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What newsrooms can do about algorithms, audience habits, and earning trust You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. Lately, it seems AI is either here to save us, replace us, or ruin everything. I’ve been thinking about how to help you sort the […]
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In the absence of additional information, people tend to base their beliefs on the apparent familiarity of a statement, under the assumption that if they’ve heard it before, it’s probably true.
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El concepto de enfocarte en construir confianza debería guiar tu trabajo en medios — atraerá apoyo financiero.
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La escasez de noticias fiables creó una oportunidad de negocio para NewsGuard Estás leyendo el boletín Your News Biz. Mi objetivo es ayudar a los emprendedores de medios digitales a encontrar modelos de negocio viables. Este post fue publicado originalmente en inglés el 12 de septiembre 2024. Soy suscriptor gratuito de dos boletines de NewsGuard, […]
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Rigorous methods help distinguish pseudoscience from trustworthy information Both scientists and journalists sometimes have the uncomfortable experience of seeing their research and conclusions challenged by startling new information. If you are a true scientist or journalist, you view the new information with an open mind. And then you test it. You attempt to prove it […]
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How recent articles have affected my thinking about the future of journalism One of my favorite recent articles was a newsletter post by Dick Tofel, former general manager of the investigative news site ProPublica. He asked the question, Time for local newspapers to go all-local? In other words, should local newspapers stop filling their web […]
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At ISOJ, stories of collaboration on viability, fact-checking, free expression The International Symposium of Online Journalism (ISOJ) has been a showcase of media innovation since its launch in 1999 by Rosental Alves, director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas, Austin. I’ve attended and spoken at several of […]
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