Podcast: Layoffs and the argument for civic media

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On this week’s episode, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, to assess recent digital layoffs and consider a new civic model for journalism.

 

SHOW NOTES:

• BuzzFeed Cuts should mean the end of metric-obsessed media, Mathew Ingram, CJR
• The digital winter turns apocalyptic, Alex Pareene, CJR
• A brutal week for American journalism, Jon Allsop, CJR
• The troll brigade berates laid off journalists, Zoë Beery, CJR

 

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Amanda Darrach is a contributor to CJR and a visiting scholar at the University of St Andrews School of International Relations. Follow her on Twitter @thedarrach.