All the News That's Fit to Click: How Metrics Are Transforming the Work of Journalists Petre Caitlin
All the News That's Fit to Click: How Metrics Are Transforming the Work of Journalists Petre Caitlin From the New York Times to Gawker, a behind-the-scenes look at how performance analytics are…
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All the News That's Fit to Click: How Metrics Are Transforming the Work of Journalists Petre Caitlin
From the New York Times to Gawker, a behind-the-scenes look at how performance analytics are transforming journalism today--and how they might remake other professions tomorrowJournalists today are inundated with data about which stories attract the most clicks, likes, comments, and shares. Do metrics make journalists more accountable to the public? These metrics influence what stories are written, how news is promoted, and even which journalists get hired and fired.
In All the News That's Fit to Click, Caitlin Petre takes readers behind the scenes at the New York Times, Gawker, and the prominent news analytics company Chartbeat to explore how performance metrics are transforming the Or are these data tools the contemporary equivalent of a stopwatch wielded by a factory boss, worsening newsroom working conditions and journalism quality?