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Archives: October 2023

The Washington Post’s international editor on covering the Israel-Hamas war “around the clock”

Joshua BentonOctober 23, 2023

The New York Times offers a limited mea culpa for how it initially presented news of the Gaza hospital blast

“Given the sensitive nature of the news during a widening conflict, and the prominent promotion it received, Times editors should have taken more care with the initial presentation, and been more explicit about what information could be verified.”

Marina AdamiOctober 23, 2023

Here’s a look at how the newly up-to-date ChatGPT reports the latest news

“OpenAI’s chatbot seems to favor sources in the language in which the conversation is conducted, and English seems to be the default. In terms of international news, this may mean that non-English-language news outlets are often underrepresented in answers about news stories in their countries.”

Sarah ScireOctober 19, 2023

Wait, wait, don’t tell me how this Canadian radio show became a TikTok hit

CBC’s Because News spent seven years making content for Instagram and YouTube. They got more views on TikTok within two months.

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 19, 2023

LION Publishers aims to “help members raise money for themselves” — and to decrease its reliance on a couple big funders

“While we recognize our members need more funding, we’ve decided that’s not our role as a membership association.”

YouTube launches new watch page that only shows videos from “authoritative” news sources

Sophie CulpepperOctober 18, 2023

The New Bedford Light and The Newton Beacon are just part of a new wave of local news in Massachusetts

“People in Massachusetts once had more journalism available; they’ve lost more, they have grieved more; they have hungered for what they had. So, they now have been quick to embrace a rebirth of journalism that matters.”

Phillip AnjorinOctober 18, 2023

The Nigeria Fact-Checkers’ Coalition showed how collaborative journalism can work in West Africa

“I don’t want to build animosity between my neighbors because of information I can’t confirm.”

Hanaa' TameezOctober 17, 2023

“Make climate impact part of all beats”: Tips from the Sustainable Journalism Partnership for better climate reporting

“Good journalism is about doing compelling stories, and we seem to have forgotten that when it comes to climate journalism.”

Daniel Golden, ProPublicaOctober 16, 2023

Local newspapers are vanishing. How should we remember them?

As smaller newspapers shrink or disappear, it’s easy to romanticize the role they played. But one reporter’s memories of the heyday of local journalism reveal a much more complicated reality.

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