As Facebook and Twitter grapple with misinformation and conspiracies on their platforms, a new crop of startups have emerged to try and use Yelp-like ratings to identify and amplify trusted stories. These user-powered sites include Our.News and TrustedNews. Last year, even Elon Musk pitched the idea of creating a site he called “Pravda”—a media credibility site...
On the evening of May 5th, a Sunday, reporters received an email from the White House containing an alarming statement from John Bolton, the president’s National Security Advisor. In 98 words, citing “a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings” from Iran, Bolton announced that the United States was deploying a Navy carrier strike...
We know traditional news organizations across the United States are shrinking, but there is little data on what the journalists who leave a shrinking major newspaper do next. At the turn of the 21st century, the Los Angeles Times was one of the biggest newsrooms in the world; despite experiencing significant cutbacks over the 1990s,...
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In an email to staff, @katiedrumm says Vice EIC Jonathan Smith and managing editor Rachel Schallom are out
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) June 4, 2019
Brazilian journalist Robson Giorno shot and killed in Rio de Janeiro state https://t.co/dF6HWTJAIF via @pressfreedom
— Raju Narisetti (@raju) June 3, 2019
In interview, Michael Wolff says as a non-institutional reporter it's "silly" to ask subjects for their responses to claims when you know what they will be (@grynbaum / New York Times)https://t.co/X0KwJcaz2Fhttps://t.co/7dej5lWagd
— Mediagazer (@mediagazer) May 30, 2019
Depressing: CNN is laying off a big chunk (maybe dozens) of journalists in its London newsroom and trimming coverage by, possibly, four hours a day. https://t.co/QpyM9BOOJO
— Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) May 28, 2019
#BREAK Facebook says Zuckerberg and Sandberg will defy Canadian subpoena, risking contempt vote @CNN https://t.co/ImW0JUfZfY
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) May 27, 2019