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The return part 2: hitting the pandemic wall
This Working Life Podcast, ABC, 26 April 2021In this episode of the This Working Life Podcast, organisational psychologist Michelle Morrison, and professor of leadership and management at Harvard Business School, Amy Emondson, explain how to best manage the psychological shift of returning to the office, despite feeling like we have run headlong into the pandemic wall. Also discussed is...
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Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland Oscar’s win censored in China
Jane Li, Quartz, 26 April 2021During her Oscar's acceptance speech, Director of Nomadland, Chloe Zhao, referred to her Chinese roots by reciting a classical Chinese phrase that means “people at birth are inherently good”. But Zhao’s expression has not saved her from being censored on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site, where users say mentions of Zhao and...
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Zooming, not flying: bosses say work trips will be ‘far less’ common
Patrick Hatch, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 April 2021Some of the country’s largest employers say many work trips will be replaced with video calls after they embraced the technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. Major companies also say they expect employees will travel less for work after the pandemic. For example, Telstra’s group executive for transformation, communications and people, Alex...
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How do audiences decide what news to trust? Fairness and accuracy aren’t the only things that matter
Benjamin Toff, Sumitra Badrinathan, Camila Mont’Alverne & Amy Ross Arguedas, NiemanLab, 23 April 2021A new Reuters Institute report finds editorial standards and journalistic practices may be less important for trust in news than audience impressions about brand reputations and the look and feel of how information is presented. The report finds that in today’s media landscape, many see digital platforms as places packed with unreliable,...
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World leaders brace for historic Trump Facebook ban decision
22 April 2021Facebook’s independent Oversight Board is deliberating over whether to uphold or reverse Facebook’s indefinite suspension of former US President, Donald Trump. The decision will set a historic precedent for how tech giants treat accounts of world leaders and could be a litmus test for the Board’s power. Meanwhile, around the world, leaders...
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Governments are using Covid-19 as an excuse to crack down on press freedom
Sara Torsner & Jackie Harrison, NiemanLab, 21 April 2021Reporters Without Borders has released its 2021 Index which finds “a dramatic deterioration in people’s access to information and an increase in obstacles to news coverage”, and that the Covid-19 pandemic has been used to prevent journalists from accessing information and to restrict critical reporting. According to the report,...
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Apple wants you (and it) to get paid for your premium podcasts
Joshua Benton, NiemanLab, 20 April 2021Apple has announced it wants to make money from podcasts, in the same way it makes money from its App Store. Most podcasts it hosts will remain free, supported by ads sold by their creators, however, some will now cost money - and Apple will take a cut. Apple is also allowing podcast publishers to create “channels” that bring together multiple...
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The return to work part 1: How to ace hybrid and the “the third space”
This Working Life Podcast, ABC, 19 April 2021This podcast episode analyses how workers can prepare themselves to return to work, and how rituals around a “third space” can help us make the transition back to the office a little easier. According to panellist, Professor Tsedal Neeley from Harvard Business School, employers also have a battle on their hands to turn the ship on remote work...
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How much should American business and politics mix?
Checks and Balance Podcast, The Economist, 16 April 2021In this episode of The Economist's Checks and Balance Podcast, the panel explores why US companies are increasingly speaking out on a range of social and public policy issues, most recently on Georgia’s new restrictive voting laws. The panel also surveys the history of corporate activism and explores international…
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BBC received more than 100,000 complaints over coverage of the death of Prince Philip
Arnaud Siad & Eoin McSweeney, CNN Business, 15 April 2021The BBC revealed it received more than 100,000 complaints over the level of coverage of Prince Philip's death. Figures made available by the BBC showed 109,741 complaints had been received, during the first week after the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. In response, the broadcaster opened a dedicated feedback form on its website to…
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