When things settle down after the worst of the pandemic, I think many societies will look at their journalists and other critical parts of their information infrastructure with new eyes and respect - and perhaps more support and investment. #Covid_19
A propos of which:
https://twitter.com/dirwin_reporter/status/1238418240885358593?s=21 https://twitter.com/DIrwin_Reporter/status/1238418240885358593
This should be of interest, especially to health funders used to thinking about media as a vehicle for messaging, rather than a core (in part because independent) part of trusted information ecosystems:
https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1234556784297164800?s=21 https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1234556784297164800
https://twitter.com/andrewtghill/status/1239140165068693505?s=21 https://twitter.com/andrewtghill/status/1239140165068693505
https://twitter.com/wnip/status/1239470364683423744?s=21 https://twitter.com/wnip/status/1239470364683423744
https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1239594390978547713?s=21 https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1239594390978547713
https://twitter.com/SheilaCoronel/status/1239900491712212996?s=20
Here’s @jayrosen_nyu on the “public”:
https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1239699833088344066?s=21 https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1239699833088344066
https://theconversation.com/covid-19-to-counter-misinformation-journalists-need-to-embrace-a-public-service-mission-133829
COVID-19: to counter misinformation, journalists need to embrace a public service mission

Broadcasters have a duty to inform the public and hold politicians to account. This mission is more important now than ever before.

https://theconversation.com/covid-19-to-counter-misinformation-journalists-need-to-embrace-a-public-service-mission-133829
https://twitter.com/journalismfest/status/1240282224571932673?s=20
Here’s the ever-brilliant @nikkiusher on a similar theme - relevant to the UK and everywhere governments are doing similar actions:
https://twitter.com/nikkiusher/status/1240396478822170624?s=21 https://twitter.com/nikkiusher/status/1240396478822170624
Important: https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1240665770234953731?s=20
Thread on what newsrooms are doing is here:
https://twitter.com/azirulnick/status/1240663712148516864?s=21 https://twitter.com/azirulnick/status/1240663712148516864
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 @Mrawlins1974
https://twitter.com/mrawlins1974/status/1240752798616227843?s=21 https://twitter.com/Mrawlins1974/status/1240752798616227843
(Ctd) here is @amolrajan on that nationwide front page #ThereWithYou campaign.
Gripes about ownership etc aside, right now the core issue is sustaining independent public interest information & reporting - this is what needs £££ to survive the crisis.
https://twitter.com/amolrajan/status/1240669995627163649?s=21 https://twitter.com/amolrajan/status/1240669995627163649
And there are many more that need support as this crisis bites - Independents, #mediacoops, hyperlocals, startups, investigative journalism organisations... see the member lists of @ICNNUK @impressreg @themediafund for examples.
Also @localmediauk @EditorsUK @newsmediaorg members and stakeholders, of course.

This piece from the US gives a good and succinct overview of many of the challenges: https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2020/03/19/we-need-the-news-and-the-news-needs-us/
We need the news. And the news needs us. - Digital Content Next

The fact is that news – now and always – is a critical component of consumers’ media diet. And right now, it is literally a lifeline.

https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2020/03/19/we-need-the-news-and-the-news-needs-us/
All very apposite for the @LordsCommsCom inquiry into the #futureofjournalism - the deadline for which now appears to be 21 April, rather than 25 March:
https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/communications-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/future-of-journalism-inquiry/lords-written-submission-form/
Continuing this thread on #journalism during #covid19UK, here’s @OSCE_RFoM on protecting freedom of expression and information, and media freedom during this crisis:
https://twitter.com/osce_rfom/status/1240661604687130624?s=21
#FOIA https://twitter.com/OSCE_RFoM/status/1240661604687130624
Ads disappearing for journalism and media, at the same time as audiences rocket:
https://twitter.com/mediavoicespod/status/1242037372650307589?s=21 https://twitter.com/mediavoicespod/status/1242037372650307589
A propos of which, here’s @NiemanLab:
https://twitter.com/miguel_castro/status/1242138791239966722?s=21 https://twitter.com/miguel_castro/status/1242138791239966722
From India’s @ThePrintIndia:
https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1241987558701236224?s=21 https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1241987558701236224
Essential public service journalism in #Spain:
https://twitter.com/niemanreports/status/1242859301540151297?s=21 https://twitter.com/NiemanReports/status/1242859301540151297
Here’s @freepress’s view of what a stimulus package for journalism and public media in the USA would look like - US$5bn: https://www.cjr.org/analysis/journalism-stimulus.php
Journalism Needs a Stimulus. Here’s What it Should Look Like

The coronavirus COVID-19 has upended everything, including business as usual in Washington. In a matter of days, facing the reality of a nationwide shutdown and a worsening economic crisis, Congress...

