國際傳媒新聞:2019/12/06~2019/12/12

✅QUARTZ |20191210

🔗Why so much investigative journalism gets published in December

News organizations will maintain that investigations are published only when they are ready. But editors and reporters know that if, ah, that story you’re working on can be ready in the next couple of weeks, that would be ideal, right?

✅THE OPEN NOTEBOOK|20191210

🔗On the Shortage of Spanish-Language Science Journalism in U.S. Media

A long list of problems afflicts journalism these days, including frequent layoffs and expanding news deserts. Another major deficiency, particularly apparent in U.S. science journalism, often goes widely unacknowledged: Science news that airs or is published in the United States’ second most commonly spoken language, Spanish, is rare—and where it exists, is often at risk of elimination.

✅THE NEW YORK TIMES|20191210

🔗Who’s Spreading Disinformation in U.K. Election? You Might Be Surprised

Foreign meddling was once the most feared source of online deception before critical elections. Now, some candidates themselves are turning to such manipulative tactics.

✅BUSINESS INSIDER|20191211

🔗7,800 people have lost their jobs so far this year in a media landslide

The media industry continued to execute cuts in December and November as Verizon, Gannett, Highsnobiety, and the CBC reduced headcounts.

✅DATAJOURNALISM.COM|20191211

🔗Tackling math anxiety in journalism students

The group’s answer — by consensus — was a recommendation to focus broadly on ‘data literacy’ rather than on using any one specific programme or on writing code. 

✅THE GUARDIAN|20191211

🔗How Apple News editors quietly influence UK’s election reading

Service has around 11m users a month in UK but faces much less scrutiny that other outlets

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