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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
April 22, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Local media outlets launch amid pandemic, Vice Media Group prepares plans for substantial layoffs, and a look at how Americans following COVID-19 news changed from mid-to-late March.
Top Stories

Local media outlets launch during the coronavirus pandemic
Sara Fischer / Axios / Apr 21, 2020


Vice Media document lays out plan for layoffs amid coronavirus pandemic [Subscription required]
Keach Hagey, Benjamin Mullin / The Wall Street Journal / Apr 21, 2020


Older Americans continue to follow COVID-19 news more closely than younger adults
Mark Jurkowitz, Amy Mitchell / Pew Research Center / Apr 22, 2020

Coronavirus

Lester Holt starts show for children about the coronavirus
David Bauder / The Associated Press / Apr 21, 2020


Inside the Facebook news team’s race to address COVID-19 — after it hit close to home
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol / Apr 21, 2020


View: The constant shifts of the coronavirus pandemic may be making journalists more comfortable expressing uncertainty
Kevin Lerner / Nieman Journalism Lab / Apr 21, 2020

News Magazines

Translating a quality user experience from print into digital
Steve Smith / Folio / Apr 21, 2020

Media Business

Protocol, 11 weeks into life, is already laying off a big chunk of its staff
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab / Apr 21, 2020


‘A lot of brands have lost confidence’: The Telegraph is tracking emotional response to coronavirus-related ads
Lucinda Southern / Digiday / Apr 21, 2020


Tribune Publishing implements ‘broad furloughs’ on top of pay cuts from earlier in April
Rick Edmonds / Poynter / Apr 21, 2020

Media Ethics

View: Speculative journalism can help us prepare for what’s to come. Could it also promote misinformation?
Eryn Carlson / Nieman Reports / Apr 21, 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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