4 Matching Annotations
- Oct 2021
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www.npr.org www.npr.org
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Yowei gets a tip about Russian trolls in Stockton, California and falls down a hole of swirling conspiracy theories.
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www.kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com
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A podcast about journalism with a purpose.
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www.lewispants.com www.lewispants.com
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The podcast focuses on the troubled history of “objectivity” and how it has been used to gatekeep and exclude people of color, queer and trans people, and people organizing for their labor rights and communities.
I learned about this podcast through Sandy and Nora.
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- Jan 2021
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www.newslaundry.com www.newslaundry.com
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something that the alternative online media has been unable to do is where mainstream media platforms are still unrivalled – being a one-stop repository for different sets of news consumers. MSM digital platforms, despite many flaws, thrive as catch-all baskets for round-the-clock information seekers, ranging from politics to cricket, from fashion to music and important news (which doesn’t only mean the unusual massacres) from a hamlet in Arwal district in Bihar to that from a Delhi suburb.
This will be impossible for a small digital media startup to achieve.
I rather see the independent digital news as a gateway to important, contentious, controversial or rather plain and non flashy news. News of the kind ignored by mainstream media due to their perverse incentive structures.
I don't think the coverage on cricket for example or entertainment from newslaundry would be any drastically different from mainstream media. In that sense it would be wiser not to compete and squander resources on such kind of reporting just to be a one stop shop.
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