國際傳媒新聞：2018/07/27~2018/08/02
“Google is also preparing a mobile app for internet search in China that will comply with local censorship laws, an effort first reported Wednesday by The Intercept. The company is developing the apps in Mountain View where its headquarters are, and mainland China, where it has offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, according to people familiar with the matter.”
THE INFORMATION / WAYNE MA AND JURO OSAWA / AUG 2
Salem, Oregon is getting a new online news site. “I’m pretending there’s no other media there.”
“A monthly subscription will cost $10 and a yearly subscription will cost $100. The Reporter will accept advertising, and Zaitz is looking at founding sponsorships, ‘but I forecast zero dollars from either one of those.’”
POYNTER / KRISTEN HARE / AUG 2
How Florida Today created an augmented reality rocket launch app
“Our initial results showed that roughly 48 percent of the people that are using the app are 18 to 34 years old. It is an incredibly big win for a media company to be able to say 48 percent of the audience that it reaches is 34 and under.”
STORYBENCH / FLORIS WU / AUG 2
News outlets are prewriting stories about officials getting fired to keep up with the Trump era
“Reince fired via tweet, Tillerson fired via tweet, McMaster, Bannon — everyone saw those coming. Spicer, everyone knew it couldn’t last too much longer. Pruitt you knew it was going to happen. I’m sure people have them ready for [John] Kelly. You start hearing that Trump is souring on someone, or that someone is souring on Trump, and you start getting it ready. There has never been so much turnover in such a short time. It is the only constant in Trump’s world. He sees people as entirely disposable.”
THE NEW YORKER / CHARLES BETHEA / AUG 2
$500,000 goes to 10 North Carolina projects redefining the future of local news
Among the grantees: Word on the Street/La Voz de los Jóvenes, “an online magazine with a program that mentors and trains youth of color to gather and publish news that engages their communities and builds racial equity.”
LOCAL NEWS LAB / AUG 1
News from your neighborhood, brought to you by the State of New Jersey
“I think times have changed,” said Louis D. Greenwald, a Democrat and majority leader of the State Assembly. “I think it’s one of the smartest investments that government can make to protect our democracy and our rights.””
NEW YORK TIMES / RICK ROJAS / AUG 1
Print advertising in U.K. national newspapers rises for first time since 2010, study finds
“Print display advertising in the national newspaper market rose 1 percent to £153m in the first quarter of 2018, the first time there has been an increase since the last quarter of 2010. To put this in context, in the 29 quarters since the 2010 rise, more than half of national papers — 15 — have seen double-digit declines in advertising spend of up to 22 percent.”
THE GUARDIAN / MARK SWENEY / AUG 1
Digital startup Colorado Sun plans to cover the whole state in greater depth
“Other Denver media startups like the InDenver Times, the Rocky Mountain Independent and Colorado Public News failed due to lack of interest or subscribers after the Rocky Mountain News folded. Coffield said she thinks the Sun will be different because of the timing. The journalists understand better how audiences consume news digitally, and readers aren’t surprised to hear that the Sun will be online only.”
POYNTER / TAYLOR BLATCHFORD / AUG 1
More trauma for journalists is (probably) coming. Here’s what newsroom leaders can do to prepare
“A counselor can make a difference and should be chosen wisely. The Oklahoman brought in a counselor the day of the bombing. Over time, she customized her approach, allowing for phone and email consultation for those who initially wanted to avoid meeting in person. She remained available for other traumas, bombing anniversaries (which never end), and even became a columnist.”
RTDNA / DESIREE HILL / AUG 1
Is Congress considering regulating social media platforms for bots?
“When it comes to misinformation, the Warner paper says one possible proposal is that platforms be required to label automated bot accounts, and also do more to identify who is behind anonymous or pseudonymous accounts. If there’s a failure to do these things, it says, the Federal Trade Commission could step in with sanctions.”
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW / MATHEW INGRAM / AUG 1
“Local journalism is facing a growing crisis and this should be the strongest signal of how seriously committed we are to covering our hometown,” the publisher of The Times, A.G. Sulzberger, said in Tuesday’s memo. Levy officially replaces Wendell Jamieson, who resigned after an internal investigation into workplace misconduct.
