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One day I was listening to an episode of Radiolab[1] (an NPR podcast) and I was surprised to hear they were collaborating with Buzzfeed. For the most part I sti
by flanbiscuit 9y ago
One day I was listening to an episode of Radiolab[1] (an NPR podcast) and I was surprised to hear they were collaborating with Buzzfeed. For the most part I still think of them as a listicles site but I guess they are trying to break into more serious journalism.
1. http://www.radiolab.org/story/60-words/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/60-words/
- wmeredith 9y agoThey've been doing serious journalism for a few years now. They use their clickbait nonsense to fund it. Here's a short article I wrote about it earlier this year: https://medium.com/@wwmeredith/10-reasons-not-to-write-off-buzzfeeds-clickbait-8e5ea527c16 https://medium.com/@wwmeredith/10-reasons-not-to-write-off-b... I don't write regularly, but I've had this conversation with so many of my friends and colleagues that I decided to put it down somewhere. The basic gist is that the old newspapers funded deep investigative journalism with want ads, funny papers, sports pages, and the weather. They can't do that anymore, but Buzzfeed is finding a way. It's fascinating.
- Larrikin 9y agoThey should rebrand their serious journalism. I know about it, and know they sometimes produce important work, but I never read their articles unless another organization reports on it as being valuable. There's too much risk of getting a waste of time currently.
- pulisse 9y agoUnder what circumstances do you update your priors?
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- astura 9y agoThey have been doing serious journalism for quite a while and have proven themselves very capable of it. Here's stuff that's been submitted to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=buzzfeed.com