Anytime a conflict erupts global networks us fixers to tell their story or parachute in journalists who don’t know the local context. Outriders did the opposite.
We asked Google News Lab fellow Marek Miller about the risks presented by deepfakes, doctored videos so realistic even experts can’t tell them from reality. He wasn’t optimistic.
Separation of editorial and commercial – Church and State – has been the bedrock of media organisation. But as ad revenues go the way of the dodo bird, maybe it’s time to ditch the old model