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Journalism & Media
February 21, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   LA Times offers buyouts, Twitter unveils new anti-misinformation efforts, and a look at coverage of a controversy in news deserts.
Top Stories

Los Angeles Times is offering buyouts to staffers with at least two years of employment
Kerry Flynn / CNN / Feb 20, 2020


Twitter is testing new ways to fight misinformation — including a community-based points system
Ben Collins / NBC News / Feb 20, 2020


A pipeline runs through Southern news deserts
Lyndsey Gilpin / Columbia Journalism Review / Feb 21, 2020

Local News

Newsonomics: In Memphis’ unexpected news war, The Daily Memphian’s model demands attention
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab / Feb 20, 2020


View: Is Alden the archvillain crushing local news? It’s a little more complicated.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter / Feb 20, 2020

Social Media

His daughter’s murder keeps circulating on YouTube, so he’s filing an FTC complaint
Samantha Cole / Vice / Feb 20, 2020


View: How conservatives learned to wield power inside Facebook
Craig Timberg / The Washington Post / Feb 20, 2020

Press & Government

Twitter says new rules would likely mean disclaimer for Mike Bloomberg’s debate video
Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost / Feb 20, 2020


Political ads are flooding Hulu, Roku and other streaming services, revealing loopholes in federal election laws
Tony Romm / The Washington Post / Feb 20, 2020


Trump ads will take over YouTube’s homepage on election day
Mark Bergen, Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg / Feb 20, 2020

Media Ethics

These students are learning about fake news and how to spot it
Alina Tugend / The New York Times / Feb 21, 2020


View: I waited in line for Ken Auletta
Eddy Martinez / Columbia Journalism Review / Feb 20, 2020

International

A viral email about coronavirus had people smashing buses and blocking hospitals
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed / Feb 20, 2020


Burnt radio stations and 18-month newsprint blockades: Inside the slow culling of Nicaragua’s free press
Caroline Houck, CD Goette-Luciak / Vox / Feb 20, 2020

 

The Daily Briefing of Media News is edited by Amy Mitchell and Katerina Eva Matsa and compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including: Michael Barthel, Jeffrey Gottfried, Elizabeth Grieco, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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