Notícias
Report for America Surges During COVID Crisis, Fielding 225 Reporters in Local Newsrooms
REPORT FOR AMERICA – 23/04/2020
SAM KILLE
Report for America today announced the selection of 225 journalists for its 2020 reporting corps. The new cohort will be placed with more than 160 local news organizations across 46 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
Malicious forces creating ‘perfect storm’ of coronavirus disinformation
THE GUARDIAN – 24/04/2020
Peter Beaumont, Julian Borger and Daniel Boffey
Russia and China among state and other actors spreading fake news and disruption, say experts
New Zealand to give $50m to help ailing media groups during Covid-19 crisis
THE GUARDIAN – 23/04/2020
Eleanor Ainge Roy
Aid for industry follows government help for health and aviation sectors
Free content, tools and funding to help your newsroom cover the coronavirus
AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE – 24/04/2020
STEPHANIE CASTELLANO
As newsrooms work flat-out to cover the biggest story of our time, API is highlighting some of the free tools and grant funding that are being developed to supplement newsrooms’ existing resources around coronavirus coverage.
We recognize that newsrooms have very little time to explore these opportunities. For that reason, we are focusing on:
Newspapers are enjoying a surge in popularity, but they’re struggling to survive
THE GUARDIAN – 24/04/2020
Simon Jenkins
Journalists are excelling in holding government to account over coronavirus. If the press suffers, so does democracy
How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory went from fringe to mainstream
VOX – 24/04/2020
Rebecca Heilweil
Despite what the internet might be telling you, cellphones did not cause the Covid-19 pandemic.
What needs to be done to help the media industry?
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 24/04/2020
Mathew Ingram
If it wasn’t already obvious that the media industry was in dire straits before the coronavirus came along, it has become abundantly obvious now. Every day, it seems, news outlets large and small are announcing waves of furloughs, salary cuts, and layoffs for significant numbers of their employees—the Los Angeles Times, Tribune Publishing, Conde Nast, BuzzFeed, McClatchy (which had already filed for bankruptcy before the pandemic), even Fox Corp. have all implemented cuts. Protocol, a tech news startup launched by the owners of Politico, in February, just laid off almost half its newsroom. Some local newspapers have shut down completely and may not be able to return once the economy picks up. What can be done about this? Should there be a government bailout? Should digital platforms like Google and Facebook be forced to subsidize a public fund for media? To hear some answers, CJR convened a virtual panel on Galley, our discussion platform.
NMA gives global briefing on publishers’ COVID-19 response
INMA – 23/04/2020
Shelley Seale
News media companies worldwide — like their home countries — are on their own timeline of the coronavirus pandemic. While some differences are specific to regions, emerging issues like print declines, retention of COVID audiences, personnel cutbacks, economic forecast models, and content demand are global issues with which all INMA members are dealing.
New Zealand to give $50m to help ailing media groups during Covid-19 crisis
THE GUARDIAN – 23/04/2020
Eleanor Ainge Roy
Aid for industry follows government help for health and aviation sectors
The federal government doled out $350 billion in stimulus loans. Most local daily newspapers were left out.
POYNTER – 23/04/2020
Rick Edmonds
The Payroll Protection Plan benefitted a small number of news organizations. Most chain-owned newspapers and broadcast stations didn’t qualify.