Alan Murray / Pew Research Center: Introducing Fact Tank — Welcome to Fact Tank, a new, real-time platform from the Pew Research Center, dedicated to finding news in the numbers. — Fact Tank will build on the Pew Research Center’s unique brand of data journalism. For years, our teams of writers and social scientists …
Category Archives: Media
Sweeping Leak Inquiries Reveal How Wide a Net U.S. Has Cast (New York Times)
New York Times: Sweeping Leak Inquiries Reveal How Wide a Net U.S. Has Cast — WASHINGTON — Even before the F.B.I. conducted 550 interviews of officials and seized the phone records of Associated Press reporters in a leak investigation connected to a 2012 article about a Yemen bomb plot …
INN Starts Backing Nonprofit News Startups (Kevin Davis/NetNewsCheck Latest)
Kevin Davis / NetNewsCheck Latest: INN Starts Backing Nonprofit News Startups — After a 19-month wait to secure its own 501(c)3 status, the Investigative News Network has started to sponsor nonprofit news projects. “Fiscal sponsorship allows these early-stage nonprofits to accept donations from philanthropists and foundations …
WikiLeaks Donations Down to a Trickle (Kim Zetter/Wired)
Kim Zetter / Wired: WikiLeaks Donations Down to a Trickle — As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange approaches the one-year anniversary of his confinement in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, a report released Wednesday reveals that donations to the secret-spilling site have dwindled to a trickle.
Government should reopen talks on press regulation, says Alan Rusbridger (Josh Halliday/Guardian)
Josh Halliday / Guardian: Government should reopen talks on press regulation, says Alan Rusbridger — Guardian editor-in-chief also raises concerns over use of royal charter, saying it is ‘a mechanism controlled by ministers’ — The Guardian editor-in-chief, Alan Rusbridger, has urged the culture secretary …
Why Tumblr Was a Massive Steal for Yahoo (Adam Rifkin/AllThingsD)
Adam Rifkin / AllThingsD: Why Tumblr Was a Massive Steal for Yahoo — The blockbuster acquisition of Tumblr by Yahoo for $1.1 billion — all cash — has been portrayed as a gigantic gamble on the part of the acquirer. However, for those of us who believe there can be specific guidelines around the valuation …
Press Sees Chilling Effect in Justice Dept. Inquiries (Christine Haughney/New York Times)
Christine Haughney / New York Times: Press Sees Chilling Effect in Justice Dept. Inquiries — President Obama’s conciliatory gesture toward the press this week — a review of Justice Department investigations involving journalists — struck some national security reporters as closing the door after the sources have already bolted.
News Corp. to take up to $1.4-billion write-down in publishing (Meg James/Los Angeles Times)
Meg James / Los Angeles Times: News Corp. to take up to $1.4-billion write-down in publishing — News Corp. disclosed that it would take as much as a $1.4-billion write-down in publishing during the current fiscal quarter. Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of the corporation, is pictured here in 2011. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / …
Layoffs at NBC’s ‘Rock Center’ (Merrill Knox/TVNewser)
Merrill Knox / TVNewser: Layoffs at NBC’s ‘Rock Center’ — As “Rock Center” prepares for its final broadcast next month, NBC News is in the process of laying off some of the show’s production staff, an NBC spokesperson confirms to TVNewser. — The layoffs are expected to affect only “Rock Center” staffers, who were notified …
Gawker’s bid to give $200,000 to Canadian drug dealers hits slight snag (Tom McCarthy/Guardian)
Tom McCarthy / Guardian: Gawker’s bid to give $200,000 to Canadian drug dealers hits slight snag — The owners of video allegedly showing Toronto’s mayor smoking crack go missing in the middle of crowdfunding campaign — The effort by news site Gawker to bust Toronto mayor Rob Ford for allegedly smoking crack is crack journalism …