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Monthly report: September 2018

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 144 influencers like Joshua Benton and Carrie Brown, discussing hashtags such as #socialj , #ONA18 and #Toronto.
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@Brizzyc shared
On Sep 10, 2018
“Meet the 2018 Tow-Knight Disruptive Journalism Educators” by @brannonj https://t.co/JItpruNr4y Lots of interesting new projects. #socialj Can meet them at #ONA18
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Meet the 2018 Tow-Knight Disruptive Journalism Educators

Standout professors — whose approaches to teaching ensure that students succeed in the ever-evolving online news space — have been selected…

@Brizzyc shared
On Sep 10, 2018
“Meet the 2018 Tow-Knight Disruptive Journalism Educators” by @brannonj https://t.co/JItpruNr4y Lots of interesting new projects. #socialj Can meet them at #ONA18
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Meet the 2018 Tow-Knight Disruptive Journalism Educators

Meet the 2018 Tow-Knight Disruptive Journalism Educators

Standout professors — whose approaches to teaching ensure that students succeed in the ever-evolving online news space — have been selected…

@vivian shared
On Sep 9, 2018
Pretty brutal take on Facebook's efforts to woo the news industry. https://t.co/ttvTbtStR1
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No News Is Good News

The relationship between Facebook and news publishers is a bizarre charade, peopled by unreliable characters, dotted with contradictions, suffused with dependency and resentment.

@vivian shared
On Sep 9, 2018
Pretty brutal take on Facebook's efforts to woo the news industry. https://t.co/ttvTbtStR1
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No News Is Good News

No News Is Good News

The relationship between Facebook and news publishers is a bizarre charade, peopled by unreliable characters, dotted with contradictions, suffused with dependency and resentment.

@saleemkhan shared
On Sep 26, 2018
RT @JOVRNALISM: Wired asked our founder @saleemkhan about the future of virtual reality, augmented reality and journalism. He said VR and AR can save journalism… or destroy it. https://t.co/7ZUu25q4h8 #JOVRNALISM #VR #AR #MR #XR #journalism #voicesofvr #OC5 #misinfo #disinfo #deepfakes https://t.co/AFUxKhw8wk
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Digital Reality and the Revival of Journalism

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting wasn’t awarded for a 5,000-word longform article. Instead, it was given for a new type of journalistic endeavor: a virtual reality (VR) experience. The piece allows users to see firsthand what the wall along the U.S. ...

@saleemkhan shared
On Sep 26, 2018
RT @JOVRNALISM: Wired asked our founder @saleemkhan about the future of virtual reality, augmented reality and journalism. He said VR and AR can save journalism… or destroy it. https://t.co/7ZUu25q4h8 #JOVRNALISM #VR #AR #MR #XR #journalism #voicesofvr #OC5 #misinfo #disinfo #deepfakes https://t.co/AFUxKhw8wk
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Digital Reality and the Revival of Journalism

Digital Reality and the Revival of Journalism

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting wasn’t awarded for a 5,000-word longform article. Instead, it was given for a new type of journalistic endeavor: a virtual reality (VR) ...

@froomkin shared
On Sep 5, 2018
RT @jcstearns: I’ve written before about the difference between “active transparency” and “passive transparency” and the need for newsrooms to go further in engaging the public in their process and decisions. https://t.co/GM1cFBMV3k
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Designing Journalism for Discovery and Engagement

Why we need to open up journalism to rebuild trust with communities.

@froomkin shared
On Sep 5, 2018
RT @jcstearns: I’ve written before about the difference between “active transparency” and “passive transparency” and the need for newsrooms to go further in engaging the public in their process and decisions. https://t.co/GM1cFBMV3k
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Designing Journalism for Discovery and Engagement

Designing Journalism for Discovery and Engagement

Why we need to open up journalism to rebuild trust with communities.

@jbenton shared
On Sep 25, 2018
(also cc: @benthompson, this seems up your alley) https://t.co/DBzdAFa6VF
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Newsonomics: The Washington Post’s ambitions for Arc have grown — to a Bezosian scale

It is increasingly the tech stack of choice for major news publishers. But now Arc wants to be the backbone of your digital advertising and subscriptions, too.

@jbenton shared
On Sep 25, 2018
(also cc: @benthompson, this seems up your alley) https://t.co/DBzdAFa6VF
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Newsonomics: The Washington Post’s ambitions for Arc have grown — to a Bezosian scale

Newsonomics: The Washington Post’s ambitions for Arc have grown — to a Bezosian scale

It is increasingly the tech stack of choice for major news publishers. But now Arc wants to be the backbone of your digital advertising and subscriptions, too.