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/journalism-stimulus.php
Some similar sentiments here from @nrecherche (in German):
https://twitter.com/hajoseppelt/status/1243193297524359168?s=21 https://twitter.com/hajoseppelt/status/1243193297524359168
And thoughts from @axate:
https://twitter.com/axate/status/1243188205933006849?s=21 https://twitter.com/axate/status/1243188205933006849
An update on calls for emergency funding of #publicinterestjournalism in #Australia:
https://twitter.com/piji_journalism/status/1243282446457561088?s=21
Here's what @EndersAnalysis, key analysts of the UK media environment, are calling for in terms of @GOVUK @DCMS emergency support for #journalism (the longer report is currently subscriber-only):
https://www.endersanalysis.com/reports/enders-analysis-calls-government-support-news-magazine-media
👏 @DouglasMcCabe/ @EndersAnalysis call for:
- immediate emergency fund of £100m
- Govt to commit to own advertising, underwrite local business advertising (v smart)
- clarifying/confirming "Essential Service Status"
- fund home delivery
- temporary financial holidays
Adding @guardian’s @jimwaterson on the existential economic threat during #UKlockdown to UK newspapers and independents, citing @rasmus_kleis analysis and @ICNNUK open letter: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/mar/27/uk-national-newspaper-sales-plummet-under-covid-19-lockdown
UK national newspaper sales plummet under Covid-19 lockdown

Fears for jobs as print sales drop by as much as 30% after thousands of newsagents close

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/mar/27/uk-national-newspaper-sales-plummet-under-covid-19-lockdown
Further context from @pressgazette to @jimwaterson piece - @PINewsF @ICNNUK @bureaulocal @impressreg survey shows stark impact of #UKlockdown on independents and risk - without emergency fund (see @EndersAnalysis proposal) - worsening UK’s #newsdeserts: https://twitter.com/pressgazette/status/1243580349935947776
Here’s the @PINewsF @ICNNUK @bureaulocal @impressreg survey of UK media in more detail: https://twitter.com/journalism_news/status/1243235151943028736
... " @EveningStandard editor @George_Osborne is leading the news publishing industry in asking @10DowningStreet to take quick and decisive action." @standardnews covers @EndersAnalysis plan of action for @GOVUK/ @DCMS:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/print-journalism-news-media-coronavirus-crisis-enders-analysis-a4400206.html
#journalism #coronavirusuk
Government must do whatever it takes to save print journalism - report

The Government is facing calls to protect print journalism from the coronavirus crisis by recognising quality news as a vital public service. The Covid-19 pandemic is causing shockwaves across the

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/print-journalism-news-media-coronavirus-crisis-enders-analysis-a4400206.html
And at the EU level, here’s an open letter to @vonderleyen incl some good ideas for immediate action to support European media + high-level policy advice on overlaps between #democracy & #media (incl @VeraJourova @ThierryBreton @vestager): https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/health-trust-and-journalism-a-coronavirus-plan-for-the-media/
Health, trust and journalism: a Coronavirus Plan for the Media

In this Open Letter to the President of the EU Commission, media stakeholders and experts, in a personal capacity, along with MEPs and former MEPs ask for the Commission to support trust in public...

https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/health-trust-and-journalism-a-coronavirus-plan-for-the-media/
Though it should focus down on key issues, i.e.:
- as shown, journalism is an essential service, j’s are key workers & so should not face restrictions or crackdown as is happening in some member states
- emergency funding needed to rescue the media now across the whole continent
As some of the other issues, though valid to raise in a normal setting, feel remote from the most immediate and existential challenges that public interest media are facing across the continent in the midst of this crisis...
OK, so this is of interest from @facebook, which has pledged a further $25m in direct grants to media around the world via the Facebook #Journalism Project, and $75m in marketing spend to offset loss in advertising for media orgs:
https://www.facebook.com/journalismproject/coronavirus-update-news-industry-support
#COVID19 #funding
Facebook Invests $100 Million to Support News Industry During Coronavirus

