
Introducing the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows! @mercyorengo @nicolejbe @dildaydoc @wendyluwrites @tomerovadia @amysilvermanaz @elizabethtoohey @lewispants https://t.co/Yx92CcLAoH
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Nieman Foundation announces the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

Nieman Foundation announces the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected eight media innovators to be the 2020 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows.

@NiemanLab shared
On Jan 24, 2020
RT @jbenton: .@kdoctor has been writing for @NiemanLab for 10 years now! Since his decade lines up with the turn of the decade, he's written his magnum opus: a vision of what the news industry will look like in the 2020s. (There's even a little optimism!) https://t.co/RgFfdF6nQZ
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Newsonomics: Here are 20 epiphanies for the news business of the 2020s

After ten years of writing for Nieman Lab, Ken takes a big look back and ahead, defining the state of affairs for the troubled world of journalism.

@NiemanLab shared
On Jan 24, 2020
RT @jbenton: .@kdoctor has been writing for @NiemanLab for 10 years now! Since his decade lines up with the turn of the decade, he's written his magnum opus: a vision of what the news industry will look like in the 2020s. (There's even a little optimism!) https://t.co/RgFfdF6nQZ
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Newsonomics: Here are 20 epiphanies for the news business of the 2020s

Newsonomics: Here are 20 epiphanies for the news business of the 2020s

After ten years of writing for Nieman Lab, Ken takes a big look back and ahead, defining the state of affairs for the troubled world of journalism.

@mathewi shared
On Jan 10, 2020
RT @CJR: From archives: Stories suffer with newsroom cuts and tighter deadlines. "What if the big decline in print readership has more to do with a lack of quality than a lack of interest?" https://t.co/scFx3qfW76
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Print is dead. Long live print.

<p>Roger Fidler is a forefather of digital journalism. In the early 1980s, he wrote and illustrated an essay on the future of news. When Fidler presented his ideas around Knight Ridder, his co-workers sometimes laughed. ...

@mathewi shared
On Jan 10, 2020
RT @CJR: From archives: Stories suffer with newsroom cuts and tighter deadlines. "What if the big decline in print readership has more to do with a lack of quality than a lack of interest?" https://t.co/scFx3qfW76
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Print is dead. Long live print.

Print is dead. Long live print.

<p>Roger Fidler is a forefather of digital journalism. In the early 1980s, he wrote and illustrated an essay on the future of news. When Fidler presented his ideas around Knight Ridder, his ...

@Chanders shared
On Jan 9, 2020
RT @rasmus_kleis: Annual Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions from @nicnewman out now, based on survey of strategic sample of 233 digital news leaders. 73% feel confident about their company’s prospects in 2020 Full report: https://t.co/PrEdF7B78I Thread w/key findings below https://t.co/R6ammpdzv5
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Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2020

Annual report from the Reuters Institute, based on survey of leading journalists and media executives, looks at the year ahead in the news industry

@Chanders shared
On Jan 9, 2020
RT @rasmus_kleis: Annual Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions from @nicnewman out now, based on survey of strategic sample of 233 digital news leaders. 73% feel confident about their company’s prospects in 2020 Full report: https://t.co/PrEdF7B78I Thread w/key findings below https://t.co/R6ammpdzv5
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Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2020

Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2020

Annual report from the Reuters Institute, based on survey of leading journalists and media executives, looks at the year ahead in the news industry

@Chanders shared
On Jan 8, 2020
RT @ddbuckingham: Useful post-election blog post: Why media education in schools needs to be about much more than 'fake news' https://t.co/8FacDru1S7 via @ConversationUK
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Why media education in schools needs to be about much more than ‘fake news’

Only 2% of children have the skills needed to identify a credible news story.

@Chanders shared
On Jan 8, 2020
RT @ddbuckingham: Useful post-election blog post: Why media education in schools needs to be about much more than 'fake news' https://t.co/8FacDru1S7 via @ConversationUK
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Why media education in schools needs to be about much more than ‘fake news’

Why media education in schools needs to be about much more than ‘fake news’

Only 2% of children have the skills needed to identify a credible news story.

@NiemanLab shared
On Jan 4, 2020
Get out of the office and talk to people, by @AlexaBorchardt: https://t.co/RZW0JL72nv #Predix2020
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Get out of the office and talk to people

"A generation of young journalists was raised in front of computer screens, copying and pasting stories for quick successes in clicks and reach."

@NiemanLab shared
On Jan 4, 2020
Get out of the office and talk to people, by @AlexaBorchardt: https://t.co/RZW0JL72nv #Predix2020
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Get out of the office and talk to people

Get out of the office and talk to people

"A generation of young journalists was raised in front of computer screens, copying and pasting stories for quick successes in clicks and reach."

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