In other journalism

–ĚýĚý: How NPR Shattered The Old Model Of Broadcast Journalism.

–  How Jeff Bezos Beat the Tabloids: “Rather than doing what most billionaires do under such scrutiny—keep quiet and wait for the storm to pass—Bezos had gone public.” ()

–  Matt Zoller Seitz:Ěý

In other journalism

–  “A couple of years after Serial sped up podcasting’s move into the mainstream, Donald J. Trump’s election as president changed the game in a different way. It spawned a plethora of audio shows that promised to help Americans process an unexpected and unsettling time. And though Trump is now out of office, there’s still no shortage of political news to try and make sense of.” . (NYT)

–ĚýĚý on the death of Ed Ward, a rock historian and early RSĚýąđťĺžąłŮ´Ç°ů.

–  Zoom’s newest feature puts your class back in the classroom (or board back in the boardroom). : “Immersive View builds on the virtual background features Zoom already has, but focuses on actually placing meeting attendees in a realistic-looking location”

–  Tweeters with more than 600 followers can now .

In other journalism

–ĚýĚý: “I love writing about tech. But covering how a Hindu nationalist government is using it to destroy a secular democracy isn’t what I signed up for.”

–  The Internet Reporters Summit:Ěý

–  Anne Helen Petersen:Ěý “This has been the hardest thing for people who didn’t work from home before the pandemic to visualize: your current WFH scenario is not your future WFH scenario. Your options are not ‘in the office, with other people, 9 to 6 every day’ or ‘miserable and alone in my small apartment.’”

In other journalism

–  A skim of Apple Podcasts finds more than two million titles. A lot. But is it really that many? Consider that 26 percent of those two million have only ever produced one episode and 44 percent never published more than three. The truer number:Ěý.

–  Maggie Haberman, and  (Press Run)

–  A career path parallel to journalism: A good friend of mine works as a book production designer for a publisher called Sourcebooks. She was interviewed recently about  and other book things.

–  Who is “Kacey Montagu” and how did he or she get here? Politico:Ěý

. . . Meanwhile,  are coming up quickly.

In other journalism

–  Eight papers, eight women: For the first time, the editors-in-chief of all eight Ivy League student publications are women. (A delightful story in )

–  “Since at least the late 1990s, Republicans have been less likely than Democrats (and independents) to say they trust the media. But starting in 2015, trust among Republicans took a nosedive, falling from 32 percent to 10 percent in 2020.” FiveThirtyEight:Ěý

–  Journalism watchdogs holding big tech accountable: “Our analysis found that by following TikTok’s suggested follower prompts, . This is uniquely harmful because it has the potential to further radicalize people interested in these far-right extremist movements, and it doesn’t even require users to seek them out; TikTok hand-delivers the extremist movements to its users, many of whom are 14 or younger.” (Media Matters)

–ĚýĚý, live on air, starring Mina Kimes.

In other journalism

–  He has covered all the major events and star athletes, but renowned sportswriter Dave Kindred finds covering small-town Illinois girls high school basketball to be his most fulfilling work. .

–  “Each of these projects appear to be, paradoxically, the result of extreme boredom and a jolt of creativity, and each speaks to a small and cultivated audience.” GQ:Ěý, the cool alternative to starting a Substack.

–  Vulture: A passionate podcaster, .

. . . Opinion:ĚýĚý(°Â˛šąĘ´Ç)

In other journalism

–  Alexi McCammond, hired to be Teen Vogue’s new editor-in-chief, resigned after continuing fury over past racist tweets. She would’ve started the job Wednesday. ()

–  If you know, you know: Duke and UNC student media . (Meanwhile, in actual basketball, Duke didn’t make the tournament and UNC lost in the first round.)

–  “Hundreds of radio stations around the country are eagerly waiting to see whom Premiere Networks will put in Limbaugh’s old time slot,” and a few major players are rushing to try to steal listeners attention during the slot. Axios:Ěý

. . . Speaking of interviews:Ěý.

In other journalism

–  Crooked Media, producer of “Pod Save America” and much more, is adding sports to its interests and hired former Ringer staffer Jason Concepcion to show them how. ()

–  126 journalists were arrested or detained in the US in 2020 — 13 still face charges. Andrea Sahouri’s trial begins this week.  on the Des Moines Register reporter, charged with “failure to disperse and interference with official acts” while covering local protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd last summer.

–  Twitter is working on a  for sending tweets.

–  My alma mater now has an open , and I think that’s a pretty cool resource for young creators in a town of 20,000. (Eastern Illinois University did not pay for this ad.)

In other journalism

–  “The merger of two of the largest publishers in the United States — Penguin Random House is already the biggest by almost any metric — has the potential to touch every piece of the book business, including how much writers get paid, which books get priority at printing plants and how independent bookshops are run.” ()

–  Championship athletes Alex Morgan, Sue Bird, Chloe Kim and Simone Manuel are launching a new media company for women’s sports. “ is to change the way we view women in the media.”

–ĚýĚý: “We now understand that we never should have published the series as reported.”

–  “Mostly, I was interested in knocking people off their pedestals. I also enjoyed being popular, controversial, discussed. I just wanted to see someone face consequences; no one who’d hurt me ever had.” An anonymous blogger of a popular Tumblr about shaming celebrities now wonders, Ěý(ąˇłŰ°Ő)