▍國際傳媒新聞：2019/05/31~2019/06/06
✅COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW｜20190530
🔗‘Orphan counties,’ and a battle over what local news really means
TV viewers in some orphan counties have pleaded with their political leaders for years to do something about the lack of in-state TV news. Members of Congress have tried to help fill home-state broadcast gaps with tweaks to federal law, but Nielsen’s national media market map still looks like a paper target blasted with buckshot.
✅EMARKETER｜20190604
🔗Average US Time Spent with Mobile in 2019 Has Increased
Consumers’ use of smartphones will continue to make up the majority of their media consumption, but we predict that use will plateau by 2020, as consumers become increasingly uneasy about overuse of mobile devices.
✅POYNTER ｜20190605
🔗How 14 local news organizations teamed up to cover climate change
The environment beat was one Jennifer Bjorhus always wanted, and one that rarely opened up. So when veteran reporter Josephine Marcotty retired from the Minneapolis Star Tribune near the end of last year, Bjorhus’ dream beat became her real beat.
✅DIGIDAY｜20190605
🔗The Economist is exploring how video can drive subscriptions
In September, as part of a project funded by the Google News Initiative, The Economist will launch a weekly exclusive YouTube series, provisionally called “The Truth About….” Each episode will be roughly 10 minutes long and take a more in-depth look at a topic that Economist journalists are covering. The series is planned to run until March.
✅BLOOMBERG｜20190606
🔗Vox Staff Walks Out for Day to Demand Union Contract Deal
Vox Media staffers are staging a one-day walkout on Thursday to pressure the online-media company to sign a union contract.
✅ENGADGET｜20190606
🔗Twitter simplifies its rules on safety, privacy and more
In an effort to make it easier to understand the rules of its platform, Twitter announced today that it is simplifying the language around its policies. The company said that it has gone from 2,500 to just 600 words and now describes each rule in 280 characters or less — the same character limit that is applied to tweets.
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