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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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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
HuffPo correspondent Ryan Reilly and WaPo reporter Wesley Lowery arrested, assaulted by Ferguson police — Huffington Post, Washington Post Reporters Arrested, Assaulted By Ferguson Police — Two reporters covering the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri were arrested by police on Wednesday.
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
WaPo reporter describes arrest; exec editor Marty Baron calls it an assault on press freedom — Washington Post reporter arrested in Ferguson — Wesley Lowery, a reporter for The Washington Post who has been reporting on the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., was detained Wednesday evening by police in Ferguson.
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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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National Association of Black Journalists:
NABJ Statement on the Arrests of Wesley Lowery and Ryan J. Reilly — WASHINGTON (AUGUST 13, 2014) —The National Association of Black Journalists strongly condemns the arrests of Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery and Huffington Post reporter Ryan J. Reilly in Ferguson, Missouri on Wednesday.
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The Huffington Post:
Huffington Post Statement On Arrest Of Reporters In Ferguson — Huffington Post reporter Ryan Reilly and Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery were arrested Wednesday in Ferguson, Missouri, where they were reporting on the protests that have erupted following the death of Michael Brown …
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Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Flipboard will introduce video ads in September with Chanel as an initial partner — Social reading service Flipboard is the latest US social network to go down the route of video advertising, following the path of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (soon) and others.
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Democracy Now:
Glenn Greenwald Criticizes NPR for Relying on CIA-Linked Firm in Report on Impact of Snowden Leaks … Glenn Greenwald's latest article for The Intercept is headlined “NPR Is Laundering CIA Talking Points to Make You Scared of NSA Reporting.” Greenwald takes a highly critical look at a story …
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Boing Boing and @the_intercept
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
NBC airs episode of new comedy on Clear Channel's digital properties 7 weeks before TV debut — iHeartRadio hearts video too, premiering NBC pilot — The streaming-music service turns video platform too, in a small way, hosting the first episode of NBC comedy series “A to Z” nearly two months before it's set to air.
BuzzFeed:
13 Top Editors On How They Think About Diversity In Their Newsrooms — We asked editors from top publications six questions about diversity in their newsrooms. Here's what they had to say. — For journalists, the newsroom diversity conversation is one constantly being had …
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Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Inside digital innovation at La Stampa — Editor-in-chief Mario Calabresi and digital editor Marco Bardazzi discuss the progress made by the Italian daily in their new, open approach to journalism — Before joining La Stampa as editor-in-chief, Mario Calabresi spent three years …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Ann Arbor Chronicle, which is shutting down, brought in $100k/year with staff of two; 38 percent of revenue from readers, the rest from local ads — The Ann Arbor Chronicle, a quirky local news startup, is shutting down after six years — The post announcing the news …
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