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# Some follow up on the Google News Lab University Network
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2016/12/google-news-lab-followup/
- Published: 2016-12-07T10:25:16.000Z
- Updated: 2016-12-07T10:27:51.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: digital production, Facebook, fake news, Google News Lab, journalism education, universities

Two bits of feedback to yesterday’s piece on the [Google News Lab University Network](https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2016/12/fake-news-political-propaganda.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

## The Frenemy Dance

> Remember when Google was the enemy in many publishers’ eyes? It appears it and Facebook have swapped…
> 
> — Adam Tinworth (@adders) [December 6, 2016](https://twitter.com/adders/status/806105704155254784?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

It’s interesting isn’t it? Only a few years ago, Google was the enemy because it atomises our content (people find articles through search, not index pages) and provides an alternative front page via Google News – thus, indirectly, making money of four content. And now, all of a sudden Google is an ally, and Facebook is the enemy because FAKE NEWS.

Of course, it’s more complicated than that. [Google has its own fake news problems](https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2016/12/fake-news-political-propaganda.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), and Facebook is now our dominant traffic source. But the journalism world’s odd whiplash between perceiving tech platforms as friend or enemy – and then back – betrays nothing less than the insecurity we feel about our place in this new world.

It’s almost like we want a junior partner to guide guys into the digital reality, while failing to realise that *we* are very much the junior partners in this relationship.

## Get your digital production right

> [@adamtinworth](https://twitter.com/adamtinworth?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com) Jakob Nielsen's first law of web writing: use a bloody bullet list [pic.twitter.com/SThNK9rvJQ](https://t.co/SThNK9rvJQ?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)
> 
> — Robert Andrews (@RobertAndrews) [December 6, 2016](https://twitter.com/RobertAndrews/status/806106421574168576?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

It’s a fair point. If you’re going to make point about how you’re supporting journalists in digital, failing to show decent digital production standards isn’t a great start. And Medium, where the post is hosted, makes it really easy to do.

Here’s the Europe list, as it appears in the article:

> In Europe: Hamburg Media School (strategic partner for DACH region); Deutscher Journalisten Verband (DJV); Studiengang Journalistik, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt; Technische Universität Dortmund (Prof. Dr. Lobigs); Fjum\_forum Journalismus und Medien Wien; Deutsche Journalistenschule (DJS); EPFL Extension School; Le Centre de formation des journalistes (CFJ); City, University of London; Cardiff University; Dublin City University, Future Media and Journalism (FuJo); Master in Journalism — University of Turin, centre de formation des journalistes

And here it is properly formatted:

## In Europe:

- Hamburg Media School (strategic partner for DACH region);
- Deutscher Journalisten Verband (DJV);
- Studiengang Journalistik, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt;
- Technische Universität Dortmund (Prof. Dr. Lobigs);
- Fjum\_forum Journalismus und Medien Wien;
- Deutsche Journalistenschule (DJS);
- EPFL Extension School;
- Le Centre de formation des journalistes (CFJ);
- City, University of London;
- Cardiff University;
- Dublin City University,
- Future Media and Journalism (FuJo);
- Master in Journalism — University of Turin, centre de formation des journalistes

That was less than a minute’s work (editing using Markdown in WordPress).

Attention to detail on production isn’t just pedantry, it’s paying a fundamental respect to the idea of making the copy more usable for the reader. And it’s certainly a LOT easier to browse that list in the second format.