🗞 LOCAL NEWS INITIATIVE 美國西北大學《地方新聞倡議計劃》｜20210301 ✅ Nearly Half of Digital Subscribers Are ‘Zombies,’ Medill Analysis Finds 西北大學梅迪爾新聞學院研究發現：近半數數位訂閱者是訂了不看的「殭屍」——49% 每個月上不了一次網站

🗞 AXIOS 美國新興數位新聞網站《AXIOS》（字源：希臘文「值得 Worthy」）｜20210223✅ How memes became a major vehicle for misinformation迷因如何成為誤傳假新聞的重大利器？

🗞 RNZ 紐西蘭《紐西蘭國家廣播電台》｜20210211
✅ Public purse to bankroll more of our news
公共資金將資助更多紐西蘭新聞業

🗞 ON THE MEDIA 美國紐約公共電台（WNYC）廣播節目《針對媒體》（OTM）｜20210122
✅ What The Press Have And Should Have Learned From The Trump Era
從川普時代中，新聞業已經且早該學習到什麼？

The Trump era may well be behind us, but his time in power revealed deep vulnerabilities and blind spots in our industry that the press must confront and begin to repair.

🗞 JOURNALISM.CO.UK 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20210118
✅ Reuters Institute’s media trends and predictions for 2021
《路透新聞學研究所》2021 年媒體趨勢與預測

RISJ’s senior research associate Nic Newman talks about new revenue models, the rise of entrepreneurial journalism and the possibilities unlocked by artificial intelligence.

🗞 Harvard Business Review 《哈佛商業評論》｜20210111
✅ How to Hold Social Media Accountable for Undermining Democracy
如何讓社群媒體為破壞民主負責？

The problem with social media isn’t just what users post — it’s what the platforms decide to do with that content. Far from being neutral, social media companies are constantly making decisions about which content to amplify, elevate, and suggest to other users. Given their business model, which promotes scale above all, they’ve often actively amplified extreme, divisive content — including dangerous conspiracy theories and misinformation.

🗞 WASHINGTON POST 美國《華盛頓郵報》｜20210104
✅ USPS delays are threatening small-town newspapers. So is a postage price increase.
小鎮報紙危機！美國郵政遲延壓件、郵資上漲威脅社區報生存

Historic volumes of packages have gummed up the Postal Service, and community newspapers are getting caught in the mail backlog.

🗞 NPR 美國《全國公共廣播電台》｜20201230
✅ 4 Ways 2020 Changed Media: The Consumer Has Never Had More Power
2020 改變媒體的 4 大方向：閱聽用戶擁有前所未有的權力

This will be a pitched battle for control of the attention economy – what earns consumers’ notice and loyalty. In the process, more material will move to streaming television, reaching us through our smartphones, tablets, desktops or smart TVs.

🗞 Global Investigative Journalism Network｜20201221
✅ Data Journalism Top 10 for 2020: COVID-19, Saving the Nile, Shape of Dreams, Visualizations for the Colorblind

This year — the year of the pandemic — in which the coronavirus dominated public conversation and news headlines, our mapping from January 1 to December 13 reflects that reality.

🗞 Columbia Journalism Review｜20201216
✅ The 2020 Journalism Crisis: A year in review

2020 was a banner year for news. While the year in journalism yielded intrepid political reporting amid a contentious election year, vital public health information amid a pandemic, and exacting historical analysis amid historic protests, publications across the country cut back: stripping salaries, ousting staffers, closing offices, and shutting down print editions.