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The Digital Newsroom

The Digital Newsroom. Dr. Kate Fink 12/14/16. On today’s agenda. Who pays for news? The rise of s ponsored content Facebook as a news distributor Robot journalism Review for the final exam. Who pays for media?. Why does it matter?. Ads are largest revenue source.

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The Digital Newsroom

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  1. The Digital Newsroom Dr. Kate Fink 12/14/16

  2. On today’s agenda • Who pays for news? • The rise of sponsored content • Facebook as a news distributor • Robot journalism • Review for the final exam

  3. Who pays for media? Why does it matter?

  4. Ads are largest revenue source But advertisers are paying less than ever In $ millions

  5. Print ads are more lucrative (in $millions)

  6. If not ads, then what? Source: Pew Research Center, “Financial Support for News,” March 20, 2014

  7. How else do we fund media? • Subscribers/members • Government • Philanthropists • Educational institutions • And lots of other ways!

  8. Subscribers and members Subscribers: pay for access Members: may get preferential access but also give on principle

  9. Membership model: public media

  10. Other membership models • Texas Tribune • Reveal • Voice of San Diego

  11. Membership model: crowdfunding Kickstarter

  12. Which media are government funded?

  13. How much do governments spend? Per Capita Spending Source: FreePress

  14. NPR’s funding model >5% comes from government sources

  15. Wealthy owners and/or donors • ProPublica: non-profit founded 2007 • Reports investigative, data-driven stories

  16. Funded by Sandler Foundation Former banking execs provided $10 million annually for 3 years Sandler Foundation now funds < 50% Other major funders: Knight Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Foundation to Promote Open Society

  17. Universities may fund media

  18. Good work is no guarantee

  19. What were the Panama Papers? IC400 journalists from 70 countries “Using research tools developed by the consortium, the team exposed a vast network of offshore banks and shell companies used by the world’s powerful and rich to hide their wealth.”

  20. Who should fund media? How can you ever avoid conflicts of interest?

  21. On today’s agenda • Who pays for news? • The rise of sponsored content • Facebook as a news distributor • Robot journalism • Review for the final exam

  22. Media funding: sponsored content John Oliver describes what that is

  23. The Onion spoofs sponsored content

  24. FTC provides guidelines

  25. On today’s agenda • Who pays for news? • The rise of sponsored content • Facebook as a news distributor • Robot journalism • Review for the final exam

  26. Emily Bell: news distribution matters

  27. News companies don’t distribute • News publishers have lost control over distribution • Social media companies are increasingly powerful

  28. On today’s agenda • Who pays for news? • The rise of sponsored content • Facebook as a news distributor • Robot journalism • Review for the final exam

  29. When robots write news • Kris Hammond of Narrative Science predicts: • a computer will win a Pulitzer by 2020 • computers will write 90% of journalism by 2030

  30. What Bloomberg already automates • Daybreak: lets customers tailor their morning news • Movers: alerts journalists when shares rapidly rise or fall • Project Cyborg: helps editors generate headlines

  31. Which stories are written by robots? “Tuesday was a great day for W Roberts, as the junior pitcher threw a perfect game to carry Virginia to a 2-0 victory over George Washington at Davenport Field. “Twenty-seven Colonials came to the plate and the Virginia pitcher vanquished them all, pitching a perfect game. He struck out 10 batters while recording his momentous feat. “Tom Gately came up short on the rubber for the Colonials, recording a loss. He went three innings, walked two, struck out one and allowed two runs. The Cavaliers went up for good in the fourth, scoring two runs on a fielder’s choice and a balk.”

  32. On today’s agenda • Who pays for news? • The rise of sponsored content • Facebook as a news distributor • Robot journalism • Review for the final exam

  33. Things to know for the exam • Pew State of the Media report: 2016 trends • WordPress: features we have used • Feedly, Banjo, Tableau: what are they are and how they are used • Associated Press stylebook: Statement of News Values, Social Media Guidelines, Punctuation Guide and entries for "numerals" and "titles" • Roy Peter Clark’s 12 interviewing tips

  34. More things to know for exam • How journalists engage with audiences • Crowdsourcing and other ways journalists find and verify information • Best practices for taking photos, recording audio, shooting video • How and why journalists use data • Freedom of Information Act

  35. Even more things to know for exam • Search Engine Optimization • Ethical principles in digital journalism • Business models for news • Stories we’ve read and discussed about Pleasantville

  36. For final class next week Study for final exam

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