Ten Minnesota #newspapers, some in operation for more than 140 years, are ceasing publication in April.
All are owned by Alden Global Capital, which has been accused of "vulture" #capitalism by "taking over legacy newspapers and making drastic cuts, reducing #publishing frequency and slashing #newsroom jobs in an effort to boost profit margins."
Jan Mencwel z #MiastoJestNasze w porannym #Newsroom Wirtualnej Polski o runku mieszkaniowym, deweloperach, dopłatach do kredytów, wzrostach cen. Ciekawe. Polecam.
#Mother Jones is joining forces with Reveal to confront the crisis in #democracy head-on.
Once-hot digital startups are cutting back and closing down.
Big picture: When this merger is done, you’ll be able to find powerful investigative reporting not just in our magazine and our digital platforms, but also on the radio, in your podcast feed, and on TV. If you care about journalists speaking truth to power, this is great news
Somewhere on a #mediastudies course a student (or perhaps staff researcher?) is organising a piece of comparative work looking at how the #MorningShow and the #Newsreader each (and differently) are telling the story of power & #gender in the TV #newsroom.
Certainly one is set in contemporary #America & the other is set in 1980's #Australia, but the covergence of themes is pretty striking (watching them back-to-back).
And if no one is doing it; there's a project ready to go for someone!
The Detail: Libraries Fight To Survive Under Tight Council Budgets
Some years ago I was in a meeting where someone proposed the council spend less on libraries and art galleries, saying that he never saw anyone in them. I retaliated in a rather angry way suggesting that they cut spending on sports fields and tennis courts. I never see anybody on them. Right outside the window was several empty tennis courts. It was not met with any support.
"Every #newsroom in every community needs to think about #ClimateChange not as a beat but as a through line involving everything we do. No corner of the newsroom is exempt—not business or culture, not sports or city hall.
On the national level, journalism has to figure out how to make climate change central to our #politics#coverage."
I will be discussing the role climate change is playing in the extreme heat we're seeing right now with Michael Holmes tonight during the 1am ET hour on CNN #Newsroom@cnni International: https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnn-i
The Conversation is #hiring an Associate Editor, Economy and Business to find experts to write about business news and new research, and work with them to craft understandable and interesting, jargon-free articles.
It’s an exciting time to join our #newsroom. Thank you for sharing with your network if you know somebody who’s a good fit!