Local journalists try new methods to reach, serve, and build trust with audiences

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Note: Nieman Lab staffers will be at the Online News Association conference in Atlanta (come say hi!) Wednesday through Saturday. This newsletter will return on Monday. [Local journalists try new methods to reach, serve, and build trust with audiences]( “If you’re not reaching the people that you want to reach, then what’s the point of doing the work?” By Sophie Culpepper. [We know why journalists leave the profession. A new study looks at why they stay]( “The day-to-day work of news, journalists reminded us, was the opportunity to learn for a living.” By Gregory P. Perreault. What We’re Reading The Verge / Lauren Feiner [TikTok faces skeptical judges in its existential fight against the US government →]( “The judges questioned the practicality of requiring a lesser means of action from TikTok, such as disclosures from the company about its data and content moderation practices. That would depend on trusting the very company the government is worried is a pawn of a covert foreign adversary, [judges] Rao and Srinivasan pointed out…the judges also questioned whether creators really have a First Amendment interest in who owns TikTok.” NPR / Bobby Allyn [Instagram makes all teen accounts private, in a highly scrutinized push for child safety →]( “Instagram, which is used by more than 2 billion people globally, has been under intensifying scrutiny over its failure to adequately address a broad range of harms, including the app’s role in fueling the youth mental health crisis and the promotion of child sexualization. States have sued Meta over Instagram’s ‘dopamine manipulating’ features that authorities say have led to an entire generation becoming hooked on the app.” New York Times / Michael J. de la Merced [The Guardian is in talks to sell The Observer to digital start-up Tortoise Media →]( The Observer is Britain’s oldest surviving Sunday newspaper. “Executives at The Guardian said that a deal to sell The Observer, which the company bought in 1993, would allow their company to focus even more on international expansion.” The New York Times / Reid J. Epstein and Michael M. Grynbaum [Harris campaign says she will meet the press (on her terms) →]( “Every big news network has a standing request with the Harris campaign for an interview. One potential appearance could be on CBS News’s “60 Minutes,” the country’s most-watched news program, which is planning its quadrennial election special on Oct. 7 and has requested interviews with both candidates. But aides say Ms. Harris is more likely to spend time answering questions from inquisitors with smaller, more niche audiences that include many voters in battleground states” New York Focus / Chris Gelardi [Meet the cops running the NYPD’s 86-member PR team →]( “The New York City Police Department told the City Council last week that its public relations arm employs 86 people, giving the department more communications staffers than many local newsrooms have journalists.” The Washington Post / Niha Masih [Meta bans Russian state media outlet RT for acts of ‘foreign interference’ →]( The ban came after Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new sanctions on RT’s parent companies and said they “are no longer merely fire hoses of Russian propaganda and disinformation. They are engaged in covert influence activities aimed at undermining American elections and democracies, functioning like a de facto arm of Russia’s intelligence apparatus.” The Verge / Tom Warren [Google outlines plans to help you sort real images from fake →]( “The system Google is using is part of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), one of the largest groups trying to address AI-generated imagery. C2PA’s authentication is a technical standard that includes information about where images originate and works across both hardware and software to create a digital trail…Google’s integration into search results will be a first big test for the initiative.” Substack / Corey Hutchins [What Colorado newsrooms are paying journalists in 2024 →]( “Colorado has an unusual pay transparency law that requires employers to post salary rages in job postings.” New York City has a similar law in place. [Nieman Lab]( / [Fuego]( [Twitter]( / [Facebook]( [View email in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( You are receiving this daily newsletter because you signed up for for it at www.niemanlab.org. Nieman Journalism Lab Harvard University 1 Francis Ave.Cambridge, MA 02138 [Add us to your address book](