✎ PRESS GAZETTE 英國《新聞公報》｜20220225
How Canada’s Online News Act will differ from Australia’s news media bargaining code
加拿大的《線上新聞法案》草案與澳洲的《新聞媒體議價法》有何不同？
Canada’s government has pledged to create a “more transparent” version of Australia’s media bargaining code as the North American country seeks to force Google and Meta to pay for news.

✎ IN THESE TIMES 美國政論月刊《在這些時代》｜20220221
How a News Voucher System Could Revitalize American Journalism
「新聞兌換券」這樣的公共補貼系統 如何能振興美國新聞產業？
We can rebuild the local journalism industry by having the government give people the means to pay for news.

AP《美聯社》｜20220214
Swiss voters reject public aid plan for newspapers, media
瑞士公投否決對報紙、媒體的公共援助計劃
Foes of the plan had said the cash injection would waste taxpayer money, benefit big newspaper chains and the media moguls who run them and hurt journalistic independence by making media outlets more dependent on state handouts and thus less likely to criticize public officials. They also said it was discriminatory, since free newspapers wouldn’t benefit.

🗞 VICE 北美報導國際藝術、文化和新聞方面主題雜誌《Vice》｜20220125
✅ They Were Reporters in Hong Kong. Now They Drive Cabs and Sell Fried Chicken.
他們曾是香港記者 現在開計程車、賣炸雞維生

🗞 REUTERS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JOURNALISM 牛津大學全球新聞媒體研究中心《路透新聞學機構》｜20220118
✅ 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.”

🗞 COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20220113
✅ Obstruction of Journalism: A new way to combat violence against journalists
妨礙新聞公正報導法：打擊針對記者暴力的新方式

Obstruction of journalism would also be an important deterrent. Now, virtually nothing impedes these attacks—not newsrooms, not social media platforms, not law enforcement. Although some news organizations have started to address violence against their journalists, many reporters still feel vulnerable and that they are professionally tethered to the most prolific font of abuse—social media.

🗞 AP NEWS 美國《聯合通訊社》（簡稱《美聯社》）｜20211231
✅ Media reps say 45 reporters, staffers died at work in 2021
媒體代表 IFJ：2021 年有 45 名記者和媒體員工因公殉職
A total of 45 reporters and media workers were killed doing their jobs over the last year, the highest number among them in strife-torn Afghanistan, the world’s largest organization of journalists said Friday.

🗞 Al Jazeera 卡達《半島電視台》｜20211224
✅ Almost half of Afghan media closed since Taliban takeover: Survey
調查：塔利班佔領以來，已有近半數阿富汗媒體關閉

A survey by Reporters Without Borders and the Afghan Independent Journalists Association shows 60 percent of journalists are unemployed.

🗞 New Statesman 英國倫敦政治和文化雜誌《新政治家》｜20211217
✅ Why Ofcom needs clear powers to audit Big Tech’s algorithms
為什麼英國通訊管理局需要明確的權力來監理大型科技公司的演算法？

Inspection of algorithms in social media is an essential, but also frequently overlooked, part of the Online Safety Bill. 

🗞 The Journalist’s Resource 哈佛大學肖倫斯坦中心《記者資源》｜20211209
✅ How to hold the line: 4 journalism survival tips from 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa
如何守住底線：來自 2021 年諾貝爾和平獎得主 Maria Ressa 的 4 條新聞生存秘訣

The champion of press freedom shares insights for journalists who are fighting to hold power to account amid relentless harassment and misinformation on social media.