
Author: Muhammad Saqib Tanveer
2023 WPI Fellow
Journalist, Independent UrduIslamabad, Pakistan
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Newsletters: What can Pakistani newsrooms learn from American news outlets
by Muhammad Saqib Tanveer | Apr 28, 2023 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism, New Business Models for Journalism in the Digital Age
“3 reasons why email is dead” “It’s 2018 and email is already dead” “Meta to biz: Email is dead — long live WhatsApp” These are some of the headlines you find on different tech blogs when you search about the future of email. Back in Pakistan, we operate under...
Does ‘trust’ really matter for news?
by Muhammad Saqib Tanveer | Apr 21, 2023 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism, Journalism in the era of "fake news", Journalism in the Trump Era
Before coming to the United States for the WPI fellowship, one of my primary concerns about journalism was the growing lack of trust in the news. It bothered me that for too many people facts were not sacred anymore and they only believed the information that...
Three reasons why I “love” fake news
by Muhammad Saqib Tanveer | Apr 14, 2023 | Journalism in the era of "fake news"
“I love fake news.” A lot of eyebrows were raised in the hall when I said this before a panel of journalists and concerned citizens of Muscatine, Iowa. A journalist saying he loves fake news is odd, isn’t it? Looking back, I think could have rephrased my statement and...
Things moving in right direction but there’s still resistance in paying for news: NYT Editor
by Muhammad Saqib Tanveer | Apr 2, 2023 | New Business Models for Journalism in the Digital Age
The NY Times has amassed a considerable number of subscribers. However, surveys suggest that the public is not willing to pay for news. I asked the executive editor of the Times for his opinion on this assertion. Watch his...Recent blog posts
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