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Nieman Lab StaffSeptember 30, 2024

Pivot to video 2.0, Reddit’s rise, and what comes after pageviews: Our notes from ONA 2024

In the age of “meeting the reader where they are,” mission-driven news orgs say they’re looking beyond the pageview — plus other lessons from ONA 2024.

Sarah ScireSeptember 29, 2022

A bakery, a brewery, and a local news site: There’s a new type of collective growing in Spokane, Washington

“Are we moving fast enough for the length of runway we have to lift off? Or do we need to, you know, keep paving and quickly build more runway? That’s the real question.”

A lot of Americans get news from social media, but they don’t expect it to be true

Tommy ShaneAugust 10, 2020

People are using Facebook and Instagram as search engines. During a pandemic, that’s dangerous.

Data voids on social networks are spreading misinformation and causing real world harm. Here are some ideas on how to fix the problem.

Laura Hazard OwenNovember 22, 2019

Who becomes a Reddit conspiracy theorist? They have these things in common

Plus: “Subtly inducing people to think about the concept of accuracy decreases their sharing of false and misleading news relative to accurate news,” and the scariest deepfakes of all.

Mark FrankelJuly 10, 2018

The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide

News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 11, 2018

You see it, you buy it: Just being exposed to fake news makes you more likely to believe it

Plus: A trove of Russian Facebook ads, “antecedents of bullshit,” and a week with Radio Sputnik.

Shan WangNovember 8, 2017

The Washington Post on Reddit surprises users with its non-promotional, ultra helpful presence

User: “Lol is this the real WaPo account?” The Washington Post: “’tis we, irl.”

Padraic RyanMay 22, 2017

“Who’s your 4chan correspondent?” (and other questions Storyful thinks newsrooms should be asking after the French election)

“The example of France shows it is possible to curtail [misinformation] campaigns. But to do so, newsrooms need to move the discussion out of the realm of the theoretical and into the practical.”

Laura Hazard OwenMay 12, 2017

“Anger is a useful metric” and other evil tips for making money off hyper-partisan content

Plus: A quick way to make money off other people’s content, an invitation to fact-check U.K. local news, and BuzzBeed vs. BuzzFeed.

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