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Just 15% of Americans paid or gave money to a local news source in the past year, according to new research from the Pew-Knight Initiative.
What’s important to watch, in this gnarly legislation filled with acronyms, are two simple things: Money In and Money Out.
“There are commercial reasons why some newsrooms focus on the spectacle and confrontation — the old journalism adage of ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ still prevails in many newsroom decisions…But it is a decision that delegitimizes protest aims.”
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The Pulitzer Center is prioritizing reporters in the Global South, and all the sessions are free.
Recent work from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership offers recommendations.
A huge proportion of tech journalism is characterized by scandals, sensationalism, and shoddy research. Can we fix it?
“Archiving materials still matters even in our digital age, primarily if the stories you explore provide a counter-narrative to the dominant society.”
Plus: Surprising attitudes about gender and credibility on the beat, how Trump drives outsized mainstream media attention to alternative media, and “sifting” as the key mode of next-gen news consumers.
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The ChatGPT developer previously signed deals with The Associated Press, Axel Springer SE, the French newspaper Le Monde, and more.