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Seattlepi.com will try newsletter strategy in Hearst’s ‘next phase’ for former newspaper website

GeekWire

.” Asked to square that statement with the 90% reduction in staff over the past 10 years, the Hearst spokesman cited larger trends in local media. The rise of local blogs, social media, and now newsletters have chipped away at the audience for major news sites over the past decade. For example, newsroom employment at U.S.

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What ‘The Social Dilemma’ misunderstands about social networks

The Verge

It’s specifically partnering with newsrooms led by people of color. Misinformation shared on social media has a serious impact on our elections and undermines our democracy. bro I am banging on the back of every wardrobe hoping Narnia will grant me asylum — The Library Owl ??? (Makena Kelly / The Verge ).

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How effective altruism let Sam Bankman-Fried happen

Vox

Something went badly wrong here, and my fellow journalists in the take mines have been producing a small library of theories of why. Employment in US newsrooms fell by 26 percent from 2008 to 2020 , and this fall has seen another end-of-year wave in media layoffs. Journalism, as an industry, is struggling badly.

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