Top 10: What We’ve Been Reading and Sharing, November 2020
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2 min readDec 2, 2020
Each day Sourcefabric shares on social media a wide range of stories affecting the converging worlds of journalism and technology. If you haven’t had the opportunity, be sure to follow us on Twitter (@Sourcefabric), Facebook (Sourcefabric), YouTube (Sourcefabric), LinkedIn (sourcefabric) and, of course, here on Medium.
Our monthly Top 10 list is based upon the number of impressions each story received on Twitter.
- The help desk at @gijn offers reporters hundreds of guides and tip sheets on everything from tracking ships at sea to #opensource verification. If you don’t find what you need, they are also quick to respond to specific requests for resources. https://j.mp/32j5RYg
- The latest @risj_oxford report collected data from 165 news organisations across the globe to find out how the pandemic has affected their bottom lines. Among the few winners were smaller, online non-profit newsrooms. https://j.mp/3eJ0uqp. The same survey found that 75% of newsroom executives want to go back to the office less after #covid19 is over, and 48% are in fact planning to reduce office space. https://j.mp/3f7Nv1v
- Intercontinental investigative journalist teams from Africa, Asia and Europe still have time to apply (by Dec. 14) for @journalismfund’s Money Trail grants to investigate cross-border illicit financial flows, tax abuse, money laundering and corruption.
- With rampant disinformation campaigns from dark operators on the web now the norm, it’s sometimes hard for journalists to know when they’re being manipulated. @BostonJoan’s Media Manipulation Casebook is a detailed look at all the latest forms of attack. https://j.mp/2GWF7p2
- Award-winning journalist @ShirishMM explains why audiences are fed up with news and how journalists can re-engage with them. https://j.mp/36bQXnJ via @risj_oxford
- The latest, great tool from @themarkup is Simple Search, a browser extension that lets you see the ‘traditional’ results of a Google or Bing search, separate from the tech giants’ ‘products’, which take up 40% — 60% of the page on an average search. https://j.mp/2Ha92dx
- In a recent survey, 67% of journalists in 125 countries identified training on technologies to support remote reporting and publishing as among their most urgent needs. In this interview with Sourcefabric, @ICFJ study co-author Dr. Julie Posetti explains. https://j.mp/3n7A3NM
- The latest podcast from @risj_oxford features @MeeraSelva1 and @kathyenglish discussing how public editors allow readers to hold news outlets accountable, and how their roles have changed in the digital age. https://j.mp/3nLPOdV
- Publishers are using a number of different tactics to pique the interest of audiences during the pandemic and are taking extra steps to reduce churn and super-serve their most loyal readers.https://j.mp/2KH3Yi8 by @damianradcliffe via @wnip
- The @city_bureau’s @d_holli looks at what newsrooms can learn from #MutualAid to integrate into local ecosystems. “A healthy and democratic future demands that the skills journalists possess be distributed among many — not bestowed on a select few." https://j.mp/39fHfnH via @cjr