- INTERNET (Passionfruit) — When Donald Trump won, certain content creators on YouTube and Twitch were praised by the candidate's allies. These personalities, often with misogynistic rhetoric, did play a key role by inviting the candidate onto their shows. Yet traditional media has been slow to recognize the internet as a major political issue.
- PLATFORMS (Libération) — Google announced the temporary removal of news from its services for 1% of users in certain countries. The experiment, ultimately blocked in France, is raising concerns among industry stakeholders. Some fear that the company, recently fined €250 million for failing to comply with neighbouring rights law, is trying to demonstrate that it can do without the press.
- INDEPENDENCE (Giant Freakin Robot) — The head of Giant Freakin Robot, a media outlet dedicated to culture and science, has decided to shut down his website to focus on his YouTube channel. Why? Google's search engine. He particularly reproaches the company for prioritizing the interests of major brands, leaving independent media to languish in the depths of search results.
- AI (Usbek & Rica) — AIs could fundamentally transform how information circulates online. Some media outlets are concerned, others are partnering with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. A "moral failing"? Usbek & Rica invited two experts to comment on this approach which has drawn some criticism.
- FEDIVERSE (Medians) — Between Google and AI, the task is getting tougher for independent press on the Internet. Some are thus advocating for a decentralized web, free from the control of a few large corporations: the "fediverse." Curious to understand how it works and how it could help the press? We explain.
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- JOURNALISTS (Aftermath) — The video game industry is in crisis, and the gaming press is almost in the same boat. Staff journalists are being replaced by underpaid freelancers, often forced to set aside their talent to produce content at a relentless pace. Readers are left drowning in content designed primarily for SEO.
- ARCHIVES (Internet Archive) — Internet Archive has published a comprehensive report on the work carried out over the years to archive the Internet. It notably discusses the preservation of MTV News content, which shut down last year. But Internet Archive, recently hit by a cyberattack, mainly alerts to its fragility and warns: it cannot do the work alone.
- TECH (New York Times Tech Guild) — The tech teams at the New York Times, responsible for features such as games or the food section, went on strike, disrupting several media functions during the election. They also launched an alternative website offering reimagined versions of its flagship games like Wordle, which became Strikle (strike = strike).
- DATAVIZ (Ferdio) — Tired of presenting your data with the same bar chart or the old pie chart? You might find some inspiration on this site, which offers 100 ways to present the same dataset.
- ORGANIZATION (Nieman Lab) — How to keep up with the news without losing your mind? Laura Hazard Owen, editor-in-chief of Nieman Lab, got tired of being glued to her phone to stay on top of the news. She lists in this article some good habits and tips for more peaceful news monitoring.
