Good morning. Here are 10 media stories.
- Periscope’s first day
On Thursday, Twitter’s live-streaming app Periscope came out on iTunes and journalists quickly started sharing what they were seeing. By the afternoon, that included a fire and the collapse of two buildings in New York City. “I had less information than I would if I had waited for a formal news crew to arrive, report out what was happening, and then pass that information back to me. With the smartphones in our pockets, we’re all citizen journalists now.” (The Verge) | Here are full details on the fire, where 19 people were injured. (The New York Times) | On Friday, BuzzFeed News reported that six people were missing. (BuzzFeed News) | “The New York tragedy showed the potential for two new apps, including one from Twitter Inc. that made its debut Thursday. They are going head-to-head in a race to become the dominant way for users to broadcast their surroundings via social media.” (The Wall Street Journal) | Also on Thursday, Josh Stearns wrote about what Periscope and Meerkat could mean for people’s right to record. “I would love to see a partnership between these apps and an organization like WITNESS to create in app notifications, guides and best practices for safe and secure citizen journalism and eye witness recording.” (Medium)
- Journalists targeted in Yemen
On Thursday, Reported.ly’s Andy Carvin spoke with the editor of Al Masdar, a newspaper in Yemen. Sameer Jubran told Carvin that the newspaper offices were attacked by Houthi militants and some staff were kidnapped. (Medium) | Related: Earlier this month, Reporters Without Borders reported that Yemeni journalist Abdul Karim Mohammed al-Khaiwani was murdered. (Reporters Without Borders)
- How things get made at BuzzFeed
A series of stories on Thursday look at the process behind the products at BuzzFeed. Aaron Edwards wrote about testing out workflows while building with BuzzFeed News’ app team. (And please, check and enjoy that URL.) (BuzzFeed) | From Millie Tran, “What We Learned From A Week Of Prototyping A Newsletter In Public.” (BuzzFeed) | And Laura E. Davis wrote about the news app team’s approach. “The goal of #teamnewsapp is to tell you about the news the way a friend might. We don’t want our app to abuse the privilege of being invited to interrupt your day. We want the BuzzFeed News app to be a welcome guest on your phone’s home screen, rather than an app you rage delete after one too many irrelevant push notifications.” (BuzzFeed)
- ‘Every 26 hours, a journalist in Mexico gets attacked’
A new study finds that under the current administration in Mexico, attacks on journalists have increased 80 percent, compared with the previous administration. (International Business Times)
- There’s a pretrial for Ghomeshi today
On Friday, there’s a pretrial in the sexual assault case against former CBC host Jian Ghomeshi. “Ghomeshi currently faces seven sexual assault charges stemming from allegations that span from 2002 to 2008.” (Global News)
- Vice and HBO
Vice and HBO announced a deal on Thursday that Vice will produce a daily news show for HBO five days a week. (TimeWarner)
- This is a ‘murky inquiry’
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that a private investigator has been asking questions about former New York Times reporter Ariel Kaminer and a NYU professor, who has been critical of NYU’s involvement in Abu Dhabi. “Sean O’Driscoll, a freelance reporter who collaborated with Ms. Kaminer on the article about the N.Y.U. campus, said he was told last year by United Arab Emirates security authorities that he would receive generous payments and immunity from prosecution if he would write favorably about the government. He said he had refused and had not been permitted to re-enter the country after leaving for a short period.” (The New York Times)
- Principal for a day
Rich Mirman, publisher of the Orange County Register, spent the day as principal at a middle school that probably has more tech than you do. “Classrooms had state of the art technology, including projectors and computer screens. Teachers used microphones that elevate the tones of their voice to enhance concentration. Students had their own tablets fully loaded with software. There were also books, pencils and paper that kids were actually using.” (Orange County Register)
- Front page of the day, selected by Seth Liss
From the Des Moines Register (Courtesy the Newseum)
- Job moves, edited by Benjamin Mullin
Mark Kelly is now a space and aviation contributor at NBC News. Kelly is a retired naval aviator and NASA astronaut. (NBC News) | Olivia Fierro has rejoined KTVK in Phoenix, Arizona. Previously, she was weeknight anchor at KVVU in Las Vegas. (Media Moves) | Nick Falloon will be chairman of Fairfax Media. Previously, he was chairman of Ten Network Holdings. (TheNewspaperWorks) | Lindsay Radford will be news director at KMGH in Denver. Previously, she was news director at KSTP and KSTC. (TVNewsCheck) | Miriam Kramer is now a space reporter at Mashable. Previously, she was a staff writer at Space.com. (Email) | Teddy Schleifer will be a political reporter at CNN Politics Digital. He is a political reporter at the Houston Chronicle. Karl de Vries will join the breaking news team at CNN Politics Digital. He is an editor and producer for the digital team at Fox News. Alex Lee will be an associate producer at CNN Politics Digital. He produces, films and edits video at Discovery Digital. (Email) | Job of the day: The Desert Sun is looking for a health and wellness reporter. Get your résumés in! (Journalism Jobs) | Send Ben your job moves: bmullin@poynter.org.
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