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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you to the editors, @sfuerst.bsky.social, Florian Muhle, and @cporlezza.bsky.social , and the reviewers for their incredibly insightful comments.

Link to the paper here: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

Enjoy!

Search in the Newsroom: How Journalists Navigate Google’s Dominance in a Hybrid Media System | Article | Media and Communication

Daniel Trielli

www.cogitatiopress.com

Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · 15h

The study examines how U.S. journalists reinterpret their values and routines to coexist with platforms that influence visibility and reach, operating within and sometimes against Google’s role as an algorithmic editor.

Screenshot of the Media and Communication journal webpage showing the publication details of an article titled “Search in the Newsroom: How Journalists Navigate Google’s Dominance in a Hybrid Media System,” authored by Daniel Trielli from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, USA. The page indicates that the article is open access and part of Volume 13 (2025), “Journalism in the Hybrid Media System.”

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · 15h

I just published a new paper in @cogitatiomac.bsky.social :

Search in the Newsroom: How Journalists Navigate Google’s Dominance in a Hybrid Media System. (Open access link below.)

Search in the Newsroom: How Journalists Navigate Google’s Dominance in a Hybrid Media System | Article | Media and Communication

Daniel Trielli

www.cogitatiopress.com

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · 24d

Parabéns, @italoalves.com

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Aug 18

Grateful to my co-authors Diana Krovvidi and Yara Mabrouk, and to the Scripps Howard Fund for supporting this research. (5/6)

Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Aug 18

For local news, visibility is survival. More digital effort means more prominence. And more prominence means stronger communities and a stronger democracy. (5/6)

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Aug 18

The gaps are big. Nearly all outlets have websites, but only half update them daily. Most have Facebook, but many rarely post. Just one in three has a Wikipedia page. (4/6)

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Aug 18

Visibility improves when outlets invest in digital positioning. Updated websites, active social accounts, and even Wikipedia pages all boost how often local news shows up on Google. But all of that costs money, time, effort, know-how, and human capacity. (3/6)

Scatterplot shows a positive correlation: outlets with stronger digital positioning appear more often in Google results.

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Aug 18

Google is the main gateway to news. Yet in our algorithm audit, Maryland local outlets appeared in results *about local news* only 14.5% of the time, and reached page one just 20% of the time. Even for local searches, national outlets dominate. (2/6)

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Aug 18

Local news keeps communities informed and governments accountable. But in a digital world run by Google and social media, many outlets are almost invisible. Earlier this month at #aejmc25, I presented a study that asked: why? (1/5)

Blue background with white text: Local news keeps communities informed and governments accountable. But in a digital world run by Google and social media, many outlets are almost invisible. Our study asks: why?

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Aug 14

UMD's Howard Center knocking it out of the park again!

Merrill College @ Maryland @merrillcollege.bsky.social · Aug 14

More than two years have passed since the damaging 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. But the serious questions raised by the disaster remain. The latest collaboration led by our #HowardCenter — "Off the Rails" — explores those questions.

cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our 4-year-old calls spotted lanternflies “squish bugs”, because “it's the only bug that's ok to squish”, so I'd say we're raising a good Marylander.

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 16

A nossa era virada pra Granville. Tecnicamente no prédio vizinho, mas é grudado, então conta!

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 16

A gente morava em cima desse bar.

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ótima definição!

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 14

I would even add that embarrassing politicians is a civic duty and a central tenet of journalism.

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 14

Seria bom ter plataformas não comerciais, públicas? Claro. Mas não é a realidade que vivemos ainda.

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 14

Anos atrás defendi que as plataformas têm direito de excluir usuários que desrespeitam suas regras. Muita gente, compreensivelmente, discordou.

Mas é simples: as redes sociais são plataformas comerciais e privadas. A gente aceita isso quando se inscreve.

www1.folha.uol.com.br

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 14

Esse é um ponto crucial de desentendimento de plataformas que vem de longe: a expectativa social que temos delas é incompatível com as estruturas legais e técnicas que as sustentam.

Marcelo Soares, o Analista de Dados de Bagé @msoares.bsky.social · Jul 14

Errados estávamos nós de atribuir status de praça pública a um shopping center.

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 14

Fiz exatamente esse ponto um tempo atrás (e fui criticado):

www1.folha.uol.com.br/amp/opiniao/...

www1.folha.uol.com.br

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jul 6

I haven't been posting in a while because everything I want to post is either unadvisable or irrelevant.

But now I want to announce that, in the midst of all this, against all sense, logic, and practicality, we have adopted a dog. And it's the best thing we've done in a while.

Meet Princess Daisy.

A white and brown dog is lying on the couch, looking at the camera.

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Jun 19

Our 4yo: "I want to watch the movie of the unicorn that grows big and turns into a T-Rex."

Me: "Ok, is that a real movie, a movie you're developing right now, a game you played, or a dream you had? Because if it's a real movie, I have follow-up questions to track it down."

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Feb 14

Ela: Meu sonho era entregar trabalho da escola impresso do computador com aquelas letras na capa. Eu fazia tudo na mão. Você fazia no computador, né?
Eu: Na escola, não.
Ela: Ah é, era escola católica, né? Verdade, tipo idade média.
Eu: É, a gente fazia iluminura naquelas mesas tipo Nome da Rosa.

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Feb 14

As pessoas acham que eu e Juliana só ficamos falando de situação global, literatura, sociedade.

A realidade:

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Daniel Trielli @danieltrielli.bsky.social · Feb 12

Both Frog and Toad and Stillwater hold important places in our hearts. Our daughter, my wife and I love them. And we recommend both shows to everyone we know - whether they have kids or not.