Tuesday, October 31, 2023 |
| “Unsubscribe from antiquated notions about Philly and antiquated notions about the news, and subscribe to a more authentic Philly today and tomorrow and what your news can be — multi-platform.” By Sophie Culpepper. |
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| “It falls to both the tech companies that built these systems and an engaged public to create technologies designed for social cohesion.” By Luke Thorburn and Aviv Ovadya. |
What We’re ReadingThe Guardian / Dan Milmo
The Guardian says Microsoft has damaged its reputation for including an AI-generated poll asking readers to speculate about a woman’s death →“The Guardian has accused Microsoft of damaging its journalistic reputation by publishing an AI-generated poll speculating on the cause of a woman’s death next to an article by the news publisher…The poll, created by an AI program, asked: ‘What do you think is the reason behind the woman’s death?’ Readers were then asked to choose from three options: murder, accident or suicide.”Pew Research Center / Michael Lipka
How Black Americans engage with local news →“Black Americans tend to express more positive than negative views toward local journalists and news coverage.”The Washington Post / Jesús Rodríguez
Jake Sherman’s shining Hill on a city →“Sherman isn’t the only reporter at his company, but as an indefatigable player-coach he is arguably Punchbowl’s face. And for some members, Sherman is — like it or not — the first face they see in the morning.”Rolling Stone / Ryan Bort
The Israeli government denied press credentials to Rolling Stone reporter Jesse Rosenfeld after his critical coverage of the Israel-Hamas war →“’Rolling Stone is not a news organization and we are not dealing with this gentleman [Rosenfeld], thank you,’ Ron Paz, Israel’s director of foreign press, told Rolling Stone on Monday before hanging up on a call about securing a press credential for Rosenfeld, a contributing writer.”Toolkits / Jack Marshall
Don’t worry, we still haven’t hit Peak Subscription →“29% of subscribers say the total number of digital publication subscriptions they own has increased over the past 12 months, while just 7% say it has decreased. 81% of subscribers currently own subscriptions to more than one digital publication, up from 71% in 2022. The groups most likely to own at least one subscription include men, people earning over $100,000 per year, and 25 to 34-year-olds.”Vanity Fair / Brian Stelter
“It was always going to end badly”: The untold story of Tucker Carlson’s ugly exit from Fox News →“The reason Carlson’s team couldn’t immediately settle on one simple explanation is because there wasn’t one.”Deadspin / Julie DiCaro
Did ESPN really think nobody would care that they deepfaked a Damian Lillard interview? →“…there’s the problem of much of society seeing sports as entertainment, rather than news. If you justify sports as a space where people come to have fun — especially NBA Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram, which is undefeated in terms of passionate fans who continually make hilarious memes and videos — then pretty much anything is ethical, right?”Press Gazette / Dominic Ponsford
Why Elle UK wants readers to spend £149 a year on membership to the Elle Collective (instead of £39.99 for a subscription) →“It’s really sort of inviting these women into our world and allowing them to have the chance to network with each other. And also, as a part of that, it’s also giving them exposure to the fashion world.”Reporters without Borders
A video investigation into the death of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon shows that his vehicle was explicitly targeted →“It is unlikely that the journalists were mistaken for combatants, especially as they were not hiding: in order to have a clear field of vision, they had been in the open for more than an hour, on the top of a hill. They were wearing helmets and bullet-proof waistcoats marked ‘press,’ Their car was also identified as “press” thanks to a marking on the roof, according to witnesses.”Rest of World / Nilesh Christopher
AI-generated videos of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi started as a joke, but it could win him votes →“…the videos, though lighthearted, serve a larger political purpose in India, a country with 22 official languages. Modi’s Hindi speeches can often be inaccessible to large swathes of the population that does not understand the language, but voice cloning could help make campaigns accessible…”Medium / Center for Cooperative Media / Joe Amditis
A look at NJ Decides 2023, a multilingual, statewide reporting collaboration →“To expand the reach of the voting guide, a selection of stories and videos were translated into Chinese, Turkish, Spanish, Urdu and Korean, illustrating a recognition of New Jersey’s diverse linguistic landscape.”
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