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Journalism & Media
September 03, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:  Facebook takes steps to reduce election misinformation, debate moderators announced, and bipartisan calls emerge to renew funding for military newspaper.
Top Stories

Facebook moves to target misinformation before election
Zen Soo / The Associated Press / Sep 3, 2020


Chris Wallace, Kristen Welker among moderator choices for presidential debates
Brian Steinberg / Variety / Sep 2, 2020


Senators call on Pentagon to reinstate funding for Stars and Stripes newspaper
Justin Wise / The Hill / Sep 2, 2020

Radio News

Google wants to remix news radio just for you
Boone Ashworth / Wired / Sep 2, 2020


Student radio station threatens to halt programming until university removes manager
Justine Coleman / The Hill / Sep 2, 2020


For his next act, Pete Buttigieg is pivoting to podcasting
Jeremy Barr / The Washington Post / Sep 2, 2020

Media Business

NAB: Tech platforms threaten local journalism
TVNewsCheck / Sep 2, 2020


‘Supercharging contextual’: Publishers eye potential for contextual ad revenue growth
Lucinda Southern / Digiday / Sep 3, 2020

About Misinformation

Chaos scenarios drive gatekeepers’ election prep
Kyle Daly, Sara Fischer, Stef W. Kight / Axios / Sep 3, 2020


A freelance writer learns he was working for the Russians
Sheera Frenkel / The New York Times / Sep 2, 2020


The birth of QAmom
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone / Sep 2, 2020


View: Fact-checkers are helpers, not saviors, in the information wars
Susan Benkelman, Harrison Mantas / Poynter / Sep 3, 2020

Media Ethics

View: CNN public editor: The only question in news is ‘will it rate’
Ariana Pekary / Columbia Journalism Review / Sep 2, 2020


View: Colleges can’t wait for newsrooms to fix themselves
Carolyn McGourty Supple, Minette Drumwright, Kathleen McElroy / Poynter / Sep 2, 2020

International

In Latin America, religious misinformation on Covid-19 spreads with the help of the Christian press
Jaime Longoria, Daniel Acosta Ramos, Madelyn Webb / Nieman Journalism Lab / Sep 2, 2020


Hong Kong court acquits media mogul Jimmy Lai of intimidation
Helen Davidson / The Guardian / Sep 3, 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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