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We don’t wake up each morning to compete with a print daily, but rather to run our own local news and community model. That’s the key.
Nextdoor is overlooked as a player in misinformation, and to address “vaccine hesitancy” in America, you might want to start at the neighborhood level, where hesitancy has grown into militancy.
Questions from readers ranged from basic (What’s ranked choice voting?) to skeptical (Why are we even doing this?) to strategic (How can I optimize my ballot so that [Candidate X] doesn’t win?).
There was an increase in foundation support and individual giving for nearly two-thirds of nonprofit news outlets, but a decrease in earned revenue for about half.
This is a guide to identifiable patterns in the variety of tactics used to classify and act on information credibility across platforms.
And to get permission before even talking to a book agent.
Frazier was honored with a special citation for her video, which “spurred protests against police brutality around the world.”
Fact-checks struggle to compete with disinformation on major social media networks.
It’s like kryptonite for responsible news organizations: the stronger their piety to journalistic ethics and the ideal of objectivity, the more vulnerable they are to accusations made in bad faith.