“The news feeds do not sag”: A look at Ukraine’s local news landscape, more than a year into the war

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Tuesday, June 6, 2023 [“The news feeds do not sag”: A look at Ukraine’s local news landscape, more than a year into the war]( Most of the publishers surveyed now view “external migrants” — Ukrainians who’ve left the country — as their target audience. By Laura Hazard Owen. [Uncovering Karachi: How journalists use maps and data to investigate problems in a modern metropolis]( “The absence of data, either it paralyzes you or you become more curious.” By Amel Ghani and Ayaz Khan. What We’re Reading New York Focus / Chris Gelardi [New York prisons just blocked journalism behind bars →]( “Last month, the agency quietly handed down new rules severely curtailing what incarcerated writers and artists can publish — and forbidding them from getting paid for it.” Marketing Brew / Ryan Barwick [Publishers’ group warns generative AI content could violate copyright law →]( Digital Content Next includes The New York Times, the Washington Post, Disney, and NBCUniversal. “Publishers created this original content. They have a right to monetize it, and any sort of unauthorized use of it undermines their business model and is a violation of copyright law.” Washington Post / Rick Maese [The New York Times acknowledges major reporting error after Alabama player’s defamation suit →]( The newspaper [said it would correct its coverage](. Axios / Sara Fischer [OutVoice, a freelancer platform for media companies, has acquired Study Hall in a “six-figure deal” →]( Nieman Lab [wrote about Study Hall’s freelance community]( in 2020. Two Study Hall employees will join OutVoice with the deal. International News Media Association / Nevin Kallepalli, Sarah Schmidt, and Dawn McMullan [The Globe and Mail tested human-written Instagram posts against ones written with AI →]( The bots lost this round. TheWrap / Jose Alejandro Bastidas [Layoffs at CNN en Español are “basically the end of the network as we know it” →]( Employees are “mourning for the ambitious project that once sought to tap a Spanish-speaking audience in the hundreds of millions ‘from Alaska to Patagonia,’ as CNN executives once said, including the fast-growing Hispanic population in the United States.” The Daily Beast [The Messenger … who? →]( The struggling news startup [currently ranks No. 14]( in a search for “the messenger.” (“We are aware of the issue with Google,” a Messenger spokesperson told The Daily Beast. “We are working with SEO experts who have never encountered this before and are attempting to resolve the issue.”) Medium / Niya Watkins [The Atlantic on the surprisingly thorny task of adding writers to their existing search results →]( “Our Data Science team had found two interesting trends: of the top 100 search terms on our site, 30% were Atlantic writers; of the top 20 search terms, half of those were Atlantic writers.” the Guardian / Rachel Aroesti [Podcasting turns 20: The medium has remade pop culture and launched many parasocial relationships →]( “What was the first podcast you listened to? For a lot of people [in the U.K.] – myself included – the answer will be The Ricky Gervais Show. An edited, downloadable follow-up to the XFM radio programme Gervais presented alongside Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington, it was first released in 2005 via the Guardian’s website.” New York Times / David Enrich [A New Hampshire reporter investigated sexual misconduct. Then the attacks began. →]( “Heightening the freedom-of-the-press stakes, a state judge in New Hampshire last week ordered NHPR to let him review transcripts of its interviews with certain sources, including those who had agreed to speak on an anonymous basis. Legal experts called the ruling unusual and alarming, saying such decisions could make it harder for journalists to investigate potential wrongdoing by public figures.” Reuters / Reuters [Apple to tweak iPhone autocorrect function →]( “About ducking time.” CNN / Olive Darcy [CNN media reporter: “Licht has lost the room” →]( Employees heard from Licht for the first time since The Atlantic’s [blistering profile](. (Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav “had the same reaction that everyone else did to that article.”) [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](