Fixing journalism with a multibillion dollar endowment fund: Emily Bell writes tech giants could donate billions for a new type of engine for independent journalism. “Now is a good time to abandon the fantasy that the health of journalism is tied to free-market economics.”
Free stuff: Britt Aboutaleb writes about an ethics policy adopted by Racked, in the fashion industry, and its “Swag Project.”
Why believe polls? asks Margaret Sullivan, who quotes a source saying: “Pollsters and prognosticators — and I would include the media — need to do a better job presenting the uncertainty.”
New ESPN social media guidelines tell staff to “think before you tweet,” writes Sydney Smith. Leave politics and social issues out, especially in hard news reporting.
Anti-doxxing strategies: Decca Muldowney tells how to avoid online weapons that attack people.
Saving local newsrooms: Focus on original reporting, write Christopher Ali and Damian Radcliffe. Avoid saying newspapers are a dying industry.
News breaks and the hyperspeed news cycle bring misinformation, reports Columbia Journalism Review. BuzzFeedNews lists examples about the Texas church shooting.
Visual forensics distinguished the New York Times from its competitors, writes Pete Vernon, about the Las Vegas shooting.
Millions of posts to social media are “acts of journalism” if accurate.
Gossip is a tool of the powerless, writes Nick Denton. Gossip is the first draft of news, he says.
“The official channels have long failed those with allegations of harassment….”
Media literacy training is needed to help the public detect lies and truth, writes Jack Lessenberry of the Toledo Blade. Media are “losing credibility with the public in a way never seen in modern times.”
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