#newsroom-technology

#newsroom-technology

Without a fundamental shift in how newsrooms think about and build technology, journalism's independence is in jeopardy. The threats are not abstract. Link referrals to newsroom websites are declining from both search engines and social media sites because tech companies want to keep users engaged in their own platforms. Information held in the cloud can be subpoenaed, often in secret, putting sources and journalists at risk.

Referrals are down in many of the markets that we are working in Brazil, in South Africa, in Indonesia. We are hearing from publishers - large publishers - that their traffic is down 50 to 60% in the past year,