Facebook announces an additional $100 million investment to support the news industry, including emergency grants for local news organizations through the Facebook Journalism Project.

https://www.facebook.com/journalismproject/coronavirus-update-news-industry-support
And absolute blimey here - other examples of politicians and leaders making similar statements around the world?
#localjournalism #coronavirus https://twitter.com/jcstearns/status/1244446786212765710?s=20
More news from @saffronhowden on the threat of #Australia turning into a “giant news desert”: https://twitter.com/corinne_podger/status/1244751203587653632
“Encontraremos soluciones a nuestros problemas para cruzar ese puente que nos permita llegar hasta el otro lado del río sin ahogarnos en el intento.” Fernando de Yarza’s open letter about #journalism’s commitment during #coronavirus on @NewspaperWorld:
https://www.wan-ifra.org/press-releases/2020/03/28/periodismo-de-calidad-en-tiempo-de-alarma-carta-abierta-de-fernando-de-yar
Media closures in #NewZealand (via @LydiaRagoonanan):
https://twitter.com/elle_hunt/status/1245457110634299393?s=21 https://twitter.com/elle_hunt/status/1245457110634299393
#NorthCarolina 👇🏾 https://twitter.com/melaniesill/status/1245460014623526914
Important to note this call on @VeraJourova to support journalism and media across #Europe during #Covid19 - worth reading thoroughly: http://www.snh.hr/en/potpredsjednica-ek-a-vera-jourova-pritisnite-svoje-vlade-za-posebnu-drzavnu-pomoc/
European Commision Vice-President Vera Jourova: Press your governments for special state aid

In order to respond to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EFJ President Mogens Blicher Bjerregård , the EFJ Director  and EFJ General Secretary Ricardo Gutiérrez held an online meeting with...

http://www.snh.hr/en/potpredsjednica-ek-a-vera-jourova-pritisnite-svoje-vlade-za-posebnu-drzavnu-pomoc/
👇🏾 @pmnapoli has long understood and argued why media and #journalism are a key part of local information ecosystems and of meeting citizens’ information needs:
https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1247073907041087488?s=21 https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1247073907041087488
Update from #Australia, where the @PIJI_Journalism is welcoming the release of Aus$5m for the sector, but calling for further action:
https://mailchi.mp/4b92da4bbc3b/funding-welcome-but-more-action-needed
This @PIJI_Journalism map of actual/threatened news organisation closures is something that could be amazingly useful both during the #Covid19 crisis & beyond - would be fantastic if this could be internationalised (cc @MediaGFMD & everyone else) https://piji.com.au/the-australian-newsroom-mapping-project/
The Australian Newsroom Mapping Project - PIJI

https://piji.com.au/the-australian-newsroom-mapping-project/
And here’s @pressgazette’s similar map for media that are facing problems due to #COVID19 in the #USA. https://twitter.com/kerrymflynn/status/1247583857391669252
Updated version of @EFJEUROPE letter to the EU and to national governments: https://twitter.com/efjeurope/status/1247888388981534727
Good US-focused thread on the asks of government from US local media from @CISLMUNC https://twitter.com/CISLMUNC/status/1248258306382184448
Trenchant as ever from @damianradcliffe on the whys, wherefores and what-nexts of #coronavirus’ impact on public service/interest/benefit news in the #USA. Interesting parallels and divergences from the UK situation (e.g. no simple pathway to #charitablestatus + benefits). https://twitter.com/damianradcliffe/status/1248340124070375424
The devastating impacts of the crisis on print media in Australia continue to be felt: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/dozens-of-australian-newspapers-stop-printing-as-coronavirus-crisis-hits-advertising
Dozens of Australian newspapers stop printing as coronavirus crisis hits advertising

Federal government confirms it will announce a rescue package for the media industry this week

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/dozens-of-australian-newspapers-stop-printing-as-coronavirus-crisis-hits-advertising
As noted in this thread by @saffronhowden: https://twitter.com/saffronhowden/status/1249960809616125952
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