Top 10: What We’ve Been Reading and Sharing, July 2020

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Our monthly Top 10 list is based upon the number of impressions each story received on Twitter.

1. In case you missed it, the video of our July webinar is up on our YouTube channel: ‘The Post-Covid Newsroom — Big Ideas for Better Journalism’, with panelists @emgollie, @mrjohncrowley, @kundadixit, @patburd and @Tom_El_Rumi. https://j.mp/3fSMQRg
2. Nextcloud is an #opensource alternative to proprietary cloud solutions like Google Suite and Microsoft 365. @Don_Watkins looks at how easy it is to set up @Nextclouders, as well as the benefits of choosing open source over proprietary. https://j.mp/3eQXwyw via @opensourceway
3. The Threat Lab from @EFF is a deep dive into surveillance technologies and what communities, activists and journalists can do to protect themselves from targeting and digital and legal threats. Frequent updates, newsletters, and backed by @craignewmark. https://j.mp/3fWIecE
4. The latest in @newmarkjschool’s webinar series on entrepreneurial journalism: ‘Going Solo: When journalists build their own ventures’ is a lively video chat with @roseveleth and @jenny8lee discussing how they became ‘armies of one.’ https://j.mp/2ZicI3b @Zielina @jeremycaplan
5. Leaders from @googlenews, @Luminategroup and @mdiforg met for an @IJNet discussion with internet pioneer Vint Cerf: ‘Now What? Reinventing the Journalism Business Model’ @vgcerf @patburd @nishantlalwani @richardgingras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCEvVVY1zLQ
6. FOLIO: spoke with EICs at 6 major magazines to find out how they’re managing through the pandemic and what inspiring insights and philosophies they’ve picked up along the way. https://j.mp/2O9XtTg @foliomag, @adiman, @Jessica_Pels, @scottomelianuk, @senari, @efelsenthal
7. GNI Startups Lab, a new initiative from @GoogleNewsInit and @LIONPubs, is running a free, 8-week remote boot camp to train U.S. and Canadian entrepreneurs looking to launch local newsrooms. Applications due Aug, 17. https://j.mp/2ZMJGHQ by @kristenhare via @Poynter
8. The EU Council convened yesterday for its first session under the new German presidency on July 6. Topping the agenda for ministers of justice was the need to take more action against racism, hate speech and online disinformation. https://j.mp/3e7ji0g via @Euractiv #StopHateforprofit
9. Climate change is a growing concern for readers around the world. Publishers are responding not only by increasing coverage but by making sustainability a cornerstone of their business plans. https://j.mp/38pnGql by @faisalkalim via @wnip
10. The latest in @gijn’s series on journalists’ favorite tools, @CraigSilverman, Media Editor at @BuzzFeedNews, shares his favourite #opensource intelligence tools and how he goes about untangling online misinformation and media manipulation. https://j.mp/2B800uy by @RowanPhilp