Zuri Berry

@zuriberry
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I post about 📝 journalism, 🎙️ podcasts, and
📈 business. I run ZMC Podcasts, a podcast development and audio production agency. Digital at The Baltimore Banner. MBA grad. Originally from SF 🌉. He/Him.
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Zuri BerryJan 17, 2025
Verdant Square MD - DC - VAJan 17, 2025

Maryland could add a ‘retail delivery fee.’ Here’s what that means. https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/wes-moore-maryland-delivery-fee-NLWEW65MPFCZBLV7AHJW45M4CM/

#baltimore #md #maryland #dmv

Maryland could add a ‘retail delivery fee.’ Here’s what that means.

A proposal for a 75-cent retail delivery fee has some wondering who will end up paying: companies or customers?

The Baltimore Banner
Zuri BerrySep 21, 2024
Melanie SillSep 21, 2024
There is no story on the home page of the Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald about the GOP's last minute effort to change the state's Electoral College voting system. But lots of football. Omaha voters would lose their vote under the change #Trump and the Republicans are trying to shove through. #journalism #USPol
Zuri BerryApr 21, 2024
Miguel Afonso CaetanoApr 21, 2024

#SocialMedia #Canada #Journalism #Facebook #News: "Our key findings:

Even six months after the ban, a large number of Canadians (approximately 33%) still say they use Meta’s flagship social media platforms Facebook or Instagram for access to Canadian political and current affairs information.

The Facebook Pages of national news outlets lost approximately 64% of their Facebook engagement following the end of news availability for Canadian users. Local news outlets lost approximately 85%. Almost half of all local news outlets stopped posting on Facebook entirely in the four months following the ban.

Engagement with politically relevant pages and groups has remained unchanged since the ban, suggesting politically-oriented users have not reduced their Facebook usage.

Members of politically-oriented Facebook Groups have circumvented the ban by posting screenshots of Canadian news articles. Although there are fewer screenshots of news post-ban than there were links to news articles pre-ban, the total engagement with news content in these Groups has remained consistent.

Overall, we observe that the end of news availability on Facebook has resulted in a significant decrease in engagement for Canadian news outlets, but has not substantially changed the behavior of Canadian Facebook users." https://www.mediaecosystemobservatory.com/reports/state-of-the-canadian-media-ecosystem-ldra7?s=09

When journalism is turned off: Preliminary findings on the effects of Meta’s news ban in Canada — Media Ecosystem Observatory

Media Ecosystem Observatory
Zuri BerryApr 10, 2024
Baltimore BannerApr 10, 2024
Gov. Moore signs bill adding Harriet Tubman’s name to Annapolis Black history museum https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/wes-moore-harriet-tubman-banneker-douglass-museum-JP4GRVCMNJHQXFP574DAQE7EEA/
Gov. Moore signs bill adding Harriet Tubman’s name to Annapolis Black history museum

The House and state Senate both unanimously passed legislation approving the name change for the 40-year-old Banneker-Douglass museum.

The Baltimore Banner
Zuri BerryApr 10, 2024
Zuri BerryApr 9, 2024
Influential donor in Baltimore gives money all over the place — nationally to Republicans and locally to Democrats. He’s picked Sheila Dixon in the Baltimore mayor’s race.

Dixon seems to be gathering the support of all the monied interests. She’s got David Smith, the Sinclair executive chairman and Baltimore Sun owner, backing her too.

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/jack-luetkemeyer-political-donations-sheila-dixon-QIKTT7N6YJHGFAC35SF3BTAIS4/
One Baltimore County developer is pouring big money into local politics

Jack Luetkemeyer has long contributed to political campaigns, but is making his biggest move yet in support of Sheila Dixon.

The Baltimore Banner
Zuri BerryApr 10, 2024
Zuri BerryApr 9, 2024
The reality is that journalists are terrible at marketing their outlets and promoting their own work. (This is me!)

There was a time when putting something in the newspaper or on the 6pm news was enough. Not anymore.

Then there was social media. That’s all but gone.

Search is going by the wayside, too, thanks to AI.

So what comes next?

We need fresh ideas to distribute and market and grow. And we need more attention on this.

https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2024/nonprofit-news-average-audience-size-better-metrics/
At nonprofit newsrooms, is good journalism but sparse audiences a recipe for irrelevance? - Poynter

Nonprofits offer hope in a dire media world. But, at too many startups, disappointingly few readers actually see the work.

Poynter
Zuri BerryApr 8, 2024

Every few years, a story pops up that makes me want to quit Facebook all over again. And it always centers on how journalism is, or is not, made accessible.

Meta reminds me once again that they are not a partner we can trust, and that the industry needs to spend more time developing its own distribution channels.

https://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/05/facebook-apologizes-for-blocking-kansas-reflector-then-expands-crackdown-to-other-news-sites/

Facebook apologizes for blocking Kansas Reflector, then expands crackdown to other news sites • Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — A day after a Facebook spokesman apologized for blocking Kansas Reflector articles by mistake, the social media giant blocked all links to two other news sites that republished a Kansas Reflector column. Facebook on Friday removed posts pointing to The Handbasket, which is written by independent journalist Marisa Kabas, as well as posts […]

Kansas Reflector
Zuri BerryApr 8, 2024
Baltimore BannerApr 8, 2024
Angel Reese and the perils of being a Black female athlete https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/column/angel-reese-black-woman-athlete-wnba-DCGNTLKGSNETFNTT3DDYJTHIDU/
Angel Reese and the perils of being a Black female athlete

Randallstown native Angel Reese is headed for the WNBA. Can she get ahead of the double standards for Black women in sports?

The Baltimore Banner
Zuri BerryApr 8, 2024
Baltimore BannerApr 8, 2024
In Annapolis, sometimes strange bedfellows make the best bill sponsors https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-lawmakers-bipartisan-legislation-3N42L7O7AJBQLPQVIZZYYBJUE4/
In Annapolis, sometimes strange bedfellows make the best bill sponsors

Partisan divides exist in Maryland's General Assembly, but senators and delegates pride themselves in respectful debate and disagreement. Some lawmakers go further, forging bipartisan alliances to address problems large and small.

The Baltimore Banner
Zuri BerryApr 6, 2024
Baltimore BannerApr 5, 2024
Body of Key Bridge victim Maynor Suazo Sandoval recovered on Friday https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/body-of-key-bridge-victim-maynor-suazo-sandoval-recovered-on-friday-XBX3Z3CI55CZPHT6GFNXKVXL5Y/
Body of Key Bridge victim Maynor Suazo Sandoval recovered on Friday

Divers have recovered the body of Maynor Suazo Sandoval, a construction worker who was atop of the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed.

The Baltimore Banner