Media
📰 Trust in journalists has nearly doubled in 20 years
44 percent of Swedes have high or fairly high trust in journalists, according to the latest survey from the SOM Institute. The share has risen from 24 percent in 2004, nearly doubling over two decades. At the same time, the share who think journalists do their job poorly has been cut in half.
🗞️ They led the digital transition, now they ban AI...
AI can filter, refine, and enhance, but this newspaper prefers outdated forms.
💡 Musings of the Angry Optimist: Is a revolution underway?
Usually, when writing an opinion piece, it carries a thesis or a message. Not this one. It ends with an open question. That question is based on the notion that something big is underway. Something revolutionary.
🌏 'Jaime Lannister' to host An Optimist’s Guide To The Planet
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau searches for climate optimism.
⚔️ Do you participate in the media's constructed war of opinions?
The news purports to inform, but it does not. Their made-up conflicts make us less actionable and less informed. Their contrived wars of opinion are fought by volunteers. It is possible to opt-out.
📰 OMG! It’s alive! Local news makes a comeback
Local newspapers are dying, but local news is making a comeback. New players like Overstory Media Group are now making a big push to expand local journalism. That is not surprising at all - the opportunity is better than ever before. If you want to start a local newsletter, you should read this.
🗞️ You can save local journalism and make a ton of money - want to know how?
Everyone thinks local journalism is going down the drain, but they confuse it with local newspapers. Zero distribution cost and the tools of the internet is a significant asset that can help you grab one of today's most massive business opportunities and at the same time support local democracy.
✏️ Warp News is hiring writers and editors
We are now looking for writers and editors who have good knowledge in both English and Swedish, as well as good technical understanding.