The Latest: TikTok + the news; Washington Post's DC coverage; Black women leaving journalism; Media moves

June 12, 2024

Top stories

New Brit regime atop Washington Post aims to boost local coverage (Axios)

Black women are leaving journalism & it's a huge loss (Refinery29) / Borealis Philanthropy’s bold plan: Investing billions to support BIPOC journalism (Editor & Publisher)

Pew: A growing number of Americans are getting their news from TikTok (The Verge) / How Americans get news on TikTok , X, Facebook and Instagram (Pew Research Center) / How YouTube’s recommendations pull you away from news (Nieman Journalism Lab)

‘Ahead of two defamation lawsuits going to trial over the network's promotion of 2020 election lies, Newsmax is preparing to go public and is appealing to its wealthy viewers to get in on a "private stock offering" ahead of its IPOs’ (Justin Baragona)

Perplexity was planning revenue-sharing deals with publishers when it came under media fire (Semafor)

Mary Suh named New York Times’ national new enterprise editor (New York Times) / Samantha Melbourneweaver joins NPR as managing editor/digital audience growth & engagement (NPR)

Howard Fineman, veteran political journalist and TV pundit, dies at 75 (New York Times) / Jake Kirchner, former editor of PC Magazine, dies at 72 (Talking Biz News)

Is the New York Times bestseller list politically biased? (The Economist)

4 ways The News Reporter (North Carolina) generated new digital revenue through email newsletters (Better News)

No, a remote Amazon tribe did not get addicted to porn: A Times story about the arrival of high-speed internet in a remote Amazon tribe spiraled into its own cautionary tale on the dark side of the web (New York Times)

This prison newspaper has been publishing for more than a century (NPR)

Press Freedom

Court convicts 6 over Dutch crime reporter’s murder (POLITICO)

Vietnam confirms it is detaining prominent journalist (Voice of America)

Pakistan province enacts harsh defamation law , Supreme Court presses legal action against 34 media outlets (CPJ)

Try This: Use full descriptive phrases in your hyperlinks to improve accessibility

“Data stories frequently invite readers to ‘click here’ to see original data sources, or ‘read more’ to find related stories in a series — or even to click on a URL. These stories unwittingly forget that blind or low-vision audiences, or anyone else that uses screen reader software to read the story in data form, cannot make sense of hyperlinks placed on text in this way .”

-- Rowan Philp senior reporter at GIJN, excerpt from "Lessons Learned: 10 common mistakes in data journalism" (Global Investigative Journalism Network)

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on launching your career

“I always say that no matter what job you’re in or what industry you’re in, just take a job. Start somewhere. Your first job isn’t going to define you . You can learn something from any business that you’re in . I worked on a golf course in high school, and just interacting with these people who I had nothing in common with because I had never played a sport, it helped me and informed how I talk to people now — which is such a big part of my job. Even if you’re not in your dream job, it’s helpful for whenever you get there.”

-- Kaitlan Collins, news anchor on CNN, excerpt from a recent interview with Footwear News

Is your newsroom hosting interns this fall? Share the Lewis Scholarship with your applicants. Free housing + stipend. Deadline for summer interns is July 28, 2024.

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