▍國際傳媒：2022/01/14~2022/01/20

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✅  This news site is training hundreds of young women in digital journalism to reach remote audiences in news deserts across India

新聞網站《Khabar Lahariya》​​正在數位新聞學領域訓練數以百計的年輕女性，以觸及印度各地新聞沙漠中的偏遠受眾

“It is not just about learning a skill or getting a diploma,” says Thuvassery. “It’s about women being actively there as storytellers, as a source of these stories and as [media] consumers.”

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✅  Newsrooms Are Unionizing Pretty Much “Nonstop.” Here’s Why

新聞編輯室正幾乎「不間斷」地組織工會。這就是為什麼——記者們通過加入工會浪潮來應對媒體合併和持續的收入挑戰

Journalists are responding to consolidation and ongoing revenue challenges by joining the unionization wave.

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✅  What is the future of the BBC’s funding model?

BBC 籌款模式的未來是什麼？

The debate around the licence fee being scrapped by 2027 prompted questions around how the public broadcaster should be financed and what its journalism should look like.

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✅  How newsrooms are experimenting with Twitter Spaces

新聞編輯室如何實驗即時語音社群功能「推特空間」？

Twitter Spaces, initially described as “ephemeral” audio-only chats, are taking on a more permanent role. The social platform has added the ability for hosts to record the live sessions, introduced ticketing for those who want to monetize their Spaces, and devoted prime real estate in the app to the feature. They’re also actively encouraging newsrooms and journalists to take on the role of host.

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✅  What’s the metaverse? Whatever companies want it to be.

究竟什麼是元宇宙？無論公司想要它成為什麼。

Will Oremus, a technology columnist with the Washington Post, noted in December that much of the coverage of the metaverse has been long on hype and short on reality, with stories in the New York Times about how people are getting married in the metaverse, and in the Wall Street Journal about how companies are buying virtual property. Such acts in such spaces may be interesting, but are they an example of “the metaverse?” Coverage can sometimes feel like a list of product names.

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