Notícias

Medida Provisória (MP) assinada pelo presidente Jair Bolsonaro (sem partido) e publicada na noite de segunda-feira (23) suspendeu o atendimento de pedidos via Lei de Acesso à Informação (LAI) a todos os órgãos e entidades da administração pública cujos servidores estão sujeitos a regime de quarentena ou home office. Eventuais recursos apresentados diante da negativa dos pedidos de informação, segundo a MP (928), não serão reconhecidos pela administração pública. Ao mesmo tempo, a medida prioriza as solicitações que tratem de medidas de enfrentamento de emergência de saúde pública. A iniciativa foi criticada por especialistas e organizações de defesa do jornalismo – entre elas a Associação Nacional de Jornais (ANJ) – e dos direitos civis por não deixar claro o que entra no critério de enfrentamento da questão de saúde e por reduzir a transparência do governo.

A preocupação com os impactos da pandemia de COVID-19 na saúde e na economia, tanto local quanto global, levou os norte-americanos a priorizarem as informações produzidas pelas organizações de notícias.

AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE – 23/03/2020

“The American Press Institute created a special dashboard in its analytics tool Metrics for News to help newsrooms assess the impact of their COVID-19 coverage. This coronavirus dashboard can help you learn which coronavirus stories your community is connecting with, if that content is engaging some audiences more than others, and how your COVID-19 coverage intersects with other topics you cover.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES – 23/03/2020

By Kevin Roose and Gabriel J.X. Dance

More than half of all news consumption on Facebook in America is about the virus, according to an internal report.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – 24/03/2020

The Chinese government’s decision to expel American journalists amid a global pandemic threatens the world’s access to critical information when we need it most, the publishers of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post wrote in a joint open letter.

NIEMAN LAB – 23/03/2020

Joshua Benton

“The economic problem for journalism was not competition, in other words, but surveillance and monopoly.”
It was about 20 years ago that the academic field of “journalism studies” came into rough early shape. Sure, there were people who studied journalism long before then — but for the most part, they were doing so from the intellectual home of another field. They were sociologists, economists, political scientists, communications scholars, or part of some other academic sub-brand — who chose to study some element of journalism.

THE DRUM – 23/03/2020

Ellen Ormesher

In the days before social media, journalists were seen as the original influencers. But have increasing concerns regarding the sharing of data, fake news and misinformation meant that the public have lost faith in the news brands and journalists they once trusted? And how will this impact both readers and news brands as the coronavirus pandemic continues?
Speaking at The Drum’s Digital Transformation Festival, Tracy De Groose, the executive chair at Newsworks, told The Drum that readership for online news was up by record-breaking numbers according to Pamco data. “On a daily basis, readership is up to 34 million, a 10% increase YoY,” she said.

CHINA DAILY – 24/03/2020

Brazilian dailies on Monday urged unity and social responsibility to confront the COVID-19 pandemic that is spreading across Latin America. Newspapers banded together to deliver the same message on their front pages — “Together we will defeat the virus: United by information and responsibility,” as part of a civic-minded campaign launched by the National Newspaper Association (ANJ). “In dramatic situations like the one we are going through, accurate and contextualized information is an even more essential asset,” said Marcelo Rech, president of the ANJ.

AFAQS! – 23/03/2020

Ananya Pathak & Anirban Roy

Given the spread of COVID-19 in India, a lockdown is currently being observed in Mumbai with suspension of public transport facilities. The daily newspaper distribution chain has felt the impact of the cancellation of passenger trains and suspension of bus services, resulting in major newspapers including Times of India, Hindustan Times, Mid Day and The Hindu halting their circulation in the city for the time being. The e-edition of the national dailies shall however be available as usual.

PRESS GAZETTE – 24/03/2020

Dominic Ponsford

Never has the news business been more imperiled – or more vital – than during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
Online audience figures are, in many cases, through the roof. But, for the time being at least, the commercial legs of our industry have been kicked out from beneath us.