As the number of online platforms continues to grow, newsrooms are investigating which ones make sense to use to connect with their audiences.
Some newsrooms are making progress using TicTok.
Poytner has pulled together some examples of what’s working on this platform. Check it out here.
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri is hosting a FREE webinar on Wednesday titled “Police tactics, situational awareness, and conflict management.”
Here’s the session description:
Expanding upon our previous session about safety during volatile assignments, RPS Partnership Ltd will be doing a more in-depth session on police tactics, situational awareness and conflict management including demonstrations of disengagement skills.
The webinar will be held at 10 a.m. CT. Register here.
Google is coming around to something it has been asked to do for a long time: pay publishers for news.
According to Columbia Journalism Review, Google is only working with a small group of mostly international publishers so far.
So, will this came offer be extended to local media outlets and when will other social media companies, like Facebook, join Google?
The following webinar is being offered by RTDNA. There is a cost for non-members. See below.
The coronavirus pandemic quickly showed newsrooms that many of the things we considered to be rules were just assumptions; and that we’re capable of far more transformation — faster — than we thought. What crisis-forced innovations should stick? Which of the myriad workarounds should become the new, standard newsroom workflow?
Join us for a virtual discussion on Wednesday, July 8 at 2pm ET/11am PT. Frank Mungeam, Knight Professor of Practice for TV News Innovation, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, shares insights from news leaders and audience research.
Registration is free for RTDNA members or $25 for non-members. The program will be recorded and will be available to all registrants for 2 weeks following the event, and for RTDNA members in the member portal permanently.
RTDNA Executive Director Dan Shelley is calling for the creation of a federal law to protect journalists recording police officers doing their jobs.
“Virtually every day, officers across the country interfere with the First Amendment right of any member of the public to record police officers in public places. In the weeks of protests following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police, this problem has been particularly acute – especially among journalists,” he wrote.
Shelley is asking Congress to remove any ambiguity in the law and make it clear that journalists have the right to record.
A lot has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold in the U.S., which means the needs of your audience have changed, and your coverage might need to change.
RTDNA is taking a fresh look at this topic with this article from Katarina Deaven from the Center for Media Engagement.
Deaven points out that FB posts about the pandemic are getting less engagement, but there are still topics related to the pandemic that will move the needle.
From Investigative Reporters and Editors:
Join IRE and OpenNews on Friday to reflect on how you’re coping with stressful situations.
You can register for the webinar here.
Taking care of yourself is not a self-indulgence, it’s a necessity for doing your best work and sustaining the work that you are passionate about. During this time of enormous disruption and uncertainty, journalists are battling on multiple fronts: Keeping up with the two major stories — COVID-19 and racial justice protests — while also fighting for change in their newsrooms and dealing with high levels of stress or even trauma from all of the above.
Come to this session to press pause and reflect on how you’re coping with these situations. You’ll learn some practical tips to take better care of yourself, and to support your colleagues in doing so as well.
Panelists include Mar Cabra of OdiseIA and Acumen; Kim Brice of Grace & Grit; and Benét J. Wilson of The Points Guy and Aviation Queen LLC. Sisi Wei and Ryan Pitts of OpenNews and Denise Malan of IRE will moderate.
The webinar will also be recorded and posted on the IRE website for those who cannot attend live. The webinar is free and available to members and non-members of IRE.
Time: June 26, 2020 1 p.m. CT
Register here.
If you’re a reporter moving to a new city, it takes time and effort for you to build trust with the community you’re covering.
Poynter is writing this week about the critical process of building trust between a newsroom and a community.
The article has five tips that you can read about here.
Social media continues to be a source of widely-spread misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.
The latest example comes from Poynter which found that contrary to popular Facebook posts, the CDA has not confirmed any mortality rate for the virus and the 0.2 percent estimate is the low end of an estimate from May.
You can read more here and be sure to check your sources when reporting on COVID-19.
Many reporters dread the “man on the street” assignment, but some fresh thoughts on the story format might help bring it some life.
Simon Perez, Associate Professor of Broadcast and Digital Journalism at Syracuse University, shared his ideas in this article on RTDNA’s website.
Along with his tips, he shares some video examples.
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