Real Clear Politics was a “trusted, go-to source” for unbiased …
WEBNov 18, 2020 · “Real Clear Politics and its affiliated websites have taken a rightward, aggressively pro-Trump turn over the last four years as donations to its affiliated nonprofit have soared …
The U.S. Media Index database shows news consumers who owns …
WEBMay 14, 2021 · The databases includes three indices: The U.S. Mainstream Media Index details the 176 parent companies of daily news outlets; the index of emerging nonprofit media and donors lists 231 nonprofit news outlets and who funds them; and an index of the seven owners of daily newspapers is categorized …
Nieman Journalism Lab
WEBIt’s Paywall Day 2024: Reuters joins CNN is announcing a new digital subscription. “The subscription plan will be available to users at a globally accessible price of $1 a week, allowing cost-efficient, unlimited access to Reuters’ trusted, accurate, and unbiased news coverage. The pricing plan is simple and transparent.
How much influence does the media really have over elections?
WEBJul 14, 2015 · This chart shows the number of times a candidate’s full name appeared in the top 25 online news sources, as a percentage of all mentions, for October to December of 2015.(Republican candidates were mentioned about twice as often as Democratic candidates overall, but this chart compares each candidate to the others within their party.)
What’s the healthiest news diet? Probably traditional media, but …
WEBMay 17, 2021 · …a key finding is that only two user profiles (traditionalists and online news seekers) are positively and consistently correlated with political knowledge compared to the rest of the user profiles…. More specifically, the results show that those having a more selective and richer online news diet (online news seekers) are more likely to hold higher levels of surveillance knowledge ...
Why good graphics are essential for reporting on climate change
WEBAug 23, 2021 · Like many people, the first graph I ever saw explaining climate change was in a school geography textbook. It showed the “hockey stick” curve of the Earth’s surface temperature over time, which has become one of the world’s most recognizable line graphs. Despite relatively minor fluctuations, the line on the graph depicting global surface temperature remains almost horizontal across ...
Radio listening has plummeted. NPR is reaching a bigger audience …
WEBAug 19, 2020 · Since the pandemic took hold in the United States, NPR’s radio ratings have taken a nosedive. Half of AM/FM listening in the United States takes place in a car, but between reduced (or eliminated) commutes and social distancing, there’s been a steep decline in the drivers that make up public radio’s traditional broadcast audience. “People who listened to NPR shows on the radio at home ...
Here are 12 principles journalists should follow to make sure …
WEBJan 16, 2019 · 1. First, protect your sources. Defend anonymity when it is requested. It is generally accepted that a journalist’s commitment to protect the anonymity of confidential sources and whistleblowers should only be breached in the most exceptional circumstances (e.g. when it is established that there is no other way to determine identity where it is critical to avert imminent loss of human life).
How 13 news publishers are using WhatsApp Channels
WEBNov 7, 2023 · Nieman Lab now has a WhatsApp Channel. We talked to 13 publishers around the world about how they’re using Channels. They stressed it’s too soon to define an official Channels strategy, especially since WhatsApp doesn’t offer much in the way of metrics. “We can only see the approximate number of people who viewed a …
Hundreds of hyperpartisan sites are masquerading as local news.
WEBOct 22, 2010 · We used research by Priyanjana Bengani at Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism as a starting point. Bengani identified 450 sites that are part of 12 state networks operated by five corporate entities. To do so, she used shared registrant information from the WHOIS database of registered domains, shared IP addresses, and shared analytics identifiers to identify the scope ...