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Issue: #393
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August 19, 2016
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From niagara-gazette.com - An accomplished journalist who has written for the Chicago Tribune, overseen major projects at two newspapers and served as director of journalism at Canisius College has been named executive editor of the Niagara Gazette and Lockport Union-Sun & Journal.
Robert L. Kaiser, 53, of Amherst will oversee the editorial operations of both newspapers, effective Aug. 29.
The Lexington, Kentucky, native is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared not only in the Chicago Tribune but also in Chicago Tribune Magazine, The Washington Post, Buffalo Spree and Best Newspaper Writing 2000.
"I'm thrilled we can bring in someone with Rob's credentials to lead our newsrooms into a new era," said Chris Voccio, publisher of the Niagara Gazette and the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. "Rob will help our editors and reporters better serve our readers. He's an accomplished journalist, teacher and coach. He's just what we need." More
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Gannett Sweetens Bid for Chicago Tribune Parent Tronc
From WSJ.com - Gannett Co. has privately sweetened its bid for Tronc Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, hoping to overcome resistance to a sale from the parent of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times. Details of the new overture, which comes after Tronc rejected a prior bid of $15 a share, couldn't be learned. Tronc is expected to respond by the end of the week, some of the people said, indicating that Gannett's long pursuit of the storied newspaper chain may soon come to a head. Gannett first bid in April for its smaller rival, then called Tribune Publishing. That bid, at $12.25 a share, and the subsequent increase were rejected by Tronc, whose Chairman Michael W. Ferro Jr. has repeatedly said the company is worth more. More
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Pamela Paul to Oversee Daily and Sunday Book Coverage
From NYT Press Release - The Times's daily and Sunday book coverage, including coverage of book news and the publishing industry:
"Colleagues,
For generations The New York Times's criticism and coverage of books have been a vibrant part of America's cultural life. We are the last daily newspaper in America with a free-standing books section, an essential journal of literary discussion and debate. And to a remarkable degree our daily book critics help set the literary agenda for the country.
In order to continue and enhance our influence in a digital age we have decided to place all books coverage - daily and Sunday - in the hands of Pamela Paul, the current editor of the Sunday Book Review and one of our biggest stars. It will be Pamela's job to think about how our coverage should change and, of course, how it should not change. (We will, for instance, maintain our Sunday Book Review. It is hard to imagine the paper without it.) Above all, we believe we have a significant opportunity to expand the audience for our books coverage..." More
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Report: Automated fact-checking is coming (and soon)
From Poynter.org - The British fact-checking organization Full Fact published on Wednesday a road map for automated fact-checking. The document argues that fully automated fact-checking is not a far-fetched fantasy but an attainable goal.
"We are months - and relatively small amounts of money - away from putting practical automated tools in fact-checkers' and journalists hands. This is not the horizon of artificial intelligence; it is simply the application of existing technology to fact-checking."
In the report, Full Fact proposes tools that would equip journalists with real-time information to challenge inaccurate claims, even in press conferences or live on TV.
Efforts to automate fact-checking can be grouped into two general categories: those attempting an all-encompassing conceptual framework and those focusing on a specific step in the fact-checking process.
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The Wall Street Journal is Changing up its Paywall, Offering Guest Passes and Expanded Link-Sharing on Social
From NiemanLab.org - The Wall Street Journal's proposition has, for many years, been clear: Pay for our journalism, including online. Many do: The Journal recently hit 948,000 digital-only subscribers, according to owner News Corp, and it's nudging its way toward the internal goal of 3 million subscribers across all of parent publisher Dow Jones' properties by 2017. But as a business-focused publication, the Journal has an affluent readership, and subscriptions are expensive, even with introductory offers or summer sales. With most of its stories under lock and key, casual readers have limited opportunity to try out Journal content, especially when paywall changes that catch the attention of these non-subscribing readers are tests to further tighten up access. More
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Critical Thinking: Is the Newspaper Industry Not Doing Enough to Fight For Control on How Their Content is Distributed on Platforms Like Facebook?
From Editor&Publisher - The overwhelming power of social media has brought all things to yield before it. With that power, comes loss in other directions. Print-the first casualty-struggles to remain relevant in today's predominantly digital world. Online has become dominant in everything people do. News is now provided on so many different platforms in order to adapt to the audiences. People are looking for easy access for everything they do on their phones and computers. Publishers provide content exactly for social media and app form.
The platforms for journalist's content are changing to how people read it on their phones. If publishers have offers to distribute on apps and advertise on that platform, then a journalist's work will be presented in that form which could ultimately change their entire story.
Newspapers appear to be adapting to the times by putting stories through the social media filter. The main reason being (the reason for everything) to make money. More
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Mary Miller
Education Services Director
New York News Publishers Association
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