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Why disabled journalists should report on disability
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Journalist Lyra McKee shot dead in Northern Ireland rioting
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Announcement of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners
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The urgent quest for slower, better news
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FTC hits "predatory" scientific publisher with a $50 million fine
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Only black reporters allowed in Georgia mayoral race event
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Local news is dying, but the large majority of Americans think it's doing well
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In Brazil 30 million people live in a 'quasi desert' of news
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The fall and rise of partisan journalism
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Documents show the US government created a secret database of activists, journalists, and social media influencers tied to the migrant caravan and in some cases, placed alerts on their passports
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As mainstream journalists acknowledge Douma attacks were likely "staged," the "humanitarian" Syria Regime-Change Network tries to save a sinking ship
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Alabama newspaper editor calls on KKK to lynch Democrats
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How do you get your news?
With so many news organizations spreading false information and relying on clickbaity titles to get views, it is getting harder to find quality journalism. So what are some of the resources which...
With so many news organizations spreading false information and relying on clickbaity titles to get views, it is getting harder to find quality journalism.
So what are some of the resources which you use to get your news without having to wade through a sea of pointless headlines.22 votes -
How Facebook Screwed Us All - It’s not just spreading phony stories everywhere—it’s killing real news
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Fairfax to return with investigative news website
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Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion and blackmail
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News to me
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Quality news sources
Independent, investigative journalism in the public interest is becoming harder and harder to find. This is a shame because an informed public is critical for democracy to function effectively....
Independent, investigative journalism in the public interest is becoming harder and harder to find. This is a shame because an informed public is critical for democracy to function effectively.
What news sources do you recommend for people trying to avoid the distraction of biased, sensationalist outlets like Fox News or CNN?
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BuzzFeed slashes Australian workforce as boss makes Twitter gaffe
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Media industry loses about 1,000 jobs as layoffs hit news organizations
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The rise of Ksenia Sobchak - from TV presenter to politician | Unreported World
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Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign
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How to keep the news coming
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Australian Cardinal George Pell convicted of child sex abuse offences - but reporting of this is banned in Australia.
So... here's an article I read in my newspaper earlier this week: "Why the media is unable to report on a case that has generated huge interest online". As you might imagine, this left me quite...
So... here's an article I read in my newspaper earlier this week: "Why the media is unable to report on a case that has generated huge interest online". As you might imagine, this left me quite unenlightened. I had no way of knowing or guessing what this case was, or who was involved. It was only a few days later, in conversation with some people I work with, that I found out what had happened.
And this is the first chance I've had since then to sit down and research the story for myself.
In short, Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic Church official to stand trial for sexual abuse, has been convicted of sexual abuse offences relating to his time as Archbishop of Melbourne in the late 1990s.
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From the National Catholic Reporter: "Cardinal Pell found guilty of sex abuse, expected to appeal, reports say"
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From the Washington Post: "Australian court convicts once-powerful Vatican official on sex-abuse-related charges"
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From the Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/vatican-no-3-cardinal-george-pell-on-trial-for-historical-child-sex-charges (I can't confirm this one - it's reportedly geo-blocked for Australian readers)
However, the Victorian court hearing the case has imposed a suppression order on the case, which applies in every jurisdiction in Australia. We have seen no reporting of the case as it proceeded, and no reporting of the outcome.
Before some people start assuming that this is protecting the Church, it's related to the right of an accused person to a free trial. Cardinal Pell is facing another trial in a few months for further charges of sexual abuse on a minor (relating to his time as a priest in Ballarat in the 1970s), and the court feels that reporting the outcome of this trial will potentially influence any possible jurors for that trial. Those possible jurors should go into that trial without any preconceived ideas of the accused person's guilt - and reporting that he is guilty of similar charges will undermine his right to a fair trial.
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From the Washington Post: "A top cardinal’s sex-abuse conviction is huge news in Australia. But the media can’t report it there."
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From the New York Post: "Australian media barred from covering cardinal’s conviction for sex abuse
All that we in Australia are being told is "George Pell removed from Pope Francis's cardinal advisory body". It's obvious why he was removed... if you know about the conviction.
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'We’re going to kill you': Nicaragua's brutal crackdown on press freedom
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A news consumer’s guide to ‘astroturf’ sources
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Trump-Russia is too complex to report. We need a new kind of journalism
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Former Macedonian strongman's escape to Hungary triggers a flood of disinformation
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Katharine Viner: 'The Guardian's reader funding model is working. It's inspiring'
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Should the press boycott Trump? Political strategists weigh in
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We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause: The past and future of America’s black press
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‘As Someone Who Has Had My Press Credentials Denied by Authoritarian China, I Never Thought I’d See This Crap Happen in the US’
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Two more bombs found, addressed to Cory Booker and CNN in the US
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Not real news: The Associated Press reports on this week's most shared fake news
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Six red carnations and one severed ram’s head: Deadly threats sent to Russian independent newspaper
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Stop press: has a journalist revolt at Forbes Russia saved the magazine’s independence?
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Turkey: Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi was killed by ‘murder’ team
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As Comcast takes control of Sky, Murdoch could yet bounce back. Mogul’s influence on worldwide news is unlikely to be weakened by latest defeat
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Australia's Labor party laughing as Coalition kowtows to Rupert Murdoch
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UN chief urges Myanmar government to free Reuters journalists
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We now know more about the apparent poisoning of the Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov
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Five important stories that were lost in last week’s news dump
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Media Manipulation, Strategic Amplification, and Responsible Journalism | danah boyd at the Online News Association conference
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I am part of the resistance inside the New York Times opinion desk
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China officially bans ABC website, claims internet is 'fully open'
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Tajikistan releases whistleblower but leaves conviction in place
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The Correspondant - A different business model for organizations producing journalism.
I just watched an interesting This Week in Startups interview with the CEO of a nascent but successful new "news" organization from the Netherlands called De Correspondent. They are launching a...
I just watched an interesting This Week in Startups interview with the CEO of a nascent but successful new "news" organization from the Netherlands called De Correspondent. They are launching a new US-based company called The Correspondent, which has some high profile supporters. This list includes Nate Silver, William Julius Wilson, Rosanne Cash, and some others.
Their business model allows them to attract high-quality journalists by optimizing for journalistic integrity and independence. They have around 60,000 members paying around $70 per year in the Netherlands. They do no advertising business and are a for-profit corp with a dividend cap of 5% to make themselves unattractive to VC-type investors. The CEO claims they "ignore the news," meaning that they try to avoid the sound-bite quips that can be very distracting. They do not report on individual's scandals, instead focusing on systemic issues.
Journalists are required to share their stories with the members as they are developing. Stories are not guarded secrets while in development unlike traditional news organizations. This allows members to contribute to the stories via a form of curated crowdsourcing. For example, they reached out to members when doing a story on Shell, and found a few members who had access to the company which led to discovery of Shell's own internal Inconvenient Truth type video which was made in 1991.
The CEO also mentioned that he always includes a developer or designer in story discussions so that the latest investigation and presentation tools can be used on a story from day one.
Please take a look at the links and let me know what you think of this model, and its chances in the US market. I am pretty excited for anyone trying anything new in this space. What do you think? Would you pay for something like this?
Edit: I'm not sure if there is a better ~group for this topic, please move it if there is. Also, formatting, phrasing, and clarity.
Here is a direct link to the CEO's Medium account with more information.
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Hundreds of US newspapers run editorials rebuking Trump for attacks on media
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A Boston newspaper is proposing a coordinated editorial response from publications across the U.S. to President Donald Trump’s frequent attacks on the news media.
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