When we started talking to news organizations about building Facebook News earlier this year, they emphasized that original reporting is more expensive to produce and better recognized by seasoned journalists than by algorithms. So we will continue to expand the algorithmic selection of stories driving the majority of Facebook News. We want new forms of journalism in the digital age, including individual, independent journalism, to flourish. We also aim to serve both people and news publishers, and not just the big national players. We have progress to make before we can rely on technology alone to provide a quality news destination.

Regarding personalization, publishers worry that machine learning has limits and they’re right. Controls to hide articles, topics and publishers you don’t want to see.Your Subscriptions, a section for people who have linked their paid news subscriptions to their Facebook account.Topic sections to dive deeper into business, entertainment, health, science & tech, and sports.Personalization based on the news you read, share and follow, so you can find new interests and topics and Facebook News is fresh and interesting every time you open it.

Today’s Stories chosen by a team of journalists to catch you up on the news throughout the day.We talked to news organizations about what they’d like to see included in a news tab, how their stories should be presented and what analytics to provide.Īs we talked to people and publishers, we identified key features to help make Facebook News valuable: As Mark Zuckerberg said in a conversation with Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Europe’s largest publisher Axel Springer, we wanted to build this product in a consultative way, sharing our ideas and getting input from the industry. As we looked to build a place where people can find more news on Facebook, we changed our approach to gather insight from journalists and publishers before we started developing a product.

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