✎ Rest of world 科技媒體《Rest of world》｜20240524

Who’s actually using Threads? Young protesters in Taiwan

誰是社群平台Threads真正使用者？台灣年輕的抗議群者

While young Taiwanese users discuss everything from relationships to celebrity gossip on Threads, the app has gradually become a gathering space for progressives, who favor independence from China to defend the island’s democracy. Despite Meta’s pledges to tame down political content on its platforms, Taiwanese users are flocking to Threads specifically for that purpose. Meta did not immediately respond to a Rest of World request for comment.

✎ ADNEWS 澳洲廣告專業媒體「ADNEWS」｜20240528

Canada's media industry warns Australia on Meta news ban

針對Meta新聞禁令　加拿大新聞業向澳洲提出警告

Canadian independent publishers have warned Australian counterparts to brace for impact if Meta's removes news from its platforms.

✎ NIEMAN LAB 哈佛大學尼曼新聞基金會《尼曼新聞實驗室》｜20240529

What’s with the rise of “fact-based journalism”?

「基於事實的新聞」興起是怎麼一回事？

As our politics and media have grown more polarized, and as the barriers to entry to operating a “news” organization evaporated, the media ecosystem has become a breeding ground for misinformation posing as news. In such an environment, identifying some approaches to journalism, or some news organizations, as bastions of “fact-based journalism” has become a way of trying to distinguish legitimate journalism from the rest of the dreck.

✎ Guardian 英國《衛報》｜20240529

London Evening Standard to close daily newspaper and launch new weekly

英國倫敦《旗幟晚報》宣布停止每日出刊　並將推出新的週刊

London’s Evening Standard has announced plans to shut its daily newspaper and replace it with a weekly outlet, bringing an end to almost 200 years of publication in the capital.

✎ Press Gazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20240529

Podcasts continue to grow in popularity in UK as BBC reveals data insights

BBC公布數據資料顯示：英國收聽Podcast人口持續成長

The BBC's data shows that while podcast audiences grow, Gen Z interest has dipped since pandemic.

✎ Global Investigative Journalism Network 非營利組織《全球深度報導網》｜20240529

Solving Investigative Journalism’s ‘Profit Puzzle’ — From Diversification to Independence

解決調查報導的「收益難題」—從多元到獨立

How investigative journalism can pay for itself, independent of grants and philanthropy, is an ongoing challenge — particularly because producing impactful journalism is often not enough to break even or make it profitable.

整理：朱弘川、編譯：蔡宏杰