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“We want to meet the people where they’re at, whether that’s churches, neighborhood block clubs, salons, or barber shops.”
The flaws in the site’s strategy were highly predictable (and repeatedly predicted). But Jimmy Finkelstein’s muddled nostalgia has still left hundreds of people out of a job.
New research suggests people in the U.S. are, overall, good at identifying true political news headlines from fake ones — but there are some stark socioeconomic differences.
“Traffic to news sites through social media has dropped in recent years, and over half of adults over 65 don’t use social media at all. We wanted to build a way to get The City’s service journalism to New Yorkers who wouldn’t otherwise see it.”
“The story is less at [the U.S. Department of Justice] than with sheriffs and prosecutors at the local level, mostly the county level.” But how do you tell that story when local news is in decline?
Keeping reporters healthy over the long term often requires both systemic and behavioral changes, and getting buy-in often isn’t easy.
“Our belief in free will is ultimately a reason so many of us back democracy in the first place. Denying it can arguably be more damaging than a few fake news posts lurking on social media.”
Disagreements between the LA Times and its Guild over seniority protections ended in more than 60 journalists of color being laid off.