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Media Insider: Good News for Drone Journalism, BuzzFeed to Launch Tasty App, Facebook Bets On Instant Articles
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round-up of media stories from the week. POYNTER | AL TOMPKINS Drone journalists get very good news — instant waivers The FAA is making it much easier for journalists covering stories within five miles of big airports. According to Poynter, the agency will start Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability…
Media Insider: NPR Tweets Cause Uproar, Snapchat Launches New Features, Facebook Works with Local Newsrooms
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round-up of media stories from the week. THE WASHINGTON POST | AMY B WANG NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence and some people got angry For about 20 minutes on July 4, NPR traveled back to 1776. To echo its 29-year on-air tradition, the public radio network tweeted out the Declaration of…
Media Insider: Apple Updates Podcast App, Press Access at Capitol in Question, Cable News at War for Viewers
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round-up of media stories from the week. RECODE | PETER KAFKA Apple is Going to Let Podcast Creators — And Advertisers — See What Listeners Actually Like Until recently, the only metric Apple provided to podcast creators is the number of downloads of an individual episode. A new version of…
Covering immigration can be challenging. Here’s how to do it well in the Trump era.
Spanish-language media has always covered immigration well. But when you add to the conversation a wall, travel ban, and sanctuary cities, the subject of immigration gets pushed to the top of the news cycle. For journalists working with Spanish-language media, covering immigration can present challenges. They must strike a balance between reporting recent developments and…
Media Insider: McClatchy Podcast Bursts Beltway Bubble, Google Launches Fact-Check Feature, HuffPo Tries Niche Facebook Communities
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round-up of media stories from the week. POYNTER | BENJAMIN MULLIN With Podcasts like “Majority Minority,’ McClatchy Wants to Shatter the Beltway Bubble A new, 30-minute podcast from McClatchy D.C. called “Majority Minority” aims to tell touching stories about influential people of color in the capital. Hosts Franco Ordonez and…
