Category: Journalism

Trump Ruled the Tabloid Media. Washington Is a Different Story. Donald J. Trump was no stranger back in the day to the art of news management. But even that did not seem to prepare him for the capital press corps. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/us/politics/trump-press-conflict.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 He’s not in Manhattan anymore. This New York-iest of politicians, now an idiosyncratic,…

Those Natty Ole Reporters Photographers make photographs for Memory.  We want to remember a place, a person, a moment, whether it’s warm, wonderful and uplifting, … Link: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/2017/01/those-natty-ole-reporters.html There is a sense that everyone with a Press badge is a target, someone who is obviously unfriendly to the candidate (to the -elect…) and yet there…

Here are the biggest media mysteries of 2017 – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/2017/here-are-the-biggest-media-mysteries-of-2017/443892/ The question: What don’t you know about what’s ahead in 2017?

The most important moments for journalism in 2016 – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/2016/tom-friedman-shane-smith-jill-lawrence-and-others-on-the-medias-most-important-events-in-2016/440610/ What was truly significant in media this year? Was it a development in journalism, or corporate moves,…

2016 wasn’t the worst of it – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/2016/2016-wasnt-the-worst-of-it/443168/ My main journalistic lesson of 2016 is to brace for massive upheaval and redefinition. What we’ve just seen —…

Facebook’s Walled Wonderland Is Inherently Incompatible With News by Frederic Filloux via Medium: https://mondaynote.com/facebooks-walled-wonderland-is-inherently-incompatible-with-news-media-b145e2d0078c#.j0fsiu2qz We must face the fact that Facebook doesn’t care about news in the journalism sense. News represents about 10% of the average user newsfeed and news can be cut overnight if circumstances dictate with no significant impact for the platform.

A look at Facebook’s billion dollar 2016 hit on the news ecosystem – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/2016/a-look-at-facebooks-billion-dollar-2016-hit-on-the-news-ecosystem/440471/ The Facebook ad juggernaut may next be poaching from local TV ad budgets…

How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study How a misinformed Twitter post the night after the presidential election fueled a nationwide conspiracy theory and became a talking point — even as it was being proved false. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/business/media/how-fake-news-spreads.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 The New York Times deconstructs how Mr. Tucker’s now-deleted declaration on Twitter the night after the…

Fixation on Fake News Overshadows Waning Trust in Real Reporting Fake news should be shunned, but the discussion of it misunderstands a new media world in which every story is at risk of being discredited, not by argument but by sheer force. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/business/media/exposing-fake-news-eroding-trust-in-real-reporting.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Something is deeply wrong when the pope’s voice, reputation and influence…

Can the Media Recover From This Election? James Poniewozik, chief TV critic for The New York Times, and Jim Rutenberg, media columnist at The Times, discuss the good and bad of election coverage. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/arts/television/after-this-election-can-the-media-recover.html?partner=rss&emc=rss This has not been your typical presidential election — not for the voters, the candidates or the news media. James…

A ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ Lesson for the Digital Age For not the first time this year, those analyzing this election missed what was happening all around them — and it was the story of a lifetime. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/business/media/media-trump-clinton.html?partner=rss&emc=rss All the dazzling technology, the big data and the sophisticated modeling that American newsrooms bring to the…

Media’s Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News Plunging print ad sales and an explosion of online outlets spreading inaccurate information threaten to diminish, and in some cases extinguish, the impact of traditional media companies. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/media/medias-next-challenge-overcoming-the-threat-of-fake-news.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 The internet-borne forces that are eating away at print advertising are enabling a host of faux-journalistic players…

Facebook’s fake news problem won’t fix itself – Poynter From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. via Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/2016/facebooks-fake-news-problem-wont-fix-itself/434236/ Evidence of Facebook’s fake news problem is piling up: The “Trending” section keeps getting hoaxed. Hyperpartisan pages spew…

As Standing Rock Protesters Face Down Armored Trucks, the World Watches on Facebook As law enforcement moved in on Standing Rock protestors on Thursday, Facebook Live and Twitter once again emerged as vital information sources. via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/2016/10/standing-rock-protesters-face-police-world-watches-facebook/ “IF ANY OF these law enforcement shoot one of my people, it is going down, people,” Atsa…

Analysis | Facebook has repeatedly trended fake news since firing its human editors Parody stories, news releases, 9/11 conspiracies — they’ve all been promoted by Facebook Trending since the algorithms took over. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/10/12/facebook-has-repeatedly-trended-fake-news-since-firing-its-human-editors/?tid=sm_fb The Megyn Kelly incident was supposed to be an anomaly. An unfortunate one-off. A bit of (very public, embarrassing)…

Live Streaming Breaks Through, and Cable News Has Much to Fear The Philando Castile shooting and its aftermath have catapulted services like Facebook Live and Periscope into the center of the news, challenging cable to adapt. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/technology/live-streaming-breaks-through-and-cable-news-has-much-to-fear.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 But as they say on cable, we’ve just gotten word of some breaking news — and it’s…

Live Footage of Shootings Forces Facebook to Confront New Role After the death of Philando Castile and sniper fire in Dallas were streamed on Facebook, the company faces questions about how to handle graphic content. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/technology/facebook-dallas-live-video-breaking-news.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, wrote about Ms. Reynolds’s live broadcast. While the images of Mr. Castile dying…