✎ Columbia Journalism Review 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20221115

Journalists want to re-create Twitter on Mastodon. Mastodon is not into it.

記者們想在社交平台Mastodon重現Twitter 而Mastodon不樂見

Among the reasons given for blocking users from the server are that it is allegedly populated by “click-bait/tabloid journalists” who “can be expected to collect, search through, and misinterpret anything you say with the goal to share this publicly to an as big audience as possible, enabling hate and harassment to any one as long as it gives them clicks [sic].” Others who have blocked the server say that its members are likely to be “surveillance capitalists” or “mainstream propagandists.”

✎ CNN 美國《有線電視新聞網》｜20221115

Protocol, the tech-news focused website, will shutter and lay off its entire staff

科技新聞網站Protocol將關閉並且解雇所有員工

Protocol, the upstart technology news website launched by former Politico owner and publisher Robert Allbritton in early 2020, will shutter later this week and lay off dozens of staffers, people familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday.

✎ WASHINGTON POST 美國《華盛頓郵報》｜20221115

Voice of America removes story that embarrassed Vietnam’s prime minister

美國之音刪除令越南總理難堪的報導

The decision disturbed journalists in VOA’s Vietnamese-language service, who objected to the removal in a meeting with senior editors shortly afterward but received no explanation.

✎ PRESS GAZETTE 英國《新聞公報》｜20221111

How the BBC plans to crack US news (without getting sucked into the culture wars)

BBC如何計畫擊敗美國新聞（不涉入文化戰爭）

BBC News believes it can be “an antidote” to disinformation and polarisation in the US news landscape.The corporation has ramped up investment in its North American operation in recent months, doubling its journalist headcount there and hiring two new editorial executives – even as the broadcaster has faced cuts at home.

✎ THE GUARDIAN 英國《衛報》｜20221112

Joining the herd: what’s it like moving from Twitter to Mastodon?

隨波逐流：從 Twitter 轉向 Mastodon 是什麼感覺？

Users fleeing Elon Musk’s takeover will find themselves in a different world – quixotic, communal and defiantly democratic

✎ The Journalist’s Resource 哈佛大學肖倫斯坦中心《記者資源》｜20221115

6 tips for improving news coverage of older people

改善老年人新聞報導的 6 個技巧

From as early as age 3, people begin to form negative biases toward older people, research has shown, and as many as half of all people worldwide carry ageist beliefs. For journalists, recognizing inherent biases is key to producing better, deeper coverage of aging-related issues and stories involving older people.

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