國際傳媒新聞:2019/04/19~2019/04/25

Newsday|0422

Saving journalism’s soul in the Age of Trump

The reality is that the Trump era is the most perilous time to be a journalist in my lifetime and probably in American history. The leader of this country has proclaimed journalists — citizens like me and probably your neighbors, regular folks who see their job as simply keeping your community or your nation informed — as “ the enemies of the people,” a phrase with grim historical echoes dating back to Joseph Stalin. At mass rallies of cheering acolytes, Trump points to a fenced-in pen of journalists as zoo-like objects of derision.

BuzzFeed News|0424

Twitter Will Let Users Report Tweets That Mislead Voters

Amid a concerted spread of misinformation online that has rattled democracies around the world in recent years, Twitter is launching a tool that will let users flag tweets that attempt to mislead voters.

DIGIDAY|0423

How publishers are using TikTok, the latest hot app

TikTok, the short-form video app from Bytedance, has charmed video creatorsad agencies and tech employees in the U.S. since it rebranded from Musical.ly last August. Publishers aren’t far behind, with most using it as a way to extend where their content lives.

Columbia Journalism Review|0422

The media are complacent while the world burns

Last summer, during the deadliest wildfire season in California’s history, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes got into a revealing Twitter discussion about why US television doesn’t much cover climate change. 

RECODE|0418

Why is LinkedIn producing original journalism? LinkedIn editor-at-large Jessi Hempel explains.

The core business of Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is helping professionals network and find new jobs — but unlike its social media peers, it’s unabashedly a media company, too. A team of 50 editors, led by editor-in-chief Dan Roth and editor-at-large Jessi Hempel, delivers news to LinkedIn users around the world.

Niemanlab|0425

Collaboration jackpot: How three local journalism projects in Europe are getting more bang for their buck

As resources have shrunk, collaboration between and within newsrooms has skyrocketed. This isn’t a “do more with less” scenario, but rather true-blue teamwork using the skills, abilities, tech, and yeah, money pooled between entities to ideally do journalism with a much more powerful punch.

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