Tuesday, April 27, 2021 |
| “Not only were my male counterparts with similar background/experience getting paid more, there were interns in the newsroom paid a higher wage than I was.” By Hanaa' Tameez. |
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| “During the pandemic, we made all of our content free to smaller, community radio stations that don’t have a news budget.” By Rachel del Valle. |
We want to know: What was the last news subscription you canceled, and why? What We’re ReadingThe Verge / Chaim Gartenberg
Twitter is adding a COVID-19 vaccine fact box box to users’ timelines →“The new notice appears as a massive unmissable box at the top of users’ Twitter feeds on the iOS and Android apps, prompting users to ‘make sure you have the most up-to-date information on the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations.’”Thomson Reuters Foundation / Rina Chandran
Twitter called out for removing critical Covid tweets in India →“Twitter withheld some tweets after a legal request by the Indian government, a company spokeswoman told Reuters on Saturday. These included tweets from a lawmaker, a minister in the state of West Bengal, and a filmmaker. ‘Suppression of information and criticism of government is not only dangerous for India but it is putting people around the world at risk,’ said Mirza Saaib Beg, a lawyer whose tweets were among those withheld.”Poynter / Amaris Castillo
How the IWMF’s Adelante program helped women tell more nuanced, robust stories about Latin America →“IWMF Executive Director Elisa Lees Muñoz said in an impact report that Adelante’s goal was two-fold: to give journalists a unique opportunity to safely cover underreported stories in a complex region and to create a squad of women with in-depth expertise on Latin America.”Rest of World / Mahima Jain
How WhatsApp became a tool for Indian police to fight harassment →“The way the helpline works is simple. Once a complainant texts the number, they receive an automated response from the police asking if they wish to file a complaint. If they respond ‘yes,’ the helpline automatically requests information about the incident. It is then assigned a case number and, depending on location, passed onto one of the 100 units in the Telangana police force known as SHE Teams, units that focus on crimes against women.”Digiday / Kayleigh Barber
Why Time sees opportunity in Bitcoin for advertisers and consumers →“Current subscribers will not be asked to switch to the crypto payment options, according to Maya Draisin, svp of progress marketing. Instead, this method allows her team to introduce the Time brand to native crypto users and give them accessible payment options. She hopes it gives current subscribers that are ‘crypto curious,’ an entry point to see crypto usage in a real-world application.”Reason / Michael J. Socolow
An elegy for “op-ed” →A writer who researched and published a brief history of the “op-ed” writes about
its demise at The New York Times. “‘My single biggest complaint is our propensity towards ‘names,” wrote one editor. ‘I do understand the need for establishment opinion, but we do have too much of it. It is usually of very poor quality. Considering the large number of excellent articles that sit around for months, it is a shame that we run so much junk by the famous.'”The Wall Street Journal / Patience Haggin
Apple’s privacy changes are poised to boost its ad products →“Apple’s latest operating system for iPhones has set off a firestorm in the ad industry and beyond by letting users decide whether to let apps track them for advertising purposes—changes that mean companies may soon have less data about who sees their ads. Apps on Apple’s iOS platform must ask users’ permission to track them for advertising purposes.”TechCrunch / Sarah Perez
Spotify launches paid podcast subscriptions →“Through Spotify’s podcast creation tool Anchor, podcasters will be able to mark select episodes as subscriber-only content, then publish them to Spotify and other platforms … Apple [which launched a competing paid podcast program last week] said it’s taking a 30% cut of the podcast revenue in year one, dropping to 15% in year two — the same as its cut for streaming services on its App Store. Spotify, meanwhile, says its program will come at no cost to creators for the next two years, which means creators will keep 100% of revenues. Then, in Spring 2023, Spotify plans to introduce only a 5% fee for access to the tool.”Medium / Madeleine Bair
How systems thinking is guiding El Tímpano’s reporting on overcrowded housing →“In the iceberg model, an event is what occurs above the surface and brings attention, even if fleeting, to the issue. In this case, for example, reports of a COVID outbreak at a Fruitvale supermarket in May of 2020 brought attention to disparate COVID rates in Oakland’s Latino communities. Trends and patterns occur just beneath the surface, such as the rising cost of rent prices in Oakland, and stagnant wages at the bottom end of the job market.”Report for America / Sam Kille
Less than half of new Report for America corps members are journalists of color →“The corps is diverse—with 135 journalists of color—at 45%, more than double the percentage found in the majority of America’s newsrooms. By better reflecting their communities, Report for America’s partner newsrooms will be better positioned to gain the trust of their audiences, amidst the national reckoning on race.”Digiday / Kayleigh Barber
Insider’s metrics for measuring success are leaving its journalists frustrated and competing with colleagues for scoops →“[Prescribed goals] ranged from 1.5 million unique views per quarter to 5-10 million page views per month to converting 120 paid subscriptions every month … ‘The last week of every month you’re stressed to the max. And then it resets, but then it builds back up. So it’s like this hamster wheel that was never ending.'”Epicurious / David Tamarkin and Maggie Hoffman
Citing sustainability, Epicurious is cutting out beef in recipes and articles →“Beef won’t appear in new Epicurious recipes, articles, or newsletters. It will not show up on our homepage. It will be absent from our Instagram feed.”
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