Do you rely on an iPhone to do your work as a journalist? Well, as usual, changes are coming to your phone, and some of them could affect how you work.
One of the key takeaways is that Siri is getting an intelligence boost.
Read more about all the changes here.
Local news is running on a record number of TV stations in the U.S. The quantity of local news being produced is at an all time high as well.
This according to a preview of a study to be released later this week.
This would suggest there’s a strong appetite for local news, and broadcasters are delivering.
In what other ways should we measure the success of local news?
This week saw the suicide deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. Celebrity suicides have always been one of the exceptions to newsroom policies regarding coverage of suicides.
But a study confirms that certain types of media coverage do indeed make suicide contagion more likely to happen, particularly among teenagers and young adults.
In light of this week’s news, Poynter republished an article from 2014 on this topic. It’s a timely read.
Newsrooms are busy…very busy, which makes it hard to find time to work on bigger projects that could tell an amazing story and produce critical works of public service.
Poynter is studying this issue and has suggestions to getting to these big stories, particularly for smaller newsrooms. Check it out.
How do you make the time for big projects in your newsroom?
At least one news director believes that something extraordinary will have to happen to end the challenge of fake news brought by social media.
It’s part of a News Lab article asking news directors how they’re reacting to the fake news challenge.
The news directors in the article point to social media:
Mary Carroll Sullivan, executive producer at WCBI in Columbus, says people often will believe whatever they come across on social media. People have the idea that because they saw it on Facebook, it must be true. However, much of what appears on social media is not fact but merely opinion.
What can newsrooms do to push back against fake news?
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