“The news industry takes advantage of the hate-as-commodity ecosystem”

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Thursday, May 4, 2023 [“The news industry takes advantage of the hate-as-commodity ecosystem”]( A new study looks at “the widespread culture of harassing journalists in South Korea.” By Sarah Scire. [The voices of NPR: How four women of color see their roles as hosts]( Leila Fadel, Michel Martin, Ayesha Rascoe, and Juana Summers have taken over host chairs at NPR’s flagship news programs. By Jennifer Gerson, The 19th. What We’re Reading Adweek / Mark Stenberg [After dropping its paywall, Quartz’s traffic continues to decline →]( “Since ungating its content, site readership has dropped from an average of 3 million visitors per month in 2022 to 1.3 million visitors per month between January and March of this year, according to data from the measurement platform Comscore.” Financial Times / Jemima Kelly [Has Twitter discovered a better way of correcting online falsehoods? →]( “Imperfect though it might be, Twitter is providing a model for a fairer, more transparent way to correct untruths and provide missing context on the internet.” Washington Post [Will Sommer joins The Washington Post as a media reporter →]( For the last five years, Sommer was a politics reporter at the Daily Beast, covering right-wing media and conspiracy theories. Lenfest Institute for Journalism / Lillian Ruiz and Caroline Porter [The sustainability needs of community media outlets →]( In a survey of 103 leaders of community media outlets across 24 states, “53% of respondents reported that their organization would go out of business in less than five years when asked about their ability to continue to operate based on their recent financial performance.” Semafor / Max Tani [Top HR executive arrested for stealing $429,000 from Fast Company publisher →]( “The complaint alleged that the HR director changed the direct deposit information of several of the company’s former employees, directing the money into her own bank account, and adding an extra $15,000 to an annual bonus.” The New York Times / Ben Smith [“The media is still grappling with what Jezebel’s creators helped unleash, for good and ill.” →]( Former Jezebel staffers call this op-ed “[deeply condescending]( and “[kind of a weird article]( Here’s a [good thread](. Press Gazette / Charlotte Tobitt [How Substack helped the Financial Times persuade readers to pay for email newsletters →]( Also: “Readers on an FT trial subscription are 134% more likely to be retained if they are signed up to a newsletter…subscribers paying via monthly direct debits are 54% more likely to stay if they get a newsletter.” Substack / Richard J. Tofel [Public radio and broadcast TV aren’t (yet) the answer to the local news problem →]( “There needs to be greater recognition than I believe there is today that any investment in either local public radio or local TV will need to be aimed not just at scaling efforts already underway but also at fundamentally transforming them along the way.” The Nation / Josh Gondelman [Writers like me have shut down Hollywood. Here’s why. →]( “While [overall production budgets]( have risen sharply, [writer pay has declined]( by 4% over the past decade — 23% when adjusted for inflation. The shift of film and television to streaming has meant lower residuals (the money writers get paid when their shows are re-aired) and shorter seasons.” The New Yorker / Clare Malone [Jonah Peretti has regrets about BuzzFeed News →]( “Winning Emmys and Pulitzers does not cover your costs.” Reuters [The U.S. launches the Reporters Shield program to help protect journalists around the world from legal threats →]( “USAID said it plans to work with Congress to provide up to $9 million for the Reporters Shield program that will be jointly managed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice.” Detroit Free Press / JC Reindl [Nicole Avery Nichols named top editor of Detroit Free Press →]( Avery Nichols had spent two years as editor-in-chief of Chalkbeat. [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](