Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon

#4 The Flattening of News with Stacy-Marie Ishmael


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About Our Guest:
Stacy-Marie Ishmael will be spending the 2016–17 academic year researching the challenges newsrooms face in adapting to the rise of the mobile-only audience. Prior to this fellowship, she was the managing editor of mobile news for BuzzFeed News, running the BuzzFeed News app and morning newsletter, and overseeing a team of news editors in New York, Los Angeles, and London.

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Show notes:
(00:04): Guest Introduction
(00:51): The flattening of news and its consequences for trust
(02:47): How users should respond to challenges related to fake stories
(05:50): How her fellowship at Stanford influenced her 
(08:27): Identifying what the term flattening refers to in her title
(09:16): Consumer expectation and newsroom reality
(10:21): Are newsrooms equipped or do their skills need to be reevaluated?
(12:15): The meaning of bad mobile experience 
(15:56): Examples of news organizations providing bad, but also good mobile experience for users
(23:44): Skills students should be developing as they move into the workforce
(26:09): Wrap-up

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Demystifying Media at the University of OregonBy UO School of Journalism and Communication, Damian Radcliffe

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