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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
August 14, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News [link removed]
In Today's news: Tech companies announce new voter initiatives to counter misinformation, Newsweek criticized for article questioning Kamala Harris' eligibility, and a look at how a local newsroom has grown during COVID-19.
Top Stories
Big Tech pushes voter initiatives to counter misinformation ([link removed])
Sara Fischer, Ashley Gold / Axios / Aug 13, 2020

Newsweek insists op-ed on Kamala Harris’ presidential eligibility is not ‘birtherism’ ([link removed])
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap / Aug 13, 2020

This local newsroom is growing during the pandemic ([link removed])
Kristen Hare / Poynter / Aug 13, 2020

Media Business
Google’s advertising platform is blocking articles about racism ([link removed])
Aaron Mak / Slate / Aug 13, 2020

She helped wreck the news business. Here’s her plan to fix it ([link removed])
Gilad Edelman / Wired / Aug 13, 2020

Social Media
QAnon booms on Facebook as conspiracy group gains mainstream traction [Subscription required] ([link removed])
Deepa Seetharaman / The Wall Street Journal / Aug 13, 2020

Press & Government
‘Gosh, I basically cover the campaign from my couch’ ([link removed])
John F. Harris, Eli Okun / Politico / Aug 13, 2020

View: Facebook’s preferential treatment of US conservatives puts its fact-checking program in danger ([link removed])
Craig Silverman, Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News / Aug 13, 2020

View: My life as a teenage political journalist ([link removed])
Gabe Fleisher / Columbia Journalism Review / Aug 14, 2020

Local News
View: Parachute journalism: How some national media outlets cover the Midwest ([link removed])
Joy Powers, Jack Hurbanis / WUWM / Aug 13, 2020

International
Covid-19 crisis leads to more than 2,000 job cuts across UK news organisations ([link removed])
Freddy Mayhew, Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette / Aug 14, 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, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.


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