Nieman LabPhilanthropy News sites that turn off commenting don’t drive users to social media instead, a study finds Nieman Lab - Hanaa' TameezHere at Nieman Lab, we’ve been following the discussions around the value of the comments sections for years, as newsrooms have moderated them, changed platforms, and gotten rid of them all together. study...
Nieman LabPrint Media As they shrink, are local newspapers protecting their “iron core” of local government coverage? This paper says no Nieman Lab - Joshua BentonNewspapers have all had to make cuts. But it doesn’t look like they’ve favored the beats that are most important to democracy — watchdog coverage of local governments — over other kinds of news. In 2009,...
Nieman LabState Fairs How the Minneapolis Star Tribune made the best of a canceled state fair Nieman Lab - Sarah ScireCarve-your-own butter sculptures, Minnesota trivia, and cheese curd-flavored chapstick were among the Star Tribune’s virtual offerings. (Replicating the llama costume contest proved a bit too difficult.)...
Nieman LabTrump news update Russian, Chinese, and Iranian media are turning on Trump, an analysis of foreign news outlets suggests Nieman Lab - Robert Hinck, Robert Utterback and Skye CooleyTwo key moments from the 2020 campaign — the first debate and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis — are particularly illustrative. It can be easy to overlook how the rest of the world is making sense of America’s...
Nieman LabPlandemic Video Overwhelmed by covering organized misinformation campaigns? The Media Manipulation Casebook is a great place to start Nieman Lab - Hanaa' TameezFor journalists in 2020, some of the biggest hurdles in getting factual, corroborated information to news consumers are getting to them before the misinformation does or correcting the false information...
Nieman LabPhilanthropy Prism, a news site led by women of color, centers the voices of marginalized people in its reporting Nieman Lab - Hanaa’ Tameez“If you’re going to shift narratives in this country, you need people to actually read what you’re doing.” Last month, Prism’s senior reporter Tina Vasquez broke the story identifying a Georgia doctor,...
