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4:05 PM ET, April 15, 2014

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Do Pulitzers Help Newspapers Keep Readers?  —  The 2014 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon.  Congratulations to all the finalists and winners of the annual journalism awards.  We're fans of high-quality journalism at FiveThirtyEight, and we're hoping to see the organizations …
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Pulitzer prize for The Guardian - silence from the UK's right-wing press  —  The Guardian and Washington Post have been awarded the Pulitzer prize for public service journalism for their articles about mass surveillance based on the leaks of Edward Snowden.  —  Winning a Pulitzer …
Wall Street Journal:
Broadcasters weigh contingency plans in the event of losing Supreme Court battle with Aereo  —  Broadcasters Seek an Aereo ‘Plan B’  —  The nation's largest television broadcasters are considering contingency plans in case they lose a high-stakes Supreme Court battle against online video startup Aereo Inc.
Discussion: TVNewser, TVSpy, @amolsharmawsj and Engadget
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
INNovation fund backs eight projects from news nonprofits with an eye towards sustainability  —  A public radio app that aggregates user-generated content, a food education night with a tasting menu, and a WordPress tool that helps track the influence of stories.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCUniversal To Launch Video Series Via Hulu, Web and VOD  —  With pitches slated in next few weeks from digital players like YouTube and AOL, NBCU makes a play to keep digital ad dollars from migrating to rivals  —  NBCUniversal is best known for the hundreds of TV shows it airs on its broadcast and cable outlets.
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Why some publishers are killing their comment sections  —  The promise of the Internet, we are often told, is the opportunity to have a two-way dialogue.  Anyone visiting a publisher's comment section, however, might wonder whether that's a promise or a threat.  —  Internet comments have long been a conundrum.
Discussion: Nieman Journalism Lab and @digiday
Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge:
New Look AOL Homepage Puts Video Front and Center  —  Ahead of NewFronts, AOL Puts New Video Player Front and Center  —  How Advertising Performs in a Social Media World … AOL's recently declared plans to “double down” on video appear to be taking shape.
Discussion: FishbowlNY, @maymann and TechCrunch
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Why do journalists hate new journalism startups?  —  A flurry of journalists have been launching news sites lately, each with a formidable amount of hype, but rather than applaud this as a golden age for journalism, the media echo chamber was quick to pull out the knives.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Thunderdome hosts informal job fair for employees  —  For most of the staff at Digital First Media's Project Thunderdome, Thursday will be the last day at work.  —  But over bagels and coffee Wednesday morning or a drink Wednesday evening, they might meet their next employer.
Discussion: Meg Wagner
Jack Newsham / Poynter:
Afghan journalists boycott Taliban after murder of AFP reporter  —  Afghanistan journalists attempt a boycott after death of reporter  —  On Thursday, March 20, at a celebration of the Persian New Year in Kabul's posh Serena Hotel, four young men attacked partygoers with small handguns …
James Harkin / Vanity Fair:
Kidnapped in Syria - on the trail of missing American journalists Austin Tice and Jim Foley  —  Evaporated in Syria, the World's Most Dangerous Place for Journalists  —  Syria is the most dangerous place in the world for journalists.  More than 60 have been killed there since the war began …
 
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Lindsay Murdoch / The Age:
Australian faces jail for coverage of same story that won Reuters a Pulitzer prize
Discussion: @kriskoles and @bkkapologist
Reuters:
Ex-Murdoch editor says he played no part in murdered girl phone hacking
Discussion: ITV News, BBC and Irish Independent
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Religious but not Mormon? The church-owned Deseret News considers you a growth market
Discussion: @niemanlab
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Seattle Times combined investigative and breaking news skills to cover the slide
Discussion: @poynter
 Earlier Picks: 
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Canada's Shaw Communications Cuts 400 Jobs
Discussion: @tamara_baluja, Reuters and Bloomberg
Jennifer Conlin / New York Times:
As local newspapers fade, student journalists fill in some of the gaps
Jim Romenesko:
Hyperlocal content creator Journatic is renamed LocalLabs