Indiana lands new support for local news — and Capital B’s next newsroom

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Wednesday, February 15, 2023 [Indiana lands new support for local news — and Capital B’s next newsroom]( The nonprofit news startup announced its second newsroom — in Gary, Indiana — as part of the newly launched Indiana Local News Initiative. By Sarah Scire. [New York Times contributors, GLAAD, and many others criticize Times’ coverage of trans people]( One open letter draws parallels between the Times’ coverage of trans people and, in earlier decades, its coverage of gay people and HIV/AIDS. By Laura Hazard Owen. What We’re Reading TechCrunch / Ingrid Lunden [BuzzFeed will partner with OpenAI to build a AI-powered quiz format →]( Among the “lighthearted” quizzes delivered so far: “Generate a Break-Up Text,” “Find Your Soulmate (Hint: It’s a House Plant),” and “Create a Cult for You and Your Friends.” New York Times / Reggie Ugwu [Podcast companies, once walking on air, feel the strain of gravity →]( “At NPR, even long-running and successful shows like Planet Money have pulled back on resource-intensive reporting and relied more heavily on reruns in order to cut costs.” Poynter / Valerie Vande Panne [Here are some tips for covering Indigenous communities, for non-Natives →]( “Don’t try to hide who you are.” (And consider covering Indigenous communities outside of the months of October and November.) New York Times / Steven Lee Myers and Nico Grant [Combating disinformation wanes at social media giants →]( “YouTube fired two of its five misinformation experts, including the team’s manager, leaving behind one person for political misinformation and two for medical misinformation, one of the people with knowledge of the decision said.” AP NEWS / David Klepper [… but Google is expanding “prebunking” to more regions →]( “Using ads as a vehicle to counter a disinformation technique is pretty novel. And we’re excited about the results.” Digiday / Kayleigh Barber [Why content on Snapchat has become less profitable for some news publishers →]( “The shows were being viewed by no one. We were creating all this custom content — it’s very video-heavy, it required a lot of editing and reformatting. We were very unhappy with the performance of those.” Press Gazette / Bron Maher [$185K for a media editor? New York and California journalist salaries charted →]( “The analysis of 12 news organizations’ job postings (principally in NYC and California) finds the average advertised pay ranges at some news organizations are four times larger than at others — and that a non-American outlet is one of the best-paying publishers in the country.” RTÉ / Will Goodbody [Dublin-based media monitoring firm NewsWhip raises $13 million →]( “The company’s platform tracks which stories are gaining momentum in real time and predicts which ones will maintain traction in the future.” Wall Street Journal / Alexandra Bruell, Alexander Saeedy, and Jessica Toonkel [Vice Media gets $30 million–plus lifeline from Fortress as its bills pile up →]( “The payments that Vice owes to individual vendors range from tens of thousands to over a million dollars, according to people familiar with the matter.” The Guardian / Manisha Ganguly [French broadcaster BFMTV suspends presenter amid Israeli disinformation scandal →]( “Team Jorge sells hacking and disinformation services to political and corporate clients who want to conduct covert influence-peddling campaigns. The team was exposed by the Guardian and an international consortium of reporters led by the French nonprofit Forbidden Stories.” Los Angeles Times / Stephen Battaglio [Behind the slugfest between Trump-leaning Newsmax and DirectTV →]( “On air and online, Newsmax has complained, without evidence, that DirecTV’s actions are driven by its disdain for conservatives.” [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](