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NPR corporate underwriting and fundraising down, cuts possible
The Washington Post | Poynter NPR finished the first six months of its fiscal year $2. 6 million in the hole, Paul Farhi reports, and its corporate underwriting, which The Post less politely calls “advertising,” is down sharply. The… Read more.
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How tiny Silverton, Colo., saved its newspaper (and ended up on the ‘Today’ show)
“Today” Silverton, Colo. , has a population of 637 in the last census, but it didn’t let its newspaper die, Bob Dotson reports on “Today. ” The San Juan County Historical Society agreed in 2009 to become publisher of the Silverton… Read more.
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Software developer revives debate about whether journalists should learn to code
Coding Horror | Learn Code the Hard Way | Highgroove Studios | NPR | Esmoov This week’s debate in the software development community about whether everyone should learn to code shows that journalists aren’t the only… Read more.
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Kramer’s USA Today: Content everywhere, expanded, low-cost sports
The Washington Post | MarketWatch New USA Today president and publisher Larry Kramer lays out some of his vision for the paper to the Post’s Steven Mufson: “unique voices,” bloggers that matter, investigative reporting, being “uber strong in… Read more.
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Valérie Trierweiler, France’s new first lady, is a journalist
The New York Times Maïa de la Baume profiles Valérie Trierweiler, whose partner, François Hollande, was just elected president of France. Trierweiler (her last name will henceforth serve as a useful shibboleth for sorting out who was paying attention… Read more.
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John Derbyshire finds new home for columns
The Atlantic Wire Fired National Review writer John Derbyshire has found a new niche for his commentary. The Atlantic explores Derbyshire’s new job as a columnist for VDARE, which publishes anti-immigration and anti-multiculturalism content, and is… Read more.
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Stearns: Journalism needs more foresight than hindsight
“We need a journalism of exploration and investigation, a journalism not afraid to wander or to fail. For in those forays into the wild, the complex, the unknown,… Read more.
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How Reddit users debunked two hoaxes created by a university class
How Reddit users debunked two hoaxes created by a university class (Source: The Atlantic).
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Social journalism research helps explain how information is verified on Twitter
Alfred Hermida‘s research on social journalism can help journalists better understand verification and accuracy on Twitter. Two papers in particular caught my eye: “Tweets and Truth: Journalism as a Discipline of Collaborative Verification” and “Twittering the News: The… Read more.
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Los Angeles Times shuts down ‘LA’ magazine, lays off 7 staffers
LA Observed | Fishbowl LA | Los Angeles Times A memo from Los Angeles Times President Kathy Thomson broke the news in an email to staffers Tuesday: “…the entire magazine industry has been faced with a very challenging… Read more.
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