The Best Articles in Media
The most useful articles and videos in Media from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Media Articles
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ADL International Leadership Award Presented to Sacha Baron Cohen at Never Is Now 2019
https://www.adl.org/news/article/sacha-baron-cohens-keynote-address-at-adls-2019-never-is-now-summit-on-anti-semitism copyright © 2019 ADL
An inside look at how the New York Times builds product
Alex Hardiman is Chief Product Officer at the New York Times, where she oversees the company’s news, cooking, games, audio and advertising products. Previous...
PRACTICE 2015: Meg Jayanth
PRACTICE 2015: Meg Jayanth Unfair Game Friday, November 13, 2015 Meg Jayanth explores how 80 Days uses unfairness, exceptions and arbitrariness - narratively...
Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing: Which You Should Choose
Self-publishing and traditional publishing can both work for writers, but the key is to pick the right option for your book, situation, and goals.In this exc...
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How to avoid sharing bad information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Even well-meaning attempts to participate in the news can play into bad actors’ campaigns.
How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online
A guide to slowing down and reading up on internet news
Trending
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CNET's AI Journalist Appears to Have Committed Extensive Plagiarism
CNET's AI-generated articles appear to show deep structural similarities, amounting to plagiarism, with previously published work elsewhere.
Layoff Brain
Have you been meaning to subscribe and keep telling yourself you’ll do it the next time you’re at your computer or near your wallet or or or….I get it, I absolutely get it. But if you have the means,…
CNET Is Reviewing the Accuracy of All Its AI-Written Articles After Multiple Major Corrections
CNET's writing robot doesn't know what it's talking about.
Newsrooms reckon with AI following CNET saga
For newsrooms, the rise of generative AI tools is an opportunity and a threat.
CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy
Other Red Ventures sites will also pause the use of AI writing tools.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Media—all under 10 minutes.
A "psychological vaccine": Why prebunking is the best way to fight misinformation
By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, "prebunking" can fight fake news.
Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter
The suspensions began on Thursday.
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2023 Predictions - The Future of Media
Listen now (37 min) | New podcast mini-series looking ahead to the new year.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Media.
A Powerful Idea About Our Brains Stormed Pop Culture and Captured Minds. It’s Mostly Bunk.
The strange history of a persistent myth.
Ranked: The World’s Most Popular Social Networks, and Who Owns Them
Currently, there are over 4.5 billion people around the world who use some form of social media—about 57% of the global population. Yet, while social media&
Why some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity
One of the real challenges that we’re facing is that we don’t have a lot of information
«The paper argues that our lack of understanding about the collective behavioral effects of new technology is a danger to democracy and scientific progress.»
Have We Forgotten How to Read Critically?
Shared by 395, including DP, Tactical Tech, Jesse Baer (mostly on mastodon now), sarah miller, Massimiliano Aroffo
Clubhouse’s Inevitability
Clubhouse will do for audio what Twitter, Instagram Stories, and TikTok did for text, images, and video.
«Electrification of personal vehicles would have happened at some point; it seems fair to argue that Musk accelerated the timeline significantly.»
Thought Leaders
We monitor hundreds of thought leaders, influencers, and newsletters in Media, including:
Frederic Filloux
• Grand reporter et chroniqueur à L'Express. • Senior business writer & columnist for L'Express (🇫🇷) • http://Episodiqu.es (🇫🇷) http://MondayNote.com (🇺🇸) Open for DM.
Benedict Evans
Trying to work out what's going on, and what happens next. Mostly tech.
David Bauer
Curious generalist.
Jay Rosen
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site. @jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social
Margaret Sullivan
Columnist at GuardianUS on media & culture. Egan Professor at Duke. #billsmafia Author NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL & GHOSTING THE NEWS. Practicing unaccountable joy
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Media, including:
Nieman Lab
We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of @niemanfdn at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
Poynter
School for journalism and democracy, with tweets by @itsren, @TomWJones, @angelanfu and @annabelaguiar. Contact: info@poynter.org / 727-821-9494
Brian Morrissey
Writing about sustainable modern media businesses at The Rebooting.
Visual Capitalist
Data-driven visual content focused on global trends, investing, technology, and the economy.
The Ringer
Sports. TV. Movies. Pop Culture. Music.
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