Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it’s still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans. A new report finds 30% of U.S. adults say they regularly get news from the Meta-owned site. YouTube comes in a close second with 26%, according to the analysis published by Pew Research Center on Wednesday. When Pew researchers drilled down and looked at the users of each social site, some stood out as turning to their platform of choice for news — even if they have relatively small userbases overall. More than half of X users, for example, say they regularly get news...…Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it’s still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans. A new report finds 30% of U.S. adults say they regularly get news from the Meta-owned site. YouTube comes in a close second with 26%, according to the analysis published by Pew Research Center on Wednesday. When Pew researchers drilled down and looked at the users of each social site, some stood out as turning to their platform of choice for news — even if they have relatively small userbases overall. More than half of X users, for example, say they regularly get news...WW…

There’s more than one way to hook a reader. Some journalists are picking up yarn and crochet hooks to create tactile works of data visualization. If you’ve only seen one crochet data viz project, you’ve probably seen a temperature blanket, where each row is color-coded to reflect the highs and lows for a year. Can this be used for other data? Sure. Some use the technique to visualize their mental health and this TikTok account recently went viral for cataloging her, um, digestive regularity. Yarn has also been used to visualize train delays in Munich, infant sleep patterns, Russian...…There’s more than one way to hook a reader. Some journalists are picking up yarn and crochet hooks to create tactile works of data visualization. If you’ve only seen one crochet data viz project, you’ve probably seen a temperature blanket, where each row is color-coded to reflect the highs and lows for a year. Can this be used for other data? Sure. Some use the technique to visualize their mental health and this TikTok account recently went viral for cataloging her, um, digestive regularity. Yarn has also been used to visualize train delays in Munich, infant sleep patterns, Russian...WW…

HOME          LATEST STORY                    April 16, 2021, 7:49 a.m.Readers told the nonprofit local newsroom that they appreciated the option to read an article omitting graphic video and images of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s death.Body camera footage showing a Chicago police officer fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo was released on Thursday. , co-founder and director of strategy of the local nonprofit newsroom , watched the video,...…HOME          LATEST STORY                    April 16, 2021, 7:49 a.m.Readers told the nonprofit local newsroom that they appreciated the option to read an article omitting graphic video and images of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s death.Body camera footage showing a Chicago police officer fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo was released on Thursday. , co-founder and director of strategy of the local nonprofit newsroom , watched the video,...WW…

HOME          LATEST STORY                    April 22, 2021, 8:30 a.m.“We were changed by the practicalities of the pandemic. But we’re also changed by a radical shift of awareness in journalism of the challenges of covering these events, and the psychological costs to journalists of unremitting stress.”Journalists have covered a deadly pandemic, unnerving attacks on the U.S. Capitol, stark racial injustice, mass shootings, and (much) more in...…HOME          LATEST STORY                    April 22, 2021, 8:30 a.m.“We were changed by the practicalities of the pandemic. But we’re also changed by a radical shift of awareness in journalism of the challenges of covering these events, and the psychological costs to journalists of unremitting stress.”Journalists have covered a deadly pandemic, unnerving attacks on the U.S. Capitol, stark racial injustice, mass shootings, and (much) more in...WW…

HOME          LATEST STORY                    March 24, 2021, 2:35 p.m.“Our analysis shows men’s sports are the appetizer, the main course and the dessert, and if there’s any mention of women’s sports it comes across as begrudging ‘eat your vegetables’ without the kind of bells and whistles and excitement with which they describe men’s sports and athletes.”In on televised news and highlights shows, researchers began by quoting a short segment...…HOME          LATEST STORY                    March 24, 2021, 2:35 p.m.“Our analysis shows men’s sports are the appetizer, the main course and the dessert, and if there’s any mention of women’s sports it comes across as begrudging ‘eat your vegetables’ without the kind of bells and whistles and excitement with which they describe men’s sports and athletes.”In on televised news and highlights shows, researchers began by quoting a short segment...WW…

HOME          LATEST STORY                    March 24, 2021, 2:35 p.m.“Our analysis shows men’s sports are the appetizer, the main course and the dessert, and if there’s any mention of women’s sports it comes across as begrudging ‘eat your vegetables’ without the kind of bells and whistles and excitement with which they describe men’s sports and athletes.”In on televised news and highlights shows, researchers began by quoting a short segment...…HOME          LATEST STORY                    March 24, 2021, 2:35 p.m.“Our analysis shows men’s sports are the appetizer, the main course and the dessert, and if there’s any mention of women’s sports it comes across as begrudging ‘eat your vegetables’ without the kind of bells and whistles and excitement with which they describe men’s sports and athletes.”In on televised news and highlights shows, researchers began by quoting a short segment...WW…

HOME          LATEST STORY                    Feb. 9, 2021, 10:29 a.m.The campaign reflects an “increasingly digital” readership, including new subscribers without the experience of holding clearly separated news and opinion sections in their hands.There’s an at The Wall Street Journal that subscribers get “two newspapers for the price of one.” One is produced by the Journal’s business-focused newsroom and the other by the paper’s...…HOME          LATEST STORY                    Feb. 9, 2021, 10:29 a.m.The campaign reflects an “increasingly digital” readership, including new subscribers without the experience of holding clearly separated news and opinion sections in their hands.There’s an at The Wall Street Journal that subscribers get “two newspapers for the price of one.” One is produced by the Journal’s business-focused newsroom and the other by the paper’s...WW…

HOME          LATEST STORY                    Sept. 17, 2020, 12:39 p.m.“In my experience in legacy media, the answer was to throw your hands in the air and say, ‘There’s not much we can do.’ Well, I don’t find that acceptable. We have to find ways to reach those audiences.”, a new nonprofit newsroom dedicated to accountability journalism, launched in West Virginia on Thursday. On opening day, the news site featured a slate of stories on , ,...…HOME          LATEST STORY                    Sept. 17, 2020, 12:39 p.m.“In my experience in legacy media, the answer was to throw your hands in the air and say, ‘There’s not much we can do.’ Well, I don’t find that acceptable. We have to find ways to reach those audiences.”, a new nonprofit newsroom dedicated to accountability journalism, launched in West Virginia on Thursday. On opening day, the news site featured a slate of stories on , ,...WW…

HOME          LATEST STORY                    Feb. 3, 2020, 10:15 a.m.Three teens will be crowned ambassadors: “I feel it’s really important to pass the mic to them.”BuzzFeed News is looking for a few good teens. The news division of the popular entertainment site is recruiting a brand new type of employee — dubbed “” — who will create original TikTok and Instagram videos as part of the site’s 2020 election coverage.Hiring young, camera-ready...…HOME          LATEST STORY                    Feb. 3, 2020, 10:15 a.m.Three teens will be crowned ambassadors: “I feel it’s really important to pass the mic to them.”BuzzFeed News is looking for a few good teens. The news division of the popular entertainment site is recruiting a brand new type of employee — dubbed “” — who will create original TikTok and Instagram videos as part of the site’s 2020 election coverage.Hiring young, camera-ready...WW…