Local NewsMatch funders outpaced national donors for the first time in 2022

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Wednesday, April 5, 2023 [Local NewsMatch funders outpaced national donors for the first time in 2022]( Across 303 participating newsrooms, NewsMatch brought in $38 million in individual donations. The largest 50 newsrooms brought in $24 million of the $38 million total. By Sarah Scire. [A few other suggested changes in how Elon Musk’s Twitter describes “state-affiliated” businesses]( The network has started labeling NPR as “state-affiliated media,” a term it previously reserved for the likes of RT and Xinhua. If Musk wants to start labeling those who get taxpayer funding, he’s got a lot more work to do. By Joshua Benton. [Men dominate sports and government reporting; health and education reporters more likely to be women, Pew finds]( What We’re Reading New York Times / Stuart A. Thompson [Traffic surged on Trump’s social media website as his indictment neared →]( “Mr. Trump’s prediction that he would be indicted, which he posted to Truth Social on March 18, drove nearly 400,000 visits from the United States to the fledgling social media website that day, the company found. The site has averaged about 200,000 visits from the United States each day since March 1, 2022.” WIRED / Amos Zeeberg [The tiny blog taking on Big Surveillance in China →]( “[John Honovich] wrote up an article about Hikvision’s ethnicity-detection technology, including the video, screenshots, and a no-comment from the company, and posted it on the website of IPVM, the trade publication he had founded.” The Guardian / Jack Seale [“The helicopter lost track of Trump”: The BBC News channel picked a wild news day to relaunch →]( “Viewers were subjected to shaky camerawork, wild speculation and decidedly info-free updates. So business as usual for a rolling news channel, then.” Substack / Chris Best [Substack introduces “Notes” for short-form content and article recommendations →]( “While we are reaching the limits of the era of social networks, there is so much rich territory to explore with subscription networks.” the Guardian / Yashraj Sharma [Twitter accused of bowing to government pressure from India as it blocks journalists and Modi critics →]( At least 120 journalists, politicians, and activists have been blocked by Twitter, including the Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, the Canadian poet Rupi Kaur, and the BBC’s Punjabi bureau. The Guardian / Martin Pengelly [Fox News says Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity will testify in its defamation trial →]( Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems have said they also want to question Abby Grossberg, a fired Fox News producer now suing the network. Platformer / Casey Newton [“Why journalists can’t quit Twitter” →]( “In December I began posting to Twitter only as a kind of RSS feed, re-sharing my Mastodon posts about new newsletter editions and podcasts, hoping that others would join me. To date, few have.” Washington Post / Alyssa Rosenberg [How library supporters fight book bans — and win →]( “The most powerful fact: Censorship isn’t popular.” New York Times / Anton Troianovski [Evan Gershkovich covered the repression of Russian journalists. Now, they are covering him. →]( “On YouTube — the most important medium these days for Russians looking for alternatives to Kremlin propaganda — Russian journalists who themselves had suffered from Mr. Putin’s suppression of press freedom spoke of their shock about Evan’s arrest. ‘This will make the picture of Russia foggier still … Right now, foreign journalists are the main source of information about what is happening on the ground.'” Bangor Daily News / Michael Shepherd [Reade Brower is considering selling his Maine newspaper empire →]( Brower’s [consolidation of Maine’s newspaper industry]( has drawn national attention. (He owns every daily newspaper in the state, aside from the Bangor Daily News.) He told staff: “The truth is I am beginning the search for what’s next, whether that be a new steward or perhaps partners willing to join me in carrying the torch. We are watching new ownership models emerge across the country from B-corporations to non-profit efforts.” [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](