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TL;DR Issue 4: Plagarism, Twitter goes blue, and a journalist gets punched in the face
A busy week in social media, journalism and the creator economy. Here it is, all nicely -pre-digested for you.
Latest
Coping with newsroom stress
Headlines Network is launching a series of workshops this week to help journalists cope better with mental health issues. I talked to director John Crowley about the problems and possibilities inherent in the pandemic.
tl;dr newsletter
TL;DR Issue 3: The “how the hell am I 50?” edition
A big day for me. A load of interesting links for you. Everyone wins. Probably.
Links from Instagram Stories available to all
Instagram finally gives every account the ability to use link stickers. Time to rethink the platform as an acquisition tool.
metaverse
Will the Metaverse save journalism?
A big and important post on the future of news. Or not.
tl;dr newsletter
TL;DR #2 — the plague house edition
A round-up of the week's reading about journalism and the creator economy. And we don't get Meta.
How do you tell Facebook and Google you’ve updated a story?
So, I wrote this last week, ready to post on Monday. But then, as the Facebook Papers and the revelations from them started rolling out, I pulled it. It felt a little bit, well, tasteless. Google, too, was caught in some unpleasant revelations (which I’ll come back to in
tl;dr newsletter
TL;DR issue 1
A weekly round-up of all you need to keep your engaged journalism skills sharp.
apple
Apple’s much-needed MacBook Pro reverse ferret
Apple finally reverses the mistakes of half a decade of poor laptop design. And about bloody time.
technical tips
Writing headlines for search: the latest changes
Google's been messing around with how it displays headlines in search results. Here's what you need to know.
Blogging
Premature Blogging Death Notice #357
Why do people keep trying to declare that blogging is dead?
climate crisis
Making climate crisis journalism better: the launch of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network
We need to get better at integrating the impact of the climate crisis into all our journalism. And a new initiative from the Reuters Institute should help.