local journalism

Local Journalism: breaking out of the London bubble

Local journalism is in trouble in the UK - there's no disputing that. What can the big national sites do to help?

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Rouven Leuener: Paygates not Paywalls for supporting journalism

For all the praise heaped on the NYT, its paywall model won't work for smaller audiences. Switzerland's NZZ is trying something more sophisticated.

gopro

GoPro insists that Dusk White is Black. Or something.

GoPro is selling a limited-edition of its flagship camera - in Dusk White.

misinformation

The Momo Challenge: a press-driven panic over a non-existent threat

The Momo Challenge has been all over the internet - and the papers. Only one small problem: it doesn't exist.

Facebook

Facebook's treatment of its content moderators: another attempt to avoid paying the costs of scale

Casey Newton has talked to many of Facebook's outsourced content moderators - and the picture is appalling.

newsletters

Ghost's Publisher Weekly aims to support independent publishers

Publishing platform Ghost is building out a resource site and newsletter for independent publishers.

harrassment

Reply stalkers on social media: beware

On one level, the Twitter guy who feels the need to explain everything is laughable. On another, they're actually quite threatening.

newsletters

The appeal of newsletters: ownership and intimacy

A couple of interesting thoughts from Craig Mod about the underlying reasons behind the shift to newsletters.

newsletters

Newsletters versus blogs

Should you abandon your blog and just write a newsletter instead?