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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
In Ferguson, Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery gives account of his arrest — FERGUSON, Mo. — For the past week in Ferguson, reporters have been using the McDonald's a few blocks from the scene of Michael Brown's shooting as a staging area. Demonstrations have blown up each night nearby.
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
How the absence of tweets led journalists to figure out that two reporters had been arrested — How social media freed reporters Wesley Lowery and Ryan Reilly from Ferguson police — When police in combat gear arrested two reporters last night in Ferguson, Mo., the journalists' first instinct was to tweet about it.
Max Fisher / Vox:
Al Jazeera journalists teargassed by security forces — in Ferguson, Missouri, USA — Here is a sentence that will be immediately familiar to anyone who has ever followed even a little news out of the Middle East: Journalists from the Qatari news outlet Al Jazeera were attacked …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Arrested reporters freed after call by LA Times journalist to police chief — Journalists across the United States are up in arms about the arrest of two reporters who were covering a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri. — And it appears that their release followed a call …
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Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
Police: Tear Gas Not Fired at Al Jazeera News Crew Intentionally (Video) — Raw video shows an Al Jazeera America news crew covering the Ferguson, Mo., protests being hit with tear gas. After they fled, a SWAT team pulled up to dismantle their equipment. — The footage has become …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
WaPo reporter describes arrest; exec editor Marty Baron calls it an assault on press freedom
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
HuffPo correspondent Ryan Reilly and WaPo reporter Wesley Lowery arrested, assaulted by Ferguson police
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Hollywood Reporter:
David Gregory to Exit NBC's ‘Meet the Press’ — “I leave as I came, humbled and grateful,” Gregory tweeted to his 1.6 million followers. — David Gregory — David Gregory will exit Meet the Press, and NBC News. Gregory confirmed weeks of speculation about his future in two tweets Thursday afternoon.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
NBC could name Chuck Todd as host of Meet the Press as soon as Thursday afternoon — “Meet the Press:” Gregory out, Todd in — NBC will name Chuck Todd the new host of “Meet the Press” as early as Thursday afternoon, according to people with direct knowledge of the network's plans.
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Ethan Zuckerman / The Atlantic Online:
Ad-supported web led to targeting and surveillance as a default; let's try again, with fees for service — The Internet's Original Sin — Ron Carlson's short story “What We Wanted To Do” takes the form of an apology from a villager who failed to protect his comrades from marauding Visigoths.
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Jordan Chariton / TVNewser:
NBC selling African American news and politics site The Grio back to its founders — NBC News Selling TheGrio.com — First on TVNewser: NBC News is selling TheGrio.com back to its original owners, TVNewser has learned. — The African American news and politics site will be sold …
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
DISH TV Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments — Another day, another major corporation accepting BTC. This time it's DISH TV, a satellite TV provider that is working with Coinbase to accept bitcoin payments online. — Why is this news? Well, considering Overstock is now accepting $15,000 …
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Rui Kaneya / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reporter faces jail time for scoop in gruesome murder case — A sensational homicide trial in Illinois tests the boundary of the state's shield law — CHICAGO, IL — The account of a 2013 double murder, dubbed the “Nightmare on Hickory Street,” sounds like a plot out of a horror flick.
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Josh Tyrangiel elevated to head up all Bloomberg's consumer content — Josh Tyrangiel has been promoted at Bloomberg L.P., where he's been working closely on a revamp of the company's consumer media division. — Bloomberg Media Group chief executive Justin Smith announced in an internal memo …
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