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(Kevin Anderson, managing producer, digital media, @ideastream. Expert in digital transformation with experience as an innovator and leader at the BBC, Guardian and Gannett.)
Daily Commentary
How Facebook targets political ads and how BuzzFeed wants to crowdsource coverage of those ads. A job opportunity at the American Press Institute, and how local college and university newsrooms are trying to fill the void left in local news.
Snapchat is launching a news partnership initiative with the goal of helping journalists and news organizations better mine the billions of public videos and photos shared daily on Snapchat for news and information. Why it matters: People are…
It's not news at this point that BuzzFeed has a serious news organization — one whose reporting on Russia made it a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize this year. But it's also a news organization whose stories are published alongside the social…
Mr AndersonBreaks out its deeply reported news from GIFs and listicles. Said it was confusing for users to have them all mashed up together
During the 2016 election, Russian trolls, political campaigns, and special interest groups exploited the ability to run political ads on Facebook that were largely hidden from public view. This same type of ad is now being run for the midterm…
When the University of Oklahoma announced it had hired a new president in March, the student-run Oklahoma Daily broke the news ahead of the Norman Transcript. The Daily, an independent student publication with a staff of 60, prints twice per week…
The Director of Accountability Journalism at API leads our nationwide program on accountability journalism, which identifies how newsrooms can innovate and improve their reporting on people and institutions in power. Some of the primary areas of…
Mr AndersonRT @jeffsonderman We are hiring a new Director of Accountability Journalism at @AmPress. You can help newsrooms hold powerful people and institutions accountable.
LINK: www.pewresearch.org ➚ | Posted by: Laura Hazard Owen | July 17, 2018 The use of mobile phones for news now far outpaces the use of desktops and laptops for news — and that's a big change over just the past two years, according…
Mr AndersonThose with a college degree are more likely to often get news on mobile than those without a college degree (66 percent vs. 51 percent).”
Positive Returns
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Andrew Clarke
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Famous for their inquisitive nature, the ferret has a reputation for getting to hidden places out of human reach. In Scotland, it has become the emblem for an independent media initiative that seeks to flush out corruption and dig up stories that…
Mr AndersonA great look at Scottish investigative shop The Ferret and why the Omidyar Network is investing in them.
The Ken just raised a Series A investment of $1.5 million, led by Omidyar Network. We're thrilled to bits at having on board a mindful and long-term set of investors who truly understand the importance of unbiased journalism and evolving media…
Mr AndersonAnother Omidyar investment - The Ken - an Indian based publisher running a subscription-based strategy in India!
Mr AndersonIt has been selling its publishing technology to other companies on a limited basis, but now, it is offivpcislky getting into the CMS business.
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