How 13 news publishers are using WhatsApp Channels
WEBNov 7, 2023 · Nieman Lab now has a WhatsApp Channel. We talked to 13 publishers around the world about how they’re using Channels. They stressed it’s too soon to define an official Channels strategy, especially since WhatsApp doesn’t offer much in the way of metrics. “We can only see the approximate number of people who viewed a …
Your favorite way to get around The New York Times paywall …
WEBJan 18, 2013 · As long as The New York Times has had a metered paywall — it’s coming up on eight years! — people have been trying to sneak around it.While the paper has since had huge success getting millions of people to pay for digital news, it didn’t take long for people to realize that there was a pretty easy way to bypass it.
Race and the newsroom: What seven research studies say
WEBJun 11, 2020 · The message is clear: whether national outlets or hyper-local brands, journalism has a race problem. About three-quarters of newsroom employees are non-Hispanic white, compared with about two-thirds of all U.S. workers, according to a 2018 analysis from the Pew Research Center. About half of newsroom staff are white men, compared with about a ...
The U.S. Media Index database shows news consumers who owns …
WEBMay 14, 2021 · The databases includes three indices: The U.S. Mainstream Media Index details the 176 parent companies of daily news outlets; the index of emerging nonprofit media and donors lists 231 nonprofit news outlets and who funds them; and an index of the seven owners of daily newspapers is categorized …
Here are 12 principles journalists should follow to make sure …
WEBJan 16, 2019 · 1. First, protect your sources. Defend anonymity when it is requested. It is generally accepted that a journalist’s commitment to protect the anonymity of confidential sources and whistleblowers should only be breached in the most exceptional circumstances (e.g. when it is established that there is no other way to determine identity where it is critical to avert imminent loss of human life).
How do audiences decide what news to trust? Fairness and …
WEBDec 3, 2020 · This week, our team of researchers at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism published a new report that offers somewhat different answers than those most often focused on by journalists and other researchers (much of which we reviewed in a Trust in News Project (funded with a £3.3 million grant from the Facebook Journalism Project), a multi-year effort to better understand trust ...
The New York Times wants to test Wirecutter as a subscription …
WEBFeb 4, 2021 · In the last quarter of 2020, 65 percent of total ad revenue came from digital, compared to 54 percent in 2019. The New York Times is working on building a subscription product for its consumer reviews site Wirecutter, CEO Meredith Kopit Levien confirmed on a quarterly earnings call Thursday morning. Currently, the Times earns affiliate revenue ...
The Washington Post is launching a data journalism department
WEBThe Washington Post / Dec 1, 2020. “We are delighted to announce that Meghan Hoyer, the data editor of the Associated Press, will join The Washington Post in the new year to establish and lead a new department dedicated to data journalism. As our data director, Meghan will lead data projects and act as a consulting editor on data-driven ...
Newspapers cost more than twice as much today as they did a …
WEBJan 28, 2019 · If you’ve been a daily print newspaper subscriber for any length of time — whether it’s a seven-day morning habit you’ve had for decades or a Sunday-only New York Times subscription you have mainly so your four-year-old will sometimes see Dada reading something other than a screen :raised_hand: — you’ve …
What I learned from a year on Substack - Nieman Lab
WEBSep 20, 2021 · A year ago, I quit the best job I ever had to start Platformer. Today I wanted to tell you all how it’s going, what I’ve learned, and how I hope the business will evolve in year two. My hope is that this piece offers some texture to ongoing discussions about how the creator economy and traditional journalism intersect, and proves useful both to journalists considering making a move like ...