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The Week in Tweets
A landmark week in a number of ways, caught in a handful of Tweets…
Politics
Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.
business models
The Canary becomes a flock: left-wing site reforms as a workers’ co-operative
The politics site's former management is gone, and the staff are now collectively running the title. Can they align their business model with their values?
Politics
Cummings and goings
Two years ago, Dominic Cummings' blog went silent — at the request of the Prime Minister. Now, he's giving us insights into the workings of government again via Substack — but with an agenda.
Social & Digital coffee break: escaping the Facebook shadow
It’s not really a surprise that Facebook can’t be trusted — but are we really taking the steps we need to end our additions to it? This, and many other useful topics in today’s digest.
comments
The need for intelligent skepticism, proved through links
Can you trust your commenters? Can you trust your transcription service? In the digital world, here be dragons…
Politics
Schadenfreude as a personal indulgence, not a public performance
You might be enjoying Trump's illness — but does posting about it actually help anyone?
Politics
Social & Digital lunchbreak: inflection points in politics and subscriptions
Lots of simmering tensions in politics and social media are coming to a head. Interesting timing…
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: 17th Birthday Edition
This blog may by 17 years old, but that's no excuse for stopping the links coming!
BBC
General Election 2019: the news media failed profoundly — but not in the way you think
Reuters Institute research shows that most of what we believe about the general public and politics news is wrong — and that we are profoundly failing to engage them.
TikTok
TikTok is the social media hype cycle on speed
TikTok stars are “fading” already - and the reason why suggests the challenge ahead for the platform.
Politics
Dominic Cummings’ blogpost, direct dialogue and its threat to mainstream political journalism
The Prime Minster's Chief Special Advisor outlined a new vision for the civil service in a blogpost — and with it, a new way of communicating policy, in way we need to pay attention to.
Politics
Three questions about the UK's journalism landscape after the General Election result
A major shift in the political landscape of the UK raises some critical questions about the role of truth and journalism in the social media mindscape.