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Laura Hazard OwenDecember 15, 2016

Clamping down on viral fake news, Facebook partners with sites like Snopes and adds new user reporting

A new system funnels fake news reports to fact-checkers from Snopes, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, ABC, and AP.

“To ensure that news reports have impact, we’ll need to connect with readers because we reflect the readers.” Doris Truong

From pinning tweets to tweeting pins

“If it is a journalist’s job to report and analyze current events, we cannot do so while blind to the fact that people interact most directly with the news as consumers” Margarita Noriega

The next revolution is voice

“The first killer apps in this space will look a lot like an intelligent, thoughtful radio — a radio station tuned to your interests, a station that knows who you are and listens.” Steve Henn

Local journalism will fight a new fight

“We will never be able to compete with the national news outlets on scale. So instead, we will acknowledge our strengths: Proximity. Intimacy. Fidelity.” Ashley C. Woods

Most Americans say “fake news” has sown confusion. Some share it even though they know it’s fake

The resurgence of reach

“The mantra of ‘know your users and just concentrate on them’ may leave some news organizations fishing in an ever-shrinking pool of similar users.” Tanya Cordrey

Tested like never before

“News leaders will need to be brave enough to resist the urge to overcorrect.” Vivian Schiller

From empathy to community

“Empathy may help discover unmet needs in the short term, but community will allow news organizations to scale solutions and build greater trust in the long term.” Emi Kolawole

Inspiration and hope will matter more than ever

“The steady drumbeat of anger, violence, bullying, terror, war, despair, division, and fear will push people to seek out inspiration, meaning, and a reasoned exchange of ideas.” Guy Raz

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