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    Archives: January 2020

    A new app to support female journalists facing harassment is looking for beta testers
    Adrian BardonJanuary 31, 2020
    The fact-checker’s dilemma: Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview
    “Human cognition is inseparable from the unconscious emotional responses that go with it.”
    Joshua BentonJanuary 31, 2020
    An attempt to increase class diversity in U.K. journalism hits a PR bump as it expands and professionalizes
    PressPad has offered a few dozen media interns a free place to stay while they work in London. It’s now getting bigger — but also charging some of those interns £150 a week to help it become sustainable.
    Meghna RaoJanuary 31, 2020
    Seeing a gap in Southeast Asia, India’s The Ken plots a regional expansion with local reporters
    “There was a lot of convincing each other and bursting each other’s bubbles. You don’t want people to be too drunk on Kool-Aid or too cynical, as journalists tend to be.”
    Alden Global Capital has sunk its claws into yet another newspaper company: Lee
    Twitter users can now report tweets with misleading voter information
    Hanaa' TameezJanuary 30, 2020
    With Hecho en USA, USA Today wants to tell Latinos’ “everyday stories about navigating life in America”
    And do it in two languages. “The stories are bubbling up from the local reporters who are living and covering these beats and can tell them with the nuance, context, and perspective that brings an authenticity to the national audience.”
    Hanaa' TameezJanuary 30, 2020
    Maybe greater transparency can increase trust in news — but readers have to find your transparency first
    A “Behind the Story” explanation box attached to a news story sounds good in theory — but in practice, most people skip right over it.
    Joshua Benton and Ken DoctorJanuary 29, 2020
    Turns out Warren Buffett won’t be the billionaire who saves newspapers either
    By selling Berkshire Hathaway’s newspapers to Lee Enterprises, the world’s most successful investor is acknowledging the industry’s downhill slide is not near an end.
    The Guardian continues to lead the way on climate change policy, and will no longer run oil or gas ads
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