✎ Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 牛津路透新聞學研究所｜20230523

How news site Daraj reports on women’s rights and corruption across the Middle East

新聞網站Daraj如何報導中東地區女性權力及政權貪腐問題

Co-founder Diana Moukalled speaks about the outlet’s origins, its impact, its funding, its projects and the challenges that lay ahead

✎ American Journalism Project 美國新聞計劃｜20230523

We asked 5,000 people across the country what they want from local news. Here’s what we learned.

調查全美5000位民眾響從地方新聞獲得什麼資訊　以下是調查結果

Many people are acutely aware of, and alarmed by, the misinformation swirling around their communities and social circles. When the subject comes up, people say they wish local news were more robust so they could have a central place to point to for verified facts whenever something is in question.

✎ THE VERGE 美國科技新聞網路媒體《THE VERGE》

US Surgeon General says social media may be hazardous to teen health

美國外科醫生警告社交媒體恐危害青少年健康

In a new advisory, Dr. Vivek Murthy said there are indicators that social media can create a ‘profound risk of harm’ to children and teenager’s mental health.

✎ Columbia Journalism Review 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20230518

The Messenger is a news startup, but it feels like a blast from the past

The Messenger雖為新創新聞媒體　但卻讓人覺得像是曾經叱吒風雲的舊時代產物

The Messenger does, in fact, seem to want to replicate a previous era, though not one as far back as Finkelstein’s youth: namely, it seems to be harking to a time when social traffic from vast quantities of viral clickbait articles could bring in millions of dollars in advertising revenue. According to Joshua Benton, of Nieman Lab, The Messenger published over two hundred stories on its launch day—more than the New York Times ran the same day. Some contained only a single sentence.

✎ PressGazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20230525

Twitter’s shrinking role as traffic source for news publishers revealed

Twitter作為新聞出版商流量來源的作用正在縮小

Twitter – already a small source of clicks for publishers – has further declined in importance as a traffic referrer in recent years.

✎ Journalism.co.uk 英國新聞網站《Journalism.co.uk》｜20230524

Countering news avoidance: focus on relevance and value

對抗新聞迴避：關注相關性與價值

When half of the population are avoiding the news, the best cure is to give them a stake in the stories and news outlets that matter most to them

整理：朱弘川｜編譯：蔡宏杰