New Beats project

A five-year study of what happens next to Australian journalists who became redundant in 2012, 2013 and 2014. We're at

[Lawrie Zion @lzion]

So chuffed to be a co-author with @ScottReinardy
in this article in @journpractice that outlines the first findings from a US study modeled on our Australian-based @NewBeatsProject investigating the aftermath of journalist job loss. https://t.co/cqXcZGVe29

[Lawrie Zion @lzion]

Really thrilled to be a co-author with @ScottReinardy in this this article in @journpractice that outlines the first findings from a US study modelled on our Australian-based @NewBeatsProject investigating journalists and job loss. https://t.co/cqXcZGVe29

[Lawrie Zion @lzion]

Looking forward to presenting at #OHA2019 this afternoon in sunny AND storm Brisbane on the @NewBeatsProject oral history collaboration with the @nlagovau

[Carla Pascoe Leahy @C_PascoeLeahy]

@lzion discusses the @NewBeatsProject in partnership with @nlagovau interviewing former Australian journalists impacted by redundancies, including the differences between how journalists and oral historians conduct interviews #OHA2019

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

"What does it mean for democracy, but also, what does it mean for the future of the entire media universe to have those places closing down?"https://t.co/1TI3tiE4Dt

[Lawrie Zion @lzion]

WIN News cuts a devastating blow for regional communities https://t.co/cT0FWTgUgX via @ABCNews

[Mumbrella News @Mumbrellanews]

News Corp to cut 50 jobs from across the business https://t.co/WwtA5rrkAd

[JERAA 2019 @JERAA2019]

Guardian Australia editor @lenoretaylor confirmed as a keynote for @JERAA2019 joining @nikkiusher and @henrikornebring at University of Sydney December 4 - 6. Check https://t.co/7xOCs1eBeP for more

[Mark Deuze @markdeuze]

Happy book news: I am exceptionally pleased to report that #BeyondJournalism - a book on startups around the world Tamara Witschge and I have been working on for the last 5 years - has just entered the production pipeline at @politybooks! To be published late 2019 😀

[Penny O'Donnell @pennyaodonnell]

"One former reporter says, “All of us were commiserating that we were getting freelance offers...But we want jobs and some fucking health insurance”

Graphic and disturbing case study of precarity in journalism work @JERAA2019, @lzion, @NewBeatsProject

[New Beats project @NewBeatsProject]

https://t.co/ORrkxAypbY

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

"Th e current state of local journalism finances and the importance of the mission warrant a fresh look at how entities can work together to inform the public." https://t.co/BgTz4TOD35

[Mediagazer @mediagazer]

Researchers at Medill Local News Initiative analyzed 13TB of subscriber data from local papers, found high correlation between regular reading and sub retention (@laurahazardowen / Nieman Lab)

https://t.co/PCbeA8Ovs4
https://t.co/JdH0PjVWe4

[New Beats project @NewBeatsProject]

A positive development after a few very tough weeks for journalists.

[Crikey @crikey_news]

Lessons Australia can learn from US media job losses https://t.co/zsQBA4wA0e

[New Beats project @NewBeatsProject]

Jill Abramson on media layoffs: 'The villains are Facebook and Google' https://t.co/idCs49c1Lf

[Lawrie Zion @lzion]

Some very Australian resonances to the themes in this excellent piece by @therealjimrich

[Center for Local Media @CISLMUNC]

"Newspapers have been community builders as well as educators of its citizens," says Penny Abernathy in this piece looking back at @TimesFreePress place in the Tenn. community's history. @businessofnews https://t.co/uG4hPldARa via @timesfreepress

[New Beats project @NewBeatsProject]

“I haven’t come down in the world. What’s come down in the world is the business model that sustained Time Inc. for decades. I’m pretty much the same writer, the same guy." @ausmurph88 on how he came to deliver for Amazon, and what it's really like: https://t.co/ZcsOHI0z4C