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Archives: December 2016

“Management’s interest in diversity can ebb and flow — more pressing matters appear, and minority hiring takes a backseat. But next year is a good time to start.” Swati Sharma

Public trust for private realities

“How can journalism act as a public service when there is no “public” to serve, only a set of increasingly private spaces that are largely invisible to one another?” Alexis Lloyd

Truthiness in private spaces

“Mobile chat applications allow private and segmented conversations, different interpretations, and different sets of facts.” Valérie Bélair-Gagnon

The year we talk about our awful metrics

“The industry is running on metrics that serve no one well, but we continue chugging along because we all equally accept the lie.” Sam Ford

The year journalism teaches again

“In telling stories, in exposing lies, we should be teaching the public how to evaluate what they read.” P. Kim Bui

Platforms grow up or grow more toxic

“2017 may be the year Facebook gets permanently branded as part of the problem.” Ryan McCarthy

Baking transparency into our routines

“In 2017, let’s tell readers every day: Here’s what we learned, here’s how we confirmed it, and here’s how you can do the same.” S.P. Sullivan

A new test for French media

“Journalists from all over the world (France included) stand accused of being disconnected with reality and unable to forecast the news.” Alice Antheaume

Rise of the rebel journalist

“News is not journalism if what’s being reported is only meant to extract value from communities as opposed to creating value within them.” Andrew Ramsammy

Women are going to get loud

“Does this mean every single new tweet or podcast or TinyLetter or YouTube video will explode into viral acclaim? Of course not. But some of them will. Because there is an audience for it, and a market for it.” Rachel Sklar

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