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You might have heard: Gawker Media’s editorial staff voted to unionize, which would make Gawker the first major online media company to unionize
But did you know: Post-Gawker vote to unionize, union organizations ramp up efforts to move into new media companies (Capital New York)
In the wake of Gawker’s vote to unionize, Ken Doctor says it’s starting to look like other new media workers could unionize as well, with News Guild and Writers Guild entering into a competition for New York’s new media workers. Attempting to woo new media workers is not new: News Guild has been trying to move into the Huffington Post for at least four years, Doctor says. But with many new media companies leading in more nontraditional ways, some staffers are wary of what a traditional labor union would bring to their workplaces.
+ Noted: NPR is set to break even for the first time in six years, says CEO Jarl Mohn, with podcasting revenue up 200 percent since 2013 (Associated Press) and NPR ends distribution of Intelligence Squared U.S. (Current); Rupert Murdoch stepping down as CEO of 21st Century Fox (CNBC); Al Jazeera America’s former senior vice president of programming and documentaries Shannon High-Bassalik files a lawsuit against AJAM, claiming it abandoned “journalistic objectivity” in an effort to “advance a pro-Arabic/Middle Eastern agenda, often at the expense of Jewish people” (CNN Money); Economist Films debuts pilots of two digital video series (Capital New York)
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The week in fact-checking
As part of our fact-checking journalism project, Jane Elizabeth highlights stories worth noting related to truth in politics and on the Internet. This week’s round-up includes fact-checking football, the closure of FactCheckEU, and paleontological inaccuracies in Jurassic World.
NPR ombud says Diane Rehm’s false comment to Bernie Sanders emphasizes the importance of double-checking information (NPR)
When Diane Rehm asked Bernie Sanders about his dual citizenship with Israel and was quickly corrected by Sanders, Rehm says she was using incorrect information she got from a Facebook comment. NPR ombudsman Mark Memmott says this incident underscores the old newsroom adage, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out,” especially as misinformation spreads on the Internet. Memmott says: “Double-check and triple-check those so-called facts you find on the Internet. Be very skeptical about the credibility of the sources.”
Toronto Star to debut Star Touch, a tablet edition predicated on the idea that tablets lead to higher engagement (Nieman Lab)
Taking a cue from Montreal’s La Presse, The Toronto Star is launching Star Touch, a new tablet edition. La Presse is supplying the platform for Star Touch, and La Presse’s tech staff is working with The Star for launch. The difference between La Presse’s strategy and The Star’s is that the Star intends to keep the print edition as strong as possible while still fully embracing tablet. The Star’s chief operating officer for digital Ali Rahnema says Star Touch is the beginning of a larger transformation: “We can’t say, ‘The tablet is going to be the platform for the next 20 years, and we can just focus on that.’”
How “sharing jobs” could provide more flexible work environments (Fast Company)
By sharing a job, Gwen Moran says employees could avoid burnout, or find more flexible work-life situations, by splitting responsibilities and time commitments. To pick the right person to share a job with, Moran says to avoid picking someone who’s exactly like you, and rather someone complements your strengths and weaknesses. As far as getting your boss on board, the company will get the benefits of two brains in one post, as well as people who can cover for each other and brainstorm new ideas together.
Digital audience targets can be good for local journalism by challenging newsrooms to make sure their stories are important to readers (David Higgerson)
David Higgerson says digital audience goals don’t have to be a bad thing for local journalism, if they’re carried out in the right way. Audience targets for analytics, such as traffic, force journalists to think about how readers will receive their content, and newsrooms have always been judged on how audiences receive their content, Higgerson says. Higgerson says: “Journalists should always be asking whether they are doing something because it will interest readers, or just because they’ve always done it.”
Most media companies don’t call native ads ‘advertisements’ (Advertising Age)
An analysis of two dozen news and lifestyle sites, social media platforms and popular mobile apps found that most companies aren’t calling native ads “advertisements.” Instead, the analysis, completed by Advertising Age, found that publishers use alternate phrases, including “sponsored,” “promoted” or “presented by.” Mike Dyer, The Daily Beast’s managing director-chief product and strategy officer, says calling native ads “advertisements” would be a distraction to readers: “A great display ad will divert people’s attention from what they sought out to do. Content is the thing people are seeking out. It is the end of the behavior chain.”
FOR THE WEEKEND
+ Millennial-targeting news sites are popping up everywhere, but Julia Greenberg says Millennials really aren’t that different from any other generation: “We want information and we want good stories, just like everyone else. As long as we can find them on our phones” (Wired)
+ Following the news that Twitter CEO Dick Costolo will resign, Farhad Manjoo says Twitter should focus on news and live events, using human editors to create curated feeds (New York Times)
+ A look at how mainstream U.S. media can tap into international markets with translated editions, as well as the challenges of working with foreign news outlets: Ideologies can be different, but “there’s no clear mainstream anymore” (Columbia Journalism Review)
+ How ClickHole, the website designed to mock the Internet, became one of the best things on it: “When I share stories from ClickHole, I share because a story made me chuckle; I also share out of a deep fear that the content business makes me a little less human” (Slate)
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