News & Journalism
Annual Report 2018
This year, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 162 influencers like Nieman Lab and Poynter, discussing hashtags such as #socialj , #TimesUpNews and #poynterwomenleaders.
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"Apart from one paper with the phrase 'political economy' in the title, I could not find any work on the business of journalism. I find that extraordinary, and extraordinarily troubling." https://t.co/xWQUTFXYV5
OpenWhat is it that journalism studies is studying these days? A lot about newsrooms, less about everybody else in the news ecosystem
Also, has the "fake news" moment already passed for academics?
[email protected] researched the main reasons news startups don’t make it. Read what they are. https://t.co/Jrfl3f2dG5 https://t.co/3CeB0w1KfK
Open7 Reasons Why News Startups Fail
Startups possess great potential to improve journalism. In theory, they can be the sites where new products, novel revenue streams and altered ways of organizing are discovered, tested and ...
RT @samirsaran: #AI has a #gender problem. Here’s what to do about it - @madhumachi and I write for the @wef https://t.co/HQqYPnCGtk #codedpatriarchy #LAWS #SexBots #Servility
OpenAI has a gender problem. Here’s what to do about it
Submissive female robots, servile voice assistants - does AI need a feminist revolution?
"The First Question for Journalism" - @HBCompass https://t.co/KQ1ia65ERS This is a must-read. #socialj https://t.co/IsyYK5EU5l
OpenThe First Question for Journalism
The question that comes before being able to scale or innovate or succeed at developing a winning business model.
Local TV news stations experiment with crowdsourced reporting, augmented reality, and injecting more personality into the news to attract young viewers (Nieman Reports)
https://t.co/Vm7gBOUkWw
https://t.co/EhAKObziQv
OpenReinventing Local TV News
When the Rev. Billy Graham died in February, Raleigh-based WRAL-TV provided expansive coverage of the famed evangelist’s life and legacy. That was no …
RT @roseluqiu: The universe of people trying to deceive journalists keeps expanding, and newsrooms aren’t ready https://t.co/vlxlFBbZmX via @NiemanLab
OpenThe universe of people trying to deceive journalists keeps expanding, and newsrooms aren’t ready
"It's going to be a while before we really have an understanding of how we work to combat it beyond the traditional methods that we have used for a few years now."
RT @risj_oxford: Welcoming @julieposetti who arrives at @risj_oxford today. Julie will lead the Journalism Innovation Project, a new research initiative designed to support global journalism practice.
https://t.co/9CjZkyAw9x https://t.co/qCKXC96FqY
OpenNew Journalism Innovation Project
The Journalism Innovation Project aims to identify and analyse examples of innovative best practices in digital, mobile, and social media journalism to generate new insights to help ...
[email protected] recently hosted a headline writing contest that pitted the company’s editors against its Facebook fans. It’s just one way broadcasters are engaging more with the audience.
https://t.co/arAmtiGGur @daleblasingame @ChikageWeather @morningdosetv @TEGNA @nabpilot https://t.co/os6jrQQAqn
OpenHow Broadcasters Are Making Two-Way Experiences with Interactive Content
The following is a sponsored post from NAB Pilot to promote its Innovation Stories section. Read more about how broadcasters are innovating here. For decades, “broadcast” was a one-way ...
RT @IDEOorg: We're #hiring Design Leads for our studios in SF, NYC and NR! Learn more about the 5 qualities our Talent team looks for in candidates #designjobs https://t.co/GgMMV1Lyyl https://t.co/Z4O7rF2TDN
Open
At the WAN-IFRA annual congress, the head of the Portuguese press association forcibly kissed a woman onstage, one of a number of misogynistic incidents (Nieman Lab)
https://t.co/7N8TY01J6x
https://t.co/xNLmOloMUb
OpenHow to end misogyny in the news industry: An open letter to the international journalism community
"We are done pandering to the egos of change-resistant influential men in the hope that our gentle lead will eventually encourage them to join us on a meander toward gender equality in the ...
RT @michellemanafy: Your own devices will give the next Cambridge Analytica far more power to influence your vote @justinhendrix @profcarroll via @techreview https://t.co/0I5q1MPYam https://t.co/EWQdtxdalM
OpenYour own devices will give the next Cambridge Analytica far more power to influence your vote
Greater connectivity, more data, and auto-generated content will make today’s manipulation techniques look primitive.
A local TV station hired a cartoonist to tell stories that are tough to photograph https://t.co/k8h0c6uO2T https://t.co/Jd0eKhjydI
OpenA local TV station hired a cartoonist to tell stories that are tough to photograph
WCPO-TV in Cincinnati has a full-time "comics journalist" on staff. He illustrates serious stories that others might avoid, stories that are difficult to photograph because the subjects are ...
What is innovation in local TV news? Andrew Heyward’s new mission is to find out
"It’s a great question because I don’t think we’re suddenly going to come up with some great gimmick and Millennials are going to flock to their TV to watch traditional newscasts."
"There’s a lot of bullshit in the Valley.” — @richardgingras, Google's VP of news
https://t.co/O0W4s49Yym
OpenGoogle’s news chief Richard Gingras: “We need to rethink journalism at every dimension”
"I think we need to be way more humble. As I often say, technology has value but it doesn’t have values. It’s what we do with it. There’s a lot of bullshit in the Valley."
From the institute: Poynter has announced two more classes selected for the 2018 Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media https://t.co/whT6h7pnax #DigitalWomen
OpenPoynter Selects Participants for Two New Leadership Academies for Women in Digital Media
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