Notícias
After violence in Delhi, journalists face new dangers
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 05/05/2020
Lewis Page
IN INDIA, THE SPREAD of the novel coronavirus has been followed by a spate of threats against press freedom. On March 24, the day Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced a strict nationwide lockdown, he gathered about twenty of the country’s top news executives for a meeting. Via videoconference, Modi implored the editors and owners to publish “inspiring and positive stories” about the government’s response to the virus. A week later, after the lockdown stranded hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, the Supreme Court of India issued an order that directed the media to “refer to and publish the official version about the developments,” though it did not prohibit independent reporting. In mid-April, one of the founding editors of The Wire, a popular independent news website, was served a court summons for making an “objectionable comment” about a state chief minister. And after a journalist in Mumbai allegedly reported a misleading story that led to a surge of traffic at Mumbai’s Bandra train station, a local court released an order stating that, although the press enjoys freedom of speech and expression, “the said freedom cannot be said to be unfettered.”
How the New York Times Live is adapting its events plans
DIGIDAY – 05/05/2020
KAYLEIGH BARBER
Going into 2020, Jessica Flood, managing director of The New York Times’ events division, NYT Live, and Elizabeth Weinstein, its senior director of programming, had created a calendar filled with 40 events aimed at building communities around franchises including Dealbook and NYT Cooking, according to Flood.
UK newspaper group Reach finds ads perform better on coronavirus content
DIGIDAY – 05/05/2020
LUCINDA SOUTHERN
As well as some coronavirus content actually being suitable for brands to advertise against, U.K. newspaper group Reach is seeing signs that ads are performing better.
Newsonomics: How will the pandemic panic reshape the local news industry?
NIEMAN LAB – 06/05/2020
KEN DOCTOR
A new round of consolidation could kill off half of what were the major U.S. newspaper chains just a few months ago. But the possibility of platform cash is sparking hope.
News publishers should reinvent themselves for a post-pandemic future
INMA – 05/05/2020
Paula Felps
Futurist, author, and strategy advisor Ross Dawson kicked off the first module of INMA’s Virtual World Congress on Tuesday, “Where News Media Goes Next After COVID-19,” telling attendees: “There are a number of new things that are emerging and rippling out — and in some cases even reversing — trends that we’ve seen before.”
Among the most significant changes he identified:
Research: Subscription starts are down but higher than pre-pandemic
INMA – 05/05/2020
Grzegorz Piechota
Last week, in the eighth subsequent week after the COVID-related bump in online subscriptions started worldwide, new sales decreased by roughly 20% vs. the previous week, reported Piano, a publishing business platform, based on the statistics of 295 paywalled news sites in Europe and in the United States.
Bienvenidos a la nueva era digital de la era digital
GARCIA MEDIA – ABRIL/2020
RODRIGO FINO
Empujados por la circunstancias de una pandemia, hemos visto como las herramientas digitales pasaron de ser necesarias a imprescindibles.
Levantamento mostra que pelo menos 64 jornalistas morreram de COVID-19 em 24 países
Assim como profissionais da saúde e outros trabalhadores essenciais, os jornalistas enfrentam riscos graves e elevados à saúde enquanto coletam e relatam informações cruciais sobre a crise de COVID-19. A medição sobre o número de trabalhadores da mídia que sucumbiram ao novo coronavírus apresenta problemas, da mesma forma que a contagem geral de baixas, mas a organização Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), com sede em Genebra, registra pelo menos 64 mortes em 24 países até a última terça-feira (5).
The New York Times registra aumento recorde de assinaturas digitais, mas tem publicidade em queda
O norte-americano The New York Times registrou um aumento recorde no número de assinantes digitais nos primeiros três meses, o melhor trimestre desde que o jornal começou a cobrar dos leitores por conteúdo digital em 2011. O crescimento, segundo o diário, foi impulsionado pelo interesse generalizado em notícias da pandemia de COVID-19, que “devastou a economia dos Estados Unidos e cortou profundamente a receita de publicidade”, que seguirá caindo nos próximos meses.
Na realidade do avanço da COVID-19, menos norte-americanos veem exagero da mídia
Em meio à pandemia de COVID-19, houve crescimento na audiência e nos índices de confiança das pessoas em relação às organizações jornalísticas. Agora, nova pesquisa do Pew Research Center mostra que, pelo menos nos Estados Unidos, enquanto a crise se alastra pelo país, um maior número de norte-americanos passou a entender também que os veículos noticiosos realizam um trabalho preciso e sem exageros, ao contrário do discurso de vários grupos segundo o qual a mídia exagera sobre os temas relacionados ao novo coronavírus.