Readers prefer to click on a clear, simple headline — like this one

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Monday, August 26, 2024 [Readers prefer to click on a clear, simple headline — like this one]( “Headlines with more common words — simple words like ‘job’ instead of ‘occupation’ — shorter headlines, and those communicated in a narrative style, with more pronouns compared with prepositions, received more clicks.” By David Markowitz, Hillary Shulman and Todd Rogers. What We’re Reading The Verge / Justine Calma [Hope and disparity: a colorful new way to visualize air quality around the world →]( “A new tool shows how much air quality has changed since the Industrial Revolution in cities across the world. It generates a single image made up of different colored stripes representing pollution each year in each major city.” The Economist [Why don’t women use artificial intelligence? →]( “Tera Allas of McKinsey, a consultancy, worries that by the time AI is firmly embedded into modern working life, it might be designed to appeal more to men, who are its main users—potentially shutting women out in the long term.” New York Times / Adam Satariano, Paul Mozur, and Aurelien Breeden [Telegram becomes a free speech flashpoint after founder’s arrest in France →]( “Telegram’s light oversight of what people say or do on the platform has helped people living under authoritarian governments communicate and organize. But it has also made the app a haven for disinformation, far-right extremism and other harmful content. Many were shocked when reports emerged on Saturday across French news media that [Russian entrepreneur Pavel] Durov had been arrested in France on charges related to the spread of illicit material on the service.” Semafor / Max Tani [Progressive news site The Barbed Wire launches in Texas →]( “I’m really excited to have important, thoughtful content like that, mixed with quick-turn [aggregation]. There are a ton of really excellent local papers still doing excellent work that isn’t reaching wider audiences, and that we would both like to boost and build on that.” The Fix / Alessandra Vescio [Generation gap, military rhetoric and polarisation: what needs to change in Italian sports journalism →]( “The episode involving Benedetta Pilato is just one of many examples during the Olympics that showed how news and stories about sport in Italy often lack depth, empathy and respect.” → Boston Globe / Aidan Ryan [Two Martha’s Vineyard newspapers aim to reach Brazilian readers with AI translations →]( The Brazilian population makes up about 20 to 30% of the island’s 20,000 year-round residents. The Present Age / Parker Molloy [How did a vocal Trump supporter end up in CNN’s “undecided voter” panel? →]( “This snafu isn’t just about one voter or one segment gone awry. It’s raising questions about how big news networks handle political coverage. Are ‘undecided voter’ panels worth the trouble? And in an age where everyone’s got a mile-long digital footprint, how do we make sure what we see on TV reflects reality?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​” Reuters [Reuters staffer killed in a strike on a hotel in Ukraine →]( Ryan Evans, a former British soldier working as a safety advisor for Reuters, was killed in the attack on a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Two Reuters journalists are also being treated in a hospital; one is seriously injured, the news agency said. [Nieman Lab]( / [Fuego]( [Twitter]( / [Facebook]( [View email in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( You are receiving this daily newsletter because you signed up for for it at www.niemanlab.org. Nieman Journalism Lab Harvard University 1 Francis Ave.Cambridge, MA 02138 [Add us to your address book](