@brianstelter shared
On Sep 28, 2018
RT @larryryckman: Enjoyed chatting today with @brianstelter of CNN about @ColoradoSun, @BlockClubCHI and @dailymemphian on Reliable Sources: Meet three people trying to save local news ... - https://t.co/17GmGHdsbA #iTunes https://t.co/67JXgDwSTz
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Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter

6/29/2018 Free View in iTunes 29 CleanPearlstine: "Media is really Trump's cocaine;" WaPo: Enquirer sent stories to Cohen for review; Trump supporters seize on Time mag controversy; George Takei condemns Trump's "big lie;" Glenn Beck walks off Bringing the immigration debate back to ...

@brianstelter shared
On Sep 28, 2018
RT @larryryckman: Enjoyed chatting today with @brianstelter of CNN about @ColoradoSun, @BlockClubCHI and @dailymemphian on Reliable Sources: Meet three people trying to save local news ... - https://t.co/17GmGHdsbA #iTunes https://t.co/67JXgDwSTz
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Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter

Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter

6/29/2018 Free View in iTunes 29 CleanPearlstine: "Media is really Trump's cocaine;" WaPo: Enquirer sent stories to Cohen for review; Trump supporters seize on Time mag controversy; George ...

@Brizzyc shared
On Sep 27, 2018
"What I wish everyone who cared about local news knew about local news" - @elizwgreen https://t.co/yl1OMB6zro New ideas to revitalize local news from some of the best in the biz #socialj https://t.co/9oC4buhapE
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What I wish everyone who cared about local news knew about local news

Lately, conversations about the future of news have happily expanded. Rather than talking mostly about rebuilding trust, we are now also…

@Brizzyc shared
On Sep 27, 2018
"What I wish everyone who cared about local news knew about local news" - @elizwgreen https://t.co/yl1OMB6zro New ideas to revitalize local news from some of the best in the biz #socialj https://t.co/9oC4buhapE
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What I wish everyone who cared about local news knew about local news

What I wish everyone who cared about local news knew about local news

Lately, conversations about the future of news have happily expanded. Rather than talking mostly about rebuilding trust, we are now also…

@mediagazer shared
On Sep 25, 2018
How the culture of News Corp might change under Lachlan Murdoch, who is said to be more conservative than his father but has a different management style (@annefdavies / The Guardian) https://t.co/UnjnoZLas7 https://t.co/9PRHuce6Rw
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The Lachlan ascendancy: is News Corp heading for a cultural change?

In the final part of this series, we examine the forces likely to shape Australia’s Murdoch news empire post-Rupert

@mediagazer shared
On Sep 25, 2018
How the culture of News Corp might change under Lachlan Murdoch, who is said to be more conservative than his father but has a different management style (@annefdavies / The Guardian) https://t.co/UnjnoZLas7 https://t.co/9PRHuce6Rw
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The Lachlan ascendancy: is News Corp heading for a cultural change?

The Lachlan ascendancy: is News Corp heading for a cultural change?

In the final part of this series, we examine the forces likely to shape Australia’s Murdoch news empire post-Rupert

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Social journalism director at CUNY Grad School of Journalism. I study changing newsrooms. Runner; beer & Packers enthusiast. Must love dogs.

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We are the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.

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Mediagazer presents the day's must-read media news on a single page.

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JOURNALIST Founder @joVRnalism @invstg8net. Digital news/data/security/tech/VR. @KiplingerFellow @OpenNews. Ex:@CBCNews TorStar @MetroInt chair@CAJ PGP:AAAAC800

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I'm a senior writer at Fortune. I have been the ninth caller and have won the weekend passes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love and an outlaw in Peru.

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Business editor. Fluctuat nec mergitur. Alum of @WSJ @GuardianUS @Marketplace @Mashable. Heidi dot n dot moore at gmail. Hi.

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Bio and disclosures: http://t.co/hvOSLk0oIQ. Retweets usually mean endorsements, but not always.

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Playing at the intersection of journalism, media and tech. Former @Twitter, @NBCNews, @NPR, @NYTimes, @Discovery, @CNN

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Washington editor @theintercept, a First Look Media publication. [email protected] How to leak to me: https://t.co/bt1mMO7qdi

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CNN's senior media correspondent and host of @CNNReliable. Formerly @nytimes, @tvnewser and Top of the Morning. Email: [email protected]

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