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Articles tagged Nikki Usher (17)

Sarah StonbelyFebruary 22, 2024

Wealthier, urban Americans have access to more local news

But roughly half of U.S. counties have only one news outlet or less.

Clark Merrefield, The Journalist's ResourceOctober 11, 2023

Public corruption prosecutions rise where nonprofit news outlets flourish, research finds

“We find a really strong connection that they’re able to maintain accountability in these communities.”

Here’s a roundup of the latest and greatest research on local news’ impact and future

Denise-Marie OrdwayAugust 6, 2018

Echoing the network: The most interesting new digital and social media research

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here’s their latest roundup, including research into Twitter echo chambers, harassment of female journalists, and the presence (or absence) of anecdotes in data journalism.

Denise-Marie OrdwayJanuary 2, 2018

Cross-examining the network: The year in digital and social media research

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here are what they consider 10 of the most important pieces of new research into digital and social media published in 2017.

Nicholas QuahNovember 7, 2017

If podcasts and radio move to smart speakers, who will be directing us what to listen to?

Plus: Pandora leans into podcasts, NPR has a leadership crisis, and Limetown and 30 for 30 plan returns.

Joseph LichtermanNovember 19, 2015

How one blog helped spark The New York Times’ digital evolution

“I certainly had editors tell me that I shouldn’t be wasting my time on Bird Week. But that was the best part of City Room…We were like unsupervised children.”

John WihbeySeptember 11, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: The realities of citizen journalism, and new possibilities for transparency

How “bridging elites” help on Twitter, perceptions of news by a skeptical public, and Wikipedia pages as newsmaking destinations: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

Joseph LichtermanMay 12, 2014

Culture change is hard: What Nikki Usher learned in five months embedded in The New York Times newsroom

“When you talk about the cultural legacy for newspapers, if you talk about the cultural legacy inside and outside newsrooms, print still fundamentally matters, and it’s really difficult to let go of how that works.”

Connecting place to product: Nikki Usher’s new report on the physical shifts of digital newsrooms

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