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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
September 17, 2020

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In Today's news:   Altered video of Biden speech tweeted by Trump, labeled manipulated by Twitter, The New York Times and Facebook announce augmented reality reporting project, and new research on election news knowledge and misinformation.
Top Stories

Trump fuels spread of altered Biden video, tweeting it twice
Beatrice Dupuy / The Associated Press / Sep 16, 2020


NYT, Facebook launch multi-year augmented reality reporting project
Sara Fischer / Axios / Sep 16, 2020


Political divides, conspiracy theories and divergent news sources heading into 2020 election
Mark Jurkowitz, Amy Mitchell, Elisa Shearer, J. Baxter Oliphant / Pew Research Center / Sep 16, 2020

Social Media

Facebook and Instagram flag Tucker Carlson virus posts
Tiffany Hsu / The New York Times / Sep 16, 2020


Twitter removes Kanye West tweet suggesting followers harass journalist
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill / Sep 16, 2020


YouTube 2020: Why politics have exploded on the video platform
David Ingram / NBC News / Sep 16, 2020

Local News

View: Reviving democracy requires reviving local journalism
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review / Sep 16, 2020

Technology & News

NPR adds localized news for 10 cities to its afternoon podcast Consider This
Sarah Scire / Nieman Journalism Lab / Sep 16, 2020


SmartNews’ U.S. app unveils new features for the elections, COVID-19 and local weather
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch / Sep 17, 2020

Media Business

Fox News Media plans staff reductions in restructuring effort
Brian Steinberg / Variety / Sep 16, 2020


Building sustainable news media requires balance between tradition and innovation
Jacob Granger / journalism.co.uk / Sep 16, 2020


‘Helping people discover information’: How Red Ventures grew into a giant
Max Willens / Digiday / Sep 16, 2020

Media Ethics

View: Journalists can help people tell their own stories by talking less, listening more
Erika Dilday / Nieman Reports / Sep 16, 2020


View: Here’s what I’ve learned as a teen journalist for RadioActive about diversity and building trust
Taylor Blatchford, Lila Shroff / Poynter / Sep 16, 2020

International

Pamco: UK national news websites see Covid-19 audience fatigue but strong year-on-year growth continues
Charlotte Tobitt / PressGazette / Sep 16, 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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