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    Archives: November 2019

    Eugenia Ha Rim RhoNovember 26, 2019
    Political hashtags like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter make some people doubt the stories they’re attached to
    “This is a load of crap on a number of levels.” “This article reads ‘FAKE NEWS.'” “I don’t believe this post is backed with any real knowledge or fact.” A simple hashtag intended to boost a post’s audience on social can also prime audiences to read it through an emotional, partisan lens.
    “Today, there’s a fear of viral content”: Jonah Peretti talks about BuzzFeed at 13
    Nicholas QuahNovember 26, 2019
    Are host-read podcast ads too old-school to survive? This new platform wants to give them post-programmatic life
    Plus: Google debuts an automated, aggregated, atomized audio experience. Should publishers buy in?
    Amid corporate uncertainty, McClatchy is digging into community-funded reporting labs
    Hanaa' TameezNovember 25, 2019
    A new Report for America partnership with the AP will fill statehouse reporting gaps in 13 states
    “If a state can’t see itself reflected in the national political story, that’s a problem.”
    Hanaa' TameezNovember 25, 2019
    The EU doesn’t have a sense of its disinformation problem — this report suggests the policy changes it can make
    “In the long run, it is unsustainable for public authorities and private companies to be allowed to mark their own homework in such an important area with no independent oversight.”
    Joshua BentonNovember 22, 2019
    Damaged newspapers, damaged civic life: How the gutting of local newsrooms has led to a less-informed public
    “If you don’t have a newspaper staff who points out when things aren’t working, there is no impetus behind trying to put somebody new in, right?”
    “We’re wounded animals and wondering if they’re going to shoot us”: Publishers have, um, cooled on partnerships with platforms
    Laura Hazard OwenNovember 22, 2019
    Who becomes a Reddit conspiracy theorist? They have these things in common
    Plus: “Subtly inducing people to think about the concept of accuracy decreases their sharing of false and misleading news relative to accurate news,” and the scariest deepfakes of all.
    “Where there’s no competition, there’s no pressure to do better”: Local news is suffering even in areas where newspapers remain
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