#nieman lab

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-report-maps-a-severe-shortage-of-local-journalists-in-the-u-s/

NiemanLab: "New report maps a “severe” shortage of local #journalists in the U.S. "

"The report found that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.

“And the ‘better off’ parts of the country are in lousy shape, too,” the report states."

[arilevine]

For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source - Nieman Lab

There's a lot that's concerning in this research, including the unfortunate reality that 71% of those surveyed would not be interested in paying for news at all. Though not actually funny, this quote made me lol.

"Audiences in non-American markets, the authors write, “put much more emphasis on impartial deep analysis (getting information) than opinionated hosts. "

Speaking with a friend recently at a legacy media company , she shared that so many of the "journalists" at her institution believe their role is to advocate for their positions ("values") rather than report facts. This is from the Right and the Left, and really blossomed on AM Talk radio and Fox News before reaching mainstream newsrooms and the internet. Opinions left the Op-Ed pages and started driving the headlines and image selection. Reporting became about they the journalists perspective, preferred narratives, and cherry picked facts + images. The internet also forced journalists to start opining on social media, providing constant "takes", and drive traffic all day. Our journalists became influencers so it's no wonder the influencers became journalists.

Paired with media illiteracy and our preference for opinion over fact, it's a real problem that we need to find solutions for as a society.

[younes-ben-amara]

البوتات الآن تقاسم الإنترنت مُناصفة مع البشر 🤖💻

ما هذه المجموعة من المختارات تسألني؟ إنّها عددٌ من أعداد نشرة “صيد الشابكة” اِعرف أكثر عن النشرة هنا: ما هي نشرة “صيد الشابكة” ما مصادرها، وما غرضها؛ وما معنى الشابكة أصلًا؟! 🎣🌐 🎣🌐 صيد الشابكة العدد #60 مرحبًا بكم والسلام عليكم وبسم الله؛ 🏖️ الرمل هو ثاني أكثر مورد طبيعي استخدامًا على الكوكب بعد الماء. ويشكّل جوهر الحضارة البشرية. تدرّ السوق السوداء للرمال ما بين 200 لـ 350 مليار دولار…

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[biglisbonnews]

Buying Grid gives The Messenger a boost in social, not just in staffing its newsroom The Messenger’s purchase of Grid last week raised some eyebrows, at least in the small community of people who could tell you what both The Messenger and Grid are. (Or, in Grid’s case now, used to be. Its website was taken down Monday.) To the extent that anyone knows what The Messenger will be —... https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/03/buying-grid-gives-the-messenger-a-boost-in-social-not-just-in-staffing-its-newsroom/

[biglisbonnews]

Media’s money problem On January 27, J. Elliott Lewis, a professor of journalism at Syracuse University, tweeted a picture of a “Now Hiring” sign from the popular burger chain Five Guys. The salary on the sign was advertised at an average of $17.85/hour, and the job comes with free burgers. “The Five Guys on the Syracuse University campus... https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/02/medias-money-problem/

[journalismjpg]

Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2023

Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what t

excited to read through this! definitely going to highlight my favorites

[biglisbonnews]

Twitter will soon let news outlets lay visual claim to their staffers’ accounts. Should they? Who owns a journalist’s Twitter account: the journalist or their employer? It’s an old question by now, a byproduct of the way social media has allowed reporters to create their own personal ~~brands~~, distinct from their news outlets. It’s become normal to see big-name journalists take their followings from job to job — from @BuzzFeedBen... https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/01/twitter-will-soon-let-news-outlets-lay-visual-claim-to-their-staffers-accounts-should-they/

[media-bias-fact-check]

Facebook promised to remove “sensitive” ads. Here’s what it left behind.

This article was originally published on The Markup and is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Late last year, after facing years of criticism for its practices, Facebook announced a change to its multibillion-dollar advertising system: Companies buying ads would no longer be able to target people based on interest categories like race, religion,…

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