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Facebook's algorithm will control journalism if we let it
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Facebook is not a friend of journalism.. Yes, Instant Articles are sexy and monetisable... a hugely important route to readers, but the more dependent we get on them, the more they’ll be able to charge us to access that audience... Facebook is seeing an alarming (to them) drop in sharing of personal information...we’ll see Facebook start to turn down the organic reach of news posts and up the reach of more personal posts again
journalism as a profession has an interesting – and narrow – line to walk. On the one hand, being a “just the facts” reporter makes you commoditised. You’re easily replaced by an algorithm... On the other hand, the internet has made opinion writing so widely available that it really isn’t a valuable commodity any more – unless you’re in the very top rank ... So where does that leave us? Reporting – but with a strong point of view.
journalism as a profession has an interesting – and narrow – line to walk. On the one hand, being a “just the facts” reporter makes you commoditised. You’re easily replaced by an algorithm... On the other hand, the internet has made opinion writing so widely available that it really isn’t a valuable commodity any more – unless you’re in the very top rank ... So where does that leave us? Reporting – but with a strong point of view.
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