Notices by Nieman Journalism Lab (niemanlab@mastodon.social)

Dateline Totality: How local news outlets in the eclipse’s path are covering the covering https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/04/dateline-totality-how-local-news-outlets-in-the-eclipses-path-are-covering-the-covering/

A new survey of over 1,000 U.S. teens and adults, found that 47% of them had listened to a podcast in the last month. https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/04/more-people-than-ever-are-listening-to-podcasts/

A new co-op publication has joined the ranks of Defector and 404 Media. @Sequencermag just launched earlier today. https://buff.ly/43wSjqC

The Markup co-founder @Julia is expanding beyond tech journalism with her new nonprofit, Proof News. https://t.co/WAY4e1PQ5l

"A widely used window into Facebook is closing for good." https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/a-window-into-facebook-closes-as-meta-sets-a-date-to-shut-down-crowdtangle/

With elections looming worldwide, here’s how to identify and investigate AI audio deepfakes.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/02/with-elections-looming-worldwide-heres-how-to-identify-and-investigate-ai-audio-deepfakes/

"It’s broadly correct that the outsized success of the Times is not damaging the business models of local outlets. It’s more that they are both caused by the same phenomenon: the internet’s elimination of functional local monopolies on publication." https://buff.ly/3OSpeQ9

For most people, the journey into believing a conspiracy theory might be a more gradual slope — a bit like a real rabbit burrow — that they can also get out of.

https://buff.ly/49jsR9T

Research confirms what many fact-checkers see firsthand: knowing someone's checking will often push politicians to be more careful with their claims. https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/fact-checking-journalism-is-evolving-not-stagnating/

“‘Informing democracy’ is not enough in an age of rampant lies about elections and public health and climate. Fact-checkers need to be more assertive in getting truthful information to the audience that needs it.” https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/fact-checking-needs-a-reboot/

“Misinformation is the new norm, Black culture is the American mainstream, and we, like any other community, are owed a chance of knowing the truth.”

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/experts-not-influencers-will-cover-more-black-news/

Adobe is selling fake AI images of the war in Israel-Gaza https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/11/01/israel-gaza-adobe-artificial-intelligence-images-fake-news/