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“If you want it to show personality, you really have to push it, at times, to a personality that’s not akin to Michael Scott from ‘The Office.’”
A new study looks at “the widespread culture of harassing journalists in South Korea.”
“We might have lost our blue checkmark on Twitter, but we’re already verified on Bluesky!”
“The very idea of collectively tuning in to history as it happens has been altered, as the profusion of channels and platforms now funnels audience members into self-segregated affinity groups where messages are shaped more for confirmation than enlightenment.”
Plus: How participatory journalism became a taken-for-granted norm, how news use can help mitigate misinformation beliefs, and the limits of live fact-checking.
“The ‘first and most voiced complaint’ from participants was that news coverage of people like them skewed toward negative stories or reflected them in a negative light.”
“As local journalism resources become scarcer in Cambridge, it is more important than ever for us to look beyond our campus and to our community and the issues facing it.”
“Going silent,” “turning away,” but not leaving-leaving (yet).
“During a casual conversation in an informal setting, people would listen to us.”
ESPN, NPR, and Slate are experimenting with watchable podcasts.