Broadening the funding conversation and not just the spotlight on local news
#FollowLocalJournalists. That’s the hashtag on a campaign that Twitter is launching today to encourage its users to do just that. According to Sara Fischer, of
Axios, in addition to social-media activity, the campaign is running full-page ads in local papers owned by Gannett (including the
Detroit Free Press and
Miami Herald and
Kansas City Star); the ads will steer readers to Twitter Lists of local reporters that they can follow. “Local journalists are so incredibly important to the conversation on Twitter,” Niketa Patel, head of print and digital news partnerships at the platform, told Fischer. “We’re viewing this as a way of ensuring that Twitter is giving local journalists a national spotlight.”
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Facebook to pay $5m to local journalists in newsletter push
Facebook has pledged to invest $1 billion in the news industry globally over the next three years
Reuters
April 30, 2021
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Facebook on Thursday said it will give $5 million to pay local journalists in multiyear deals as part of its new publishing platform to help independent writers attract an audience and make money through the social media network.
The move is part of Facebook s answer to the trend of email newsletters, led by platforms like Substack, as it focuses on reporters who are often the lone voice covering a given community, the company has said.
The warning comes on On Your Feet Britain Day, which aims to get people moving. Emily Ball, clinical director of Active Step Foot & Ankle Clinic in Whiteley, said: “It has recently been reported by the Office of National Statistics that home working has increased by a third since last year. “Although this may appeal to many, sitting at home, without even moving for the daily commute, could seriously affect our long-term health.” “Sitting disease” is a term used to describe people who are inactive for long periods. This can raise their risk of type two diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers.