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Journalism & Media
December 07, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:  The Hartford Courant’s physical newsroom will close, Maya Wiley continues to appear on MSNBC as a contributor despite her mayoral candidacy, and BuzzFeed refuses to reveal anonymous sources to ICE. 
Top Stories

Connecticut’s largest newspaper loses its newsroom
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill / Dec 4, 2020


Maya Wiley staying on as MSNBC expert in 2021 despite NYC mayoral run
Jon Levine / New York Post / Dec 5, 2020


BuzzFeed News refused a demand from ICE to reveal its anonymous sources for reporting done on a deportation program
Kelsey Vlamis / Business Insider / Dec 5, 2020

About Misinformation

Researcher cites uptick in COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
Michel Martin / NPR / Dec 5, 2020


View: In 2020, disinformation broke us
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News / Dec 6, 2020

Media Business

Leveraging audio to drive subscriptions and memberships
Regan Kerr / journalism.co.uk / Dec 4, 2020


View: Google is now blocking the ads publishers sell if they don’t meet Google’s standards
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab / Dec 7, 2020


View: Did Google and Facebook kill the media revenue model?
Frederic Filloux / Monday Note / Dec 7, 2020

Media Ethics

A powerful reporter got away with sexual misconduct for decades. His paper, and his union, looked the other way.
Ben Smith / The New York Times / Dec 6, 2020


View: It’s a problem that most of the people paid to cover and criticize journalism are white
The Objective / Nieman Journalism Lab / Dec 4, 2020

International

Pro-populist media in Eastern Europe promote Trump’s baseless voter fraud claims
Joanna Kakissis / NPR / Dec 4, 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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