“Homeless” media | The rise of messaging | Verification’s new home

By Matt Carroll <@MattatMIT>

Dec. 2, 2015: A trio of news media stories, videos, and data viz compiled weekly. Get notified via email? Email 3toread (at) gmail.com.

1. The rise of “homeless” media?: In the not so way-back, media innovators spent a lot of time designing their site, optimizing their home page to the max. Today? Now, it’s possible to earn revenue without a site, or to use a site as an afterthought. It opens interesting possibilities for new media organizations. By Francesco Marconi, in Thoughts on Media.
2. The messaging phenomenon is just beginning: WhatsApp, SnapChat, Facebook Messenger and other messaging tools are quickly growing from interesting outliers of the mediascape to something far greater. Get ready as they begin to expand in ernest. By Stephanie Newman.
3. Verification marks a milestone: The First Draft coalition, the new coalition that is tackling the exploding topic of image verification, has launched a web site. And it’s a cool place to learn about the best ways to verify imagery, through interesting case studies and training guides.

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Matt Carroll runs the Future of News initiative at the MIT Media Lab.