{"id":339788,"date":"2017-05-02T07:24:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T23:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1483868"},"modified":"2017-05-02T07:24:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T23:24:50","slug":"alex-hardiman-former-vp-of-product-at-the-ny-times-will-take-the-lead-on-facebooks-news-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/alex-hardiman-former-vp-of-product-at-the-ny-times-will-take-the-lead-on-facebooks-news-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Hardiman, former VP of product at the NY Times, will take the lead on Facebook\u2019s news products"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Facebook\u2019s role in spreading news, especially fake news<\/a>, has been in the spotlight since last year\u2019s\u00a0presidential election. Now it\u2019s promoting\u00a0Alex Hardiman\u00a0to lead\u00a0its news efforts on the product side.<\/p>\n

Hardiman worked at The New York Times, most recently as vice president of news products, until joining Facebook last year. (I actually got a chance to interview her a few years ago<\/a> about her work at The Times.)<\/p>\n

She wrote on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0that her new role\u00a0will involve working with news organizations\u00a0to monetize and to develop new formats, while also partnering \u201cwith teams in Facebook to continue curbing the spread of false news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recode previously reported<\/a>\u00a0that Facebook was looking to hire a head of news products to combat\u00a0fake news. The fact that a product person will be playing a key role on this fight seems reflective of the approach that the company wants to take to these issues \u2014 an approach\u00a0that emphasizes technology over editorial involvement (though again, Hardiman said she\u2019ll be working on other teams, including the company\u2019s new journalism project<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Even beyond fake news, Hardiman seems to have a lot of work to do, with news publishers increasingly resistant<\/a> to Facebook\u2019s Instant Articles, largely due to the lack of monetization options.<\/p>\n

Still, she sounds charged up about the challenge. Hardiman wrote:<\/p>\n

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Taking this role is a deeply personal decision for me.\u00a0My great-grandmother was a radio and television pioneer in the midwest and spent her life providing Americans with access to high quality news. My grandfather spent his career as a broadcast journalist tackling racial discrimination and social injustice. I grew up in News, spending 10 years at The New York Times transforming the company into a mobile-first organization with products like The Times\u2019s iPhone news app \u2026 The weight and opportunity of this challenge is both humbling and thrilling, and I can\u2019t wait to get started.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"\" Facebook’s role in spreading news, especially fake news, has been in the spotlight since last year’s\u00a0presidential election. Now it’s promoting\u00a0Alex Hardiman\u00a0to lead\u00a0its news efforts on the product side. Hardiman worked at The New York Times, most recently as vice president of news products, until joining Facebook last year. (I actually got a chance to interview her a… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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