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- Technology specialists have a clearer vision of the AI future, a study by the Open Society Foundations says.
- The study comes a week before the first debate between President Biden and ex-President Trump next Thursday on CNN.
- Powerful creative tools such as generative artificial intelligence have led to concerns that video and audio content can be easily manipulated to spread misinformation and propaganda.
- The current era has taken on a kind of "jig is up" quality that seems to preclude linear from ever reversing its losses in viewership and revenue.
- Meta is shutting down CrowdTangle, a data insights tool often used by academics, researchers and journalists to track conspiracy theories and viral content on Facebook and Instagram. CrowdTangle CEO Brandon Silverman criticized Meta's decision on Thursday, writing in a blog post that shutting down the tool so close to the U.S. Presidential election was "incredibly irresponsible," adding that he hopes the tool's legacy will "inspire a permanent set of regulations that make real-time access to public data a legal requirement and an ongoing part of how we manage the internet responsibly & collaboratively."
- A group of automotive influencers and journalists and several OEMs came together in December and drove 3,200 miles to save four beagles and to bring an outfitted rig to one lucky rescue as part of Operation Frodo. The story began in 2018 when Miles partnered with Nissan to show how a pickup truck could be modified to serve as a rescue vehicle to save and transport animals after natural disasters. The truck was displayed at the SEMA show that year. That led to the founding of AnimalRescueRigs.com to encourage animal rescue. Editor and Publisher of Rides and Drives, Harvey Briggs and Producer and Auto Expert, Commentator, Producer, Anchor, Reporter of Our Auto Expert discuss how For Operation Frodo, Jeep and Subaru both lent vehicles to the project so the dogs could be transported safely to their adoptive and foster homes in Washington.
- Brands are more likely to have a smaller group of people handling a bigger variety of functions.
- "My feeling is it's a blip and we'll see that stabilize in the next wave," predicts Advertiser Perceptions' Sarah Bolton, who has been tracking ad exec concerns about trust in advertising and misinformation.
- The Google News Initiative is working with the American Journalism Project to find U.S.-based founders with innovative ideas that can advance local news online.
- But there are stark differences between Republicans and Democrats, and different age groups.
- GroupM's business intelligence team called out analysts and journalists for focusing on not-so-good news, while ignoring indicators of healthy ad growth: "It's almost like they prefer to report bad news."
- Opinions among journalists vary based on how they view "misinformation," while opinions among average Americans vary based on their trust in news.
- Twitter ranked highest for journalists conducting work-related tasks, but scored only 13% among social platforms where the general public receives news. Politically, Facebook was much more popular among journalists with a right-leaning vs. left-leaning audience, while Instagram was two times as popular for journalists with a left-leaning audience. Twitter ranked more equally as a top news site among journalists on both sides of the political spectrum -- coming in at 75% with a left-leaning audience and 66% with a right-leaning one.
- Statehouse press corps have grown as nonprofit news organizations emerge to fill the gap created by the decline in commercial newspapers and organizations shift reporters to more part-time statehouse reporting.
- The biggest factor influencing the outcome of elections is stupidity, not the economy. The No. 1 reason? The dissolution of professional journalism and growth of -- how should I say this -- less rigorous sources of validated information. The progression began with the shift toward digital media, and the fact that anyone could publish a site, a blog, or a social media post, but according to an exhaustive study released this morning by the Pew Research Center, more Americans get their political and/or election news from a website, app or social media than from traditional journalistic media like TV, radio or print.
- It's the ultimate pyrrhic victory. It's leading in Google searches, but advertisers are blocking COVID-19 stories.
- A "Press Gazette" poll of more than 1,000 people found that 70% do not think journalists are doing a good job of holding the Government to account on COVID-19.
- The UK has slipped two places down the World Press Freedom Index to 35th place, largely due to events in Northern Ireland where Lyra McKee was murdered while covering unrest in Derry and two journalists were improperly arrested after probing police links with terrorists. The pair recently spent a year on bail without being charged for any offence, "The Guardian" writes.
- Publishers of journalism worldwide give the highest marks to Twitter for combating misinformation and/or disinformation, according to the 2020 edition of an annual study by the Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford.
- Pew Research projects 32 million Hispanics will be eligible to vote in 2020 -- just over 13% of all eligible U.S. voters. Noticias Telemundo has revamped its political coverage to help reach them.
- Yes, Brits are worried by fake news but with so much quality journalism provided free, why subscribe?
- Nearly two in three Brits are worried about fake news, YouGov figures show, but only 15% are prepared to pay for fact-checked journalism published by a reputable site, "Press Gazette" reports.
- "Press Gazette" reveals that the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has opened up applications for six fellowship positions. Applicants will need to detail the subject they want to intensely research over a three-month period to stand a chance of winning a place on the programme.
- Contrary to proclamations about "fake news," more Americans believe the government, tech industry leaders and even religious leaders act unethically most or some of the time more than journalists do. That's the latest finding from Pew Research Center's ongoing tracking of Americans' sentiment about a variety of civics matters.
- On the day of circulation, "The Blank Page" spread ample awareness, driving an increase of traffic to the paper's website that surpassed the average visits by 16.6%.
- Quality content gives a boost to advertising, according to research from the World Media Group and Moat. As "Campaign" reports, the research shows the in-view rate for quality content is 27% higher on desktop and 32% higher on the mobile web.
- Three in four journalists are worried about the future of their profession, according to new research in "Press Gazette."
- Reporters believe shrinking newsrooms and low-quality output are huge issues for publishing.
- The Local Media Consortium and Local Media Association recently announced results from their first Branded Content Project, which details how local media approaches and profits from sponsored campaigns.
- Trint is the brainchild of reporter and former foreign correspondent Jeff Kofman. He describes it as a new way to navigate audio and video, which converts spoken words into searchable, editable and interactive transcripts.
