Mark Little
Nieman Reports
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Here Comes Somebody: Journalism and the Trust Economy
Realigning the news business with the needs of societies overwhelmed by too much information and too many choices is key to rebuilding trust Ray Bussolari/Creative Commons I think we’re beyond peak fake news pandemic. The early fever of moral panic has abated. Attention is moving from symptoms to cause. And so begins the sober, purposeful work of rebuilding trust in the world’s information… → Read More
Here Comes Somebody: Journalism and the Trust Economy
FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver warns that news consumers face danger “whenever information growth outpaces our understanding of how to process it” Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo I think we’re beyond peak fake news pandemic. The early fever of moral panic has abated. Attention is moving from symptoms to cause. And so begins the sober, purposeful work of rebuilding trust in the world’s information supplies.… → Read More
Mark Little on leaving Storyful, stronger than ever
Clichés are clichés because they are true. And that applies to my thought for the day: quit while you’re ahead. I have decided to leave Storyful, the company I founded a little over five years ago. It’s not an easy decision but it’s a good one. And most importantly, it’s my decision alone. Storyful was an unlikely story from the beginning. I founded the company because I wanted to prove that the… → Read More
Thinking Inside The Box
Founder and Director of Innovation Mark Little reflects on Storyful’s model of innovation Innovation in a media organization is sometimes an impossible balance to strike. A laser-like focus on the bottom line does not always sit comfortably with experimentation. This is a critical circle to square for large legacy media organizations. But the challenge is often greatest for early-stage companies… → Read More
New Leadership and New Thinking for Storyful
Sometimes, the best decision a CEO can make is to stop being the CEO. And that’s what I am doing today. I’m handing the Chief Executive’s baton, or whatever it is we conduct with, to my good friend and co-conspirator Rahul Chopra (here’s the official statement). In exchange, I get my ... → Read More
The People’s Republic of WeChat
One of the first lessons you learn as a foreign correspondent is the unreliability of first impressions. If you’re not careful, you will spend an entire visit to a new country freeing yourself from the seductive clichés you succumbed to in the first few hours. This was on my mind as I ... → Read More
Harnessing The Power of Social Media in Modern Journalism
I feel as if I’ve had more productive conversations about the ethics of journalism in the past few weeks than for many years. One long seamless conversation, actually, stretching from university campuses in California and Florida, to newsrooms in Sydney, New York, Dublin and London, and ... → Read More
Storyful provides seed funding to EyeWitness Media Group
Everybody complains about the weather but no one ever does anything about it. I think about that old joke a lot at conferences devoted to the future of news, right about the time the relentless tide of user-generated content is being discussed. The conversations usually end with an absolute ... → Read More
Ten Principles That Power Social Journalism
It’s been almost three months since Storyful was acquired by News Corp. Today, Storyful’s CEO Mark Little reflects on the state of social journalism and outlines the ten key principles which will continue to guide the company. Does anybody else feel like the business of journalism just ... → Read More