✎ Columbia Journalism Review 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20220706

The sad state of press freedom in Hong Kong after twenty-five years of Chinese rule

中共統治25年後香港新聞自由的悲慘狀況

The decline of press freedom in Hong Kong has not traced a perfectly straight line from heady days twenty-five years ago to repression now; fears of coming curbs were often expressed in 1997—not least in Western media coverage of the handover, which sometimes traded in colonial nostalgia—and threats to reporting have been visible for years since then, as Mary Hui wrote for CJR in 2018.

✎ THE WASHINGTON POST 美國《華盛頓郵報》｜20220629

Fact-checking movement grapples with a world awash in false claims

事實查核運動努力對付充斥虛假聲明的世界

Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and former columnist for The Washington Post who now writes for the Atlantic, warned attendees that the traditional fact check — in which individual claims by politicians or advocacy groups are vetted for accuracy — may not be adequate in a world in which a government such as Russia’s not only tells a single lie but has spent years laying the groundwork for “a whole elaborate narrative” to undercut the idea of a sovereign Ukraine

✎ PressGazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20220706

Social media ‘active danger’ for journalists yet also ‘integral’ to the job

社群媒體對新聞記者來說是「一觸即發的危險」，但卻也是新聞工作「不可缺的」

Twitter and other social media platforms remain an “integral” part of the job for journalists despite the risk of getting into “hot water”, top industry figures including Sky News political editor Beth Rigby have told Press Gazette.

✎ journalism.co.uk 英國新聞網站《journalism.co.uk》｜20220707

Google News Showcase: Is it viable for the smallest of newsrooms?

Google News Showcase：對極小的新聞編輯室來說，可行嗎？

Google claims that Showcase helps more readers discover quality journalism, form deeper relationships with their audience, and pay publishers for daily curated content. But Google declined to comment on the exact nature of these private deals, only saying there was a “consistent formula” to the payments.

✎ PressGazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20220707

UK business media titles are charging PRs to publish news

英國商業媒體向公關界收取發布新聞的費用

Various B2B business news outlets in the UK are regularly asking PRs for payment in exchange for news coverage in an apparent breach of Advertising Standards Authority rules.

整理：朱弘川｜編譯：蔡宏杰