✎ LOS ANGELES TIMES 美國《洛杉磯時報》｜20231228

NAHJ study: Investigative newsrooms don’t reflect communities they cover

NAHJ研究報告：調查報導的新聞編輯室無法涵蓋其所以採訪的社區（編按：NAHJ 為全國西班牙裔記者協會）

A two-year survey of 22 major metro newsrooms found that investigative news reporters and editors are overwhelmingly white. The survey — conducted by the National Assn. of Hispanic Journalists between 2021 and 2023 and published Wednesday — reveals that 60% of investigative news reporters are white.

✎ NIEMAN LAB 哈佛大學尼曼新聞基金會《尼曼新聞實驗室》｜20240103

Is your Instagram feed “news”? Depends on how you feel.

你的Instagram消息來源是「新聞」嗎？全憑你的感覺而定

How AI exacerbates the news industry’s reliance on Big Tech, how Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter led to “strategic disconnection,” and why journalism educators need to talk more about hostility.

✎ NPR 全美公共廣播電台｜20240102

After a grueling 2023, here are 4 predictions for media in 2024

四項2024年的媒體預測

Here’s what we survived: Two lengthy strikes by Hollywood writers and performers that paralyzed new production, crippling the business in ways we’re just beginning to fathom. Layoffs in the media sector totaling more than 20,000 positions, according to one study. Hikes in subscription fees, which hit consumers of almost every major streaming service, including Netflix, Disney+, Hulu and Apple TV+, and confrontations between media companies and cable providers leading to questions on whether cable TV can even survive in the streaming era.

✎ PRESS GAZETTE 英國《新聞公報》｜20240104

Why ad-funded journalism-for-all faces fight for survival in 2024

何以靠網路廣告為生的新聞業在2024年將面臨生存戰？

For many news publishers — especially those without paywalls — the end of cookies will be one more in a long series of blows to the provision of free news for all, funded by advertising. Apple took away the ability to track users with cookies from the Safari browser years ago — making roughly half of all UK users largely unidentifiable for advertisers.

✎ POYNTER 美國波因特學院｜20231227

2023 was the worst year for the news business since the pandemic

2023年是新冠疫情以來新聞業最糟的一年

It’s a sharp reversal from the last two years, when layoffs fell and some news outlets even expanded.

✎ PRESS GAZETTE 英國《新聞公報》｜20240103

Generative AI in the newsroom: Tips and tactics for 2024 from Reuters, Newsquest and BBC

生成式人工智慧在新聞編輯室的應用：2024年來自路透社、Newsquest 與BBC的提點及策略

Leaders in newsroom use of generative artificial intelligence shared tips, tools and some optimistic predictions before the holidays at the NCTJ‘s Artificial Intelligence in Journalism event.

整理：朱弘川｜編譯：蔡宏杰