THE NEW YORK TIMES / MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM / AUG 1
Snopes fired its managing editor — and she doesn’t know why
Brooke Binkowski joined Snopes in 2015 to lead the site’s editorial team, which works remotely and has about seven staffers. At the time of her firing, she said she was editing about 15 stories a day, looking over video transcripts, and handling most media requests. “To me, this is symptomatic of a much larger problem of transparency within the company.”
POYNTER / DANIEL FUNKE / JUL 31
“A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of the New York Times sits in direct contrast to the president of the United States: demure, private, vegetarian, self-effacing, and reliant on proving himself through hard work rather than trading on his famous surname, according to interviews with present and former colleagues and bosses.”
WASHINGTON POST / DAN ZAK, SARAH ELLISON AND BEN TERRIS / JUL 31
Another app that tries to encourage sharing stories from outside users’ filter bubbles
“News With Friends uses an algorithm which ranks stories based on editorial choices media research company Kaleida observes from leading publishers; through their tools which put stories in context and enable people to compare and contrast views; and via the social features that fuel informed and intimate conversations.”
JOURNALISM.CO.UK / MARCELA KUNOVA / JUL 31
One Malaysian reporter’s mission to spread data journalism across Southeast Asia
Malaysian data journalist named Kuang Keng Kuek Ser started Data-N in 2015. The organization began by providing free training courses and expanding its network into the region’s newsrooms and journalism conferences. Slowly, Kuang Keng got not only journalists — but, key to the sustainability of data journalism projects, entire newsrooms — interested in data journalism.
GIJN / SIRAN LIANG / JUL 31
Guardian Australia is now on a sustainable business footing, five years after launch
“The membership program was launched in July 2016 and now accounts for 36% of the local website’s revenue, and is up 145% year-on-year. Advertising revenue, including sponsored content produced by Guardian Labs, accounts for the remaining 64%.”
THE GUARDIAN / AMANDA MEADE / JUL 31
“…Even though digital-native news outlets have experienced some recent growth in employment, too few newsroom positions were added to make up for recent losses in the broader industry.”
PEW RESEARCH CENTER / ELIZABETH GRIECO / JUL 30
Resources for covering migration and refugees
“While the separation of children from parents was new, the story of desperate families trying to enter the United States was not. One thing that has now changed, however, is that more Americans have been moved to act on behalf of these families,” Georges wrote. “It will be crucial for journalists to continue to be at the border, to see the events firsthand — and to share stories and pictures with the world.”
IJNET / SHERRY RICCHIARDI / JUL 30
“I told him that although the phrase “fake news” is untrue and harmful, I am far more concerned about his labeling journalists “the enemy of the people.” I warned that this inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists and will lead to violence.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES / A.G. SULZBERGER / JUL 30
White House defends decision to bar CNN reporter from event
“To be clear, we support a free press and ask that everyone be respectful of the presidency and guests at the White House,” [Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders] said.
AP NEWS / JILL COLVIN / JUL 30
Facebook deletes hundreds of posts under German hate-speech law
“The social network received 1,704 complaints under the law, known in Germany as NetzDG, and removed 262 posts between January and June, Richard Allan, Facebook’s vice president for global policy solutions, said” (in a German-language blog post here.
REUTERS / JUL 27
What journalists can learn from organizers: A guide
“Organizing is fundamentally about listening to people tell you what they need and what kind of world they want, and working collaboratively to make it happen. The principles and practices organizers use can be powerful tools when adapted to the newsroom, but it’s an approach most journalists aren’t familiar with.”
FREE PRESS / ALICIA BELL, MIKE RISPOLI / JUL 27
New publisher of Philly’s Scoop USA keeps a black-owned newspaper going with faith and own funds
“Since purchasing Scoop, she’s spent almost $12,000 a month of her own savings to keep it going, and says she’s running out. She does not draw a salary.”
PHILLY.COM / VALERIE RUSS / JUL 27
The Daily was the most-downloaded new show on Apple Podcasts last year
“It’s up to 5 million listeners a month, at the latest count. The show will reportedly book ad revenue in the low eight figures this year.”
VANITY FAIR / JOE POMPEO / JUL 27
The New York Times takes its digital recipes back to print with a customizable cookbook
“Dinner: What to Cook Tonight is a trial run for what could become a completely customizable cookbook. In this itineration, recipes are limited to a theme — dinner — and just 192 of the Times’ 19,000 recipes are available as options.” BuzzFeed’s Tasty did something similar.
EATER / DANIELA GALARZA / JUL 27
