▍國際傳媒：2021/01/15~2021/01/21

????  AXIOS 美國新興數位新聞網站《AXIOS》（字源：希臘文「值得 Worthy」）｜20210119

✅  Trump era sets FOIA record 

川普時代創下籲立《資訊自由法》紀錄

The media filed more FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests in the Trump era than in 16 years of the Bush and Obama administrations combined.

????  AXIOS 美國新興數位新聞網站《AXIOS》｜20210119

✅  Forbes launches massive expansion of paid newsletters

103 歲《富比士》建立平台！與新聞工作者攜手擴大發行付費電子報

Forbes is launching a newsletter platform that will allow journalists to launch their own paid newsletters and split the revenue with the 103-year-old publisher, executives tell Axios.

????  COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20210119

✅  Press freedom and the Arab Spring, ten years on

十年過後！新聞自由與阿拉伯之春

“Tunisia has since embarked on a transition to democracy, and journalists have been among the beneficiaries.” But “beyond Tunisia, the picture—both for democracy and for the media—is significantly bleaker.”

????  MEDIAPOST 美國數位媒體《媒體郵報》｜20210111

✅  No Pay Zone: Consumers Prefer Free Email Newsletters Supported By Ads

不要專屬付費區：閱聽用戶更喜歡由廣告支持的免費電子報

Indeed, 79.6% would rather access ad-supported content for free than pay for ad-free content.  

????  JOURNALISM.CO.UK 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20210118

✅  Reuters Institute’s media trends and predictions for 2021

《路透新聞學研究所》2021 年媒體趨勢與預測

RISJ’s senior research associate Nic Newman talks about new revenue models, the rise of entrepreneurial journalism and the possibilities unlocked by artificial intelligence.

????  VOICE OF AMERICA 《美國之音》｜20210118

✅  Should Social Media Platforms Lose Legal Protection?

社群媒體平台應該失去不為內容負責且可自由刪文管制的法律豁免保護傘嗎？

But a growing number of European leaders sees a third way to reduce fake news, hate speech, disinformation and poisonous personal attacks — by treating social media providers not as owners of neutral platforms connecting consumers with digital content creators but as publishers in their own right. 

????  THE CONVERSATION 非營利媒體平台《對話》（2011年首創於澳洲，其後擴展至英、美、非洲、法、加、印尼、西班牙）｜20210116

✅ Why the news media may not want to share Capitol riot images with the police

為什麼新聞媒體可能不想將國會大廈暴動影像分享給警方？

Journalists argue that if they are forced to reveal confidential sources or turn over any news information they have gathered but not yet published, it will erode the trust of sources and the public, who will doubt the independence that journalists often claim.

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