News that Matters – Embracing the Slow Journalism Movement
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The age of the 24-hour news cycle has turned journalism into a speed race. Scoops and breaking news are filled with scant facts, lots of supposition, and often wild speculation. And by the time the full story has come out...
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Can a New Partnership between Social and Traditional Media Regain Our Trust?
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As a gatekeeper of the news, Facebook has done a remarkably bad job. So it’s not surprising that social media is in freefall in the trust department. Yet according to Jennifer Risi, Worldwide Chief Communications Officer Managing Director for Ogilvy...
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Journalists See the Tide of Trust Turning Back
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Early this year, we saw trust in traditional media bouncing back from its historic low point of a couple of year ago. At the time, we cited the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer that showed traditional media outlets were indeed regaining...
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Buzzfeed Lays off 100 and Ad-funded Online Journalism Takes its Lumps
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There’s a group of 20 or so journalists in the UK suddenly available for hire. No, they weren’t laid off from a struggling print newspaper. Rather, they’ve been cut from the editorial staff at Buzzfeed, part of a purge of...
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The End of an Era?
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He was an international icon of publishing. When billionaire publishing magnate S.I. Newhouse died last week, many called it the “end of an era” for the glossy publishing industry. “When Si Newhouse died this week at the age of 89,...
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What Journalists are Saying about Fake News
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Depending on who you talk to, you might think journalists are the problem. The charge of “fake news” rings out from all sides anytime a news media brand brings up a touchy point. With trust in the media at an...
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Malyarov’s Open Letter to Everyone Looking for Real Journalism
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“Standing up for facts is a kind of patriotic act, and a necessary one.”Those words from Dartmouth College professor Brendan Nyhan close a thought-provoking piece by Nikolay Malyarov in Fipp.Malyarov’s “open letter to everyone looking for real journalism” makes the...
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Why Journalism Should be Grateful for the Current War on Media
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John Palumbo, head of Rhode Island Monthly, waxed nostalgic in a recent post in Folio. “My journalism advisor in college was a crusty seasoned newspaper guy who had retired to academia. Often, when reviewing classwork, he would look over his...
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Why Differentiation is Critical during the War on Media
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There is a difference between “media” and journalism; in this age of brands as media publishers, not all operate under journalistic principles. Throw native advertising into the mix – where real journalism is cozied up with sponsored content – and...
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The Risk is Real: How Facebook is Destroying Journalism
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By walling up readers and luring away advertisers, the platform is putting the Fourth Estate in dire straits. Traditional journalism faces a risk so severe that some are calling it the end of the Fourth Estate as we know it....
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