The Huffington Post introduces a less “eat your vegetables” way to show alternate views on news: The latest from Nieman Lab

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Tuesday, April 4, 2017 [The Huffington Post introduces a less “eat your vegetables” way to show alternate views on news]( The tool is a standalone at launch, but will eventually be incorporated into Huffington Post stories. By Laura Hazard Owen. [NPR’s upcoming daily news podcast sounds like a Morning Edition promo, which would be too bad]( Plus: S-Town’s big numbers, Panoply prepares its followup to Revisionist History, and the state of audio fiction. By Nicholas Quah. [If fact-checking’s going to stay relevant, it’s going to have to move past, uh, checking facts]( What We’re Reading Investigative Reporters and Editors [These are the winners of the 2016 IRE Awards →]( Among the winners: The Indianapolis Star, the Houston Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, PennLive.com, the Chicago Reporter, the Panama Papers consortium, the Kansas City Star, and NPR. Quartz / Zachary M. Seward [Quartz redesigned Index, a mobile-first story format that highlights statistics →]( We wrote about the Index [last summer](. Quartz is selling sponsored data points within Index. “We would rather have something like a sponsored data point than just a banner, because it’s something that for readers would be far more interesting,” editor-in-chief Kevin Delanay said at the time. Bloomberg / Katherine Chiglinsky [Warren Buffett’s newspaper group slashes 289 jobs →]( “‘Let’s keep this in perspective,’ [CEO Terry] Kroeger wrote. ‘Following today’s very difficult actions, we remain a strong company of 4,450 employees, and we are the news leader in all of our markets.'” Pew Research Center / Michael Barthel, Jeffrey Gottfried, and Amy Mitchell [Democrats and Republicans agree the Trump-media relationship is unhealthy →]( “About eight-in-ten Americans (83%) say current tensions have made the relationship between the administration and the news media unhealthy…About three-in-four U.S. adults (73%) say that these tensions are getting in the way of access to important national political news and information.” Poynter / Melody Kramer [Inside the 8-month reinvention of an unprofitable college newspaper →]( “Before Monday’s national championship victory, the Daily Tar Heel expected to lose about $100,000 for the fiscal year — progress in the right direction, but with a lot of work to do yet. Thanks to the national championship lightning strike, we’re expect to reduce that loss to less than $50,000 this year, down from $272,000 in fiscal 2015-2016. Our revenue is just under $900,000 per year.” The Information / Tom Dotan [Lofty digital media valuations (for Vox Media, BuzzFeed, Mic, et al.) could be a tough sell →]( “Valuations remain high for digital media companies, but big revenue multiples bring equally big expectations that some well-known brands may struggle to meet.” Current / Dru Sefton [CPB board members excoriate colleague for publicly backing defunding →]( “I’m trying to follow the dictates of my mother regarding respect and courtesy. And I almost started to say to you, ‘With all due respect,’ but I really don’t mean that.” BuzzFeed / Craig Silverman [In spite of the crackdown, fake news publishers are still earning money from major ad networks →]( Adam Singolda, the CEO of Taboola: “While there are different definitions of what ‘fake news’ is, we assume it to include a deliberate intent to deceive and cause harm to consumers. The stated goal of these sites that you sent us is to entertain through parody, we believe.” Digiday / Brian Braiker [Inside Lydia Polgreen’s mission to make HuffPo a must-read →]( “Our real role is to stand up for the little guy. To represent people who feel like they don’t have a voice.” The Drum / Rebecca Stewart [Facebook’s new little rocket icon is surfacing recommended content via a “second news feed” →]( “We are testing a complementary feed of popular articles, videos, and photos, customized for each person based on content that might be interesting to them. We’ve heard from people that they want an easy way to explore new content they haven’t connected with yet.”” Reynolds Journalism Institute [Reynolds Journalism Institute announces 2017-2018 class of fellows →]( “The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has selected six fellowship projects for 2017-2018 that will focus on filter bubbles, bite-size training and business-side analytics.” The Daily Beast / Paul Moses [In New York City, local coverage declines — and takes accountability with it →]( “Surveying the state of local reporting in New York City now for the Urban Reporting Program of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, I found that core news-making institutions such as police headquarters, City Hall, and courts in Manhattan and Brooklyn are still covered, as are key beats such as education and transportation. But there is a kind of journalistic version of climate change best seen on the periphery, much as global warming’s impact is most visible in distant places like the Arctic and the South Seas.” Bloomberg / Katherine Chiglinsky [Buffett’s newspaper group slashes 289 jobs →]( “The cuts include 108 vacant positions, according to a memo Monday from Terry Kroeger, chief executive officer of BH Media Group. Some papers are also reducing the amount of pages they publish.” The New Yorker / Eric Lach [The Brooklyn neighborhood blogger with the Paul Manafort scoop →]( About ten years ago, longtime Carroll Gardens resident Katia Kelly began writing a hyperlocal blog about the neighborhood called Pardon Me for Asking. A few weeks ago, a stray tip led to a post titled “Washington Lobbyist and Trump Advisor Paul Manafort Owns Brownstone in Carroll Gardens.” WNYC ended up citing Kelly’s reporting in its story about a “series of puzzling real estate deals” that Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, who is under scrutiny for his ties to Russia, has made in New York City in the past decade. Current / April Simpson [WGBH to open news desk at AIR headquarters →]( “The expansion is intended to help redress that problem and build on a WGBH News strategy to embed more of its reporters in the community, said Phil Redo, GM of WGBH Radio. Rather than deploying reporters ‘in a more traditional manner’ by sending them out to cover stories and then return to Brighton, he said, the newsroom is working ‘to be on the ground as much as we can, to actually be in the locations where stories bubble up.'” EW.com / Nick Romano [S-Town was downloaded more than 10 million times in first 4 days →]( “By comparison, the hugely popular first season of Serial took seven weeks to reach that milestone, according to Variety, but those episodes were released weekly, while all seven episodes of S-Town were made available on March 28.” [Nieman Lab]( / [Fuego]( / [Encyclo]( [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](