Nieman Lab2 days agoFor Online News Association, the thorny ethics of partnering with 3MNieman Lab - Teresa CarrDoes the ONA’s “3M Truth in Science Award” imply that journalists and chemical companies are interested in telling the same story? This spring, newsrooms around the world will decide whether to submit entries for a new “3M Truth in Science Award” from the Online News Association, a nonprofit …
Nieman Lab2 days agoStop googling monkeypox and read this story about “cyberchondria” and the newsNieman Lab - Hanaa' Tameez“When people search for a common symptom, the Internet is not always programed to provide the information they need.” Cyberchondria is described as “excessive or repeated search for health-related information on the Internet, driven by distress or anxiety about health, which only amplifies such …
Nieman Lab4 days agoCondé Nast is “no longer a magazine company,” its CEO saysNieman Lab - Sarah Scire“If you’re just an advertising-supported print publication, I think you have a difficult future,” said Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch. Condé Nast, publisher of glossy titles like Vogue, Wired, The New Yorker, and GQ, is “no longer a magazine company,” its CEO Roger Lynch said. “We have about 70 million …
Nieman Lab4 days agoHow many bots are on Twitter? The question is tough to answer — and misses the pointNieman Lab - Kai-Cheng Yang and Filippo Menczer“We have observed a broad spectrum of behaviors mixing the characteristics of bots and people.” Twitter reports that fewer than 5% of accounts are fakes or spammers, commonly referred to as “bots.” Since his offer to buy Twitter was accepted, Elon Musk has repeatedly questioned these estimates, even …
Nieman Lab5 days agoReader comments on news sites: We want to hear what your publication doesNieman Lab - Laura Hazard OwenWhat is your news site doing with reader comments these days? One of Nieman Lab’s most-read stories ever is “What happened after 7 news sites got rid of reader comments,” published in 2015. In that piece, Justin Ellis looked at sites that had made the decision — still somewhat unusual at the time — …
Nieman LabWhy won’t some people pay for news?Nieman Lab - Mark Coddington and Seth LewisPlus: The role of class in news avoidance, how local party leaders use partisan media, and what native advertising studios say to sell their work. Editor’s note: Longtime Nieman Lab readers know the bylines of Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis. Mark wrote the weekly This Week in Review column for us …
