As governments around the world roll out COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, newly discovered strains of the virus have fueled growing concerns among experts. Scientists have linked a variant in the U.K. …
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Lucía Ballon-Becerra | IJNET
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1/27/21
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A Kansas university president who ordered a student journalist not to talk to police or request public records rescinded his order three months ago, but the student reporter just found out.In …
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Barbara Allen | Poynter
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1/27/21
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It was a relatively innocuous job ad on LinkedIn, seeking an executive editor. It said things like “our editorial mission is to be the go-to place for understanding technology, innovation, and …
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Mathew Ingram | CJR
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1/27/21
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Google is reviving plans to launch its own news website in Australia within weeks, according to a local media outlet contracted to provide articles for the venture, as the search giant fights …
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Byron Kaye | Reuters
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1/27/21
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After 10 months as a collection of newsletters created via Substack, the team behind the Everything Bundle is breaking out on its own with $600,000 in seed funding, its own content and newsletter …
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Kia Kokalitcheva | Axios
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1/27/21
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It’s a new year, and as I’m nearing the end of this fellowship, it seems worth pulling the lens back a bit. We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about nuts and bolts —how to …
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Clayton Aldern | RJI
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1/27/21
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The year 2020 was filled with polarizing events — a pandemic, fervent protests from Belarus to Hong Kong to Venezuela, Black Lives Matter, the U.S. elections, conflict in the Central African …
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Priyanka Shankar and Inbar Preiss | IJNET
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1/27/21
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When The Waterbury Record ceased publication at the end of March, Waterbury, Vermont, was on its way to becoming another news desert. At the time, Lisa Scagliotti—a longtime Waterbury resident …
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Lauren Harris | CJR
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1/27/21
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Publishers love to disagree, but almost all of them will say they have an uneasy relationship with Google.They can’t fully trust a business that they say isn’t completely upfront about …
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Seb Joseph | Digiday
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1/27/21
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CBS has placed two top TV executives on leave after a report detailing accusations that they had created a hostile work environment, including making disparaging remarks about female and Black …
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Derrick Bryson Taylor | New York Times
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1/27/21
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Gannett has unleashed a flood of good financial news this month along with a positive 2021 forecast. At the nation’s largest chain, with more than 250 regional papers and USA …
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Rick Edmonds | Poynter
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1/27/21
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The ABC cannot fill the void created by the closure of hundreds of newsrooms in suburban and regional Australia, the broadcaster has told a Senate inquiry into media diversity.
The news deserts …
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Amanda Meade | Guardian
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1/27/21
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North Equity, a venture equity firm that acquires and invests in media brands, is acquiring Domino Media Group, the home magazine and digital company launched by Condé Nast in 2005. The deal …
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Sara Fischer | Axios
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1/26/21
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I recently talked with Greg Piechota, Researcher-In-Residence at the International News Media Association, to discuss the increasing importance of subscriptions and reader revenue in a world of …
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Robbie K. Baxter | Medium
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1/26/21
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In a hearing on her nomination for Commerce Department secretary on Tuesday, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo told lawmakers that she will pursue changes to Section 230 if confirmed.Responding to …
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Makena Kelly | Verge
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1/26/21
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The Washington Post will expand its performance software on Tuesday to add video to Zeus, its suite of ad placement and optimization tools.Why it matters: The update brings the Post a step closer to …
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Sara Fischer | Axios
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1/26/21
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Communication about the unreviewed and preliminary nature of COVID-19-related preprint studies remains widely inconsistent among online media outlets, according to a new study published in the …
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Naseem Miller | Journalist's Resource
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1/26/21
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Last August, Alexei Navalny—the Russian opposition leader and scourge of Vladimir Putin—was poisoned, and fell into a coma. Authorities initially refused to let Navalny leave the country …
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Jon Allsop | CJR
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1/26/21
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When we launched our obits newsletter, How They Lived, on December 8, I had one big concern: Would anyone read it?Honestly, I worry about that with everything I publish, but launching a new product …
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Kristen Hare | RJI
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1/26/21
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Ben Smith has an enviable view of the current media landscape. Before The New York Times announced in January 2020 that the publication had hired Smith to be its media columnist, he had eight years …
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Tim Peterson | Digiday
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1/26/21
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