Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: In 2018 Facebook drastically changed News Feed to make it “good for people” (and bad for most publishers) (Nieman Lab) But did you know: One year in, Facebook’s big algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated — […]

Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: The Knight Foundation puts $300 million toward rebuilding local news ecosystems (Knight Foundation) But did you know:As major newspapers continue shrinking, more cities are starting to build ecosystems that focus on better coverage instead of competition (Poynter) On […]

Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Twitter is wondering whether Twitter is bad for society — and Jack Dorsey is starting new research to find out (Recode) But did you know: Twitter reveals big changes to conversations and new camera features (NBC News) Twitter is […]

Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: How the Minneapolis Star-Tribune used calendar invites and other practical tools to help readers “be better voters” (Better News) But did you know: Calendars might be the next great online publishing tool (Poynter) Some news organizations have been […]

Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is on a White House hit list for elimination (Nieman Lab) But did you know: Trump wants to kill federal funding for PBS and NPR (again); it won’t happen, but it’s still damaging (Nieman […]

Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: From 2008 to 2017, newspaper newsrooms shrank by 45 percent (Pew Research Center) But did you know: More than 1,400 other cities and towns across the U.S. have lost a newspaper over the past 15 years (AP) As circulation […]

Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Facebook will reorient itself from a public forum to a private messaging platform (Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg) But did you know: Will private sharing mark the end of Facebook’s supposed commitment to helping journalism? (Columbia Journalism Review) Facebook’s shift to […]

Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: U.S. regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for privacy violations, which would mark the first major punishment levied against the platform since the Cambridge Analytica scandal (Washington Post) But did you know: Facebook’s Mark […]

Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Journalism blockchain platform Civil failed in its initial coin offering, which aimed to raise $8 million in cryptocurrency to invest in news organizations. It ended up raising only $1.4 million. (Nieman Lab) But did you know: Civil tries a […]

Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: “Tennessee Breitbart” is part of a growing trend of opaque, locally focused, ideological outlets, dressed up as traditional newspapers (Politico) But did you know: How PAC-connected activists continue to set up ‘local news’ outlets (Snopes) On February 6, […]