1. Today at 14:00 UK Time we are kicking off our weekly seminar series on the business and practice of journalism, chaired by @MeeraSelva1. The speaker will be @prashantrao from @TheAtlantic.
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🧶Details about the speaker in this thread
2. @prashantrao is a Global Editor at @TheAtlantic.
"Prashant is an editorial force. He’s overflowing with ideas about how a real-time magazine can cover the biggest stories on the planet," said @JeffreyGoldberg & @AdrienneLaF when he took this role
theatlantic.com/press-releases…
3. @TheAtlantic launched a new subscription model in 2019, with a metered paywall and additional advantages for subscribers.
"Our aim is nothing less than to be a standard-bearer for truth in an age of disinformation," wrote @JeffreyGoldberg back then
theatlantic.com/news/archive/2…
4. As part of the re-launch, @TheAtlantic launched a beautiful subscribers-only mobile app. Here's a short piece by @laurahazardowen on what they wanted to achieve niemanlab.org/2019/11/the-at…
5. According to @NiemanLab, @TheAtlantic gained more than 36,000 new subscribers in March. Its traffic figures went to the roof too: 87 million unique visitors and 168 million page views. Their excellent coverage of #COVID19 has paid off niemanlab.org/2020/04/for-it…
6. Science Writer @edyong209 has published some of the best long-form journalism of the current pandemic. Here's one of those pieces on how #COVID19 will play out worldwide in the next few months theatlantic.com/health/archive…
7. The magazine has also explored important social angles during this crisis. @helenlewis explored in this long piece why coronavirus is a disaster for feminism. The piece is worth your time
theatlantic.com/international/…
8. Today at 14:00 UK time @prashantrao will speak about how @TheAtlantic is being transformed into a global news brand. He will take questions from our Journalist Fellows and from the audience too #RISJSeminars
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