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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
With no textbooks on how to cover riots, reporters in Ferguson learning as they go — Police deployed tear gas after protesters threw molotov cocktails and guns were fired at officers. — The first thing you learn in covering a riot is to expect the unexpected.
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Pancho Bernasconi / Getty Images:
Getty Images photographer Scott Olson released in Ferguson, Mo.; Getty condemns arrest — Getty Images staff photographer Scott Olson, who was arrested this afternoon in Ferguson, Missouri, while on assignment, has been released. Scott told me tonight, “I want to be able to do my job …
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Jason Hughes / The Wrap:
CNN's Don Lemon and Jake Tapper Flee Tear Gas in Ferguson (Video) — CNN's Jake Tapper and Don Lemon were reporting live from West Florissant Ave. in Ferguson, Missouri when the situation between protesters and the police escalated late Monday night. They were reporting on the stand-off between police …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How St. Louis' alt-weekly is covering the chaos in Ferguson — A couple Fridays ago, Riverfront Times Editor Chad Garrison left his office with a cover story laid out and ready for proofreading. — But over the weekend, things had changed. On Saturday, an unarmed teenager named Michael Brown …
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John Cook / The Intercept:
Intercept Reporter Detained While Covering Ferguson Protests — Intercept reporter Ryan Devereaux was detained this morning while on the ground covering the protests in Ferguson, Mo. According to St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer David Carson, who witnessed the apprehension …
Liam Spradlin / Android Police:
Google to launch “YouTube Music Key”, $10/month, ad-free service with offline support — Exclusive: This Is YouTube Music Key, Google's Upcoming Subscription Service With Offline Support, Background Audio, No Ads, Free Play Music Key — Google has big plans for both YouTube and Google Play Music.
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Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
How Deca is taking a collaborative approach to longform — An international co-operative of award-winning journalists are working together to tell the stories they feel are most important, despite most having never met in person — Over the last few years, journalism co-operatives have sprung …
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Not all great writers are good editors: why journalism's 2-step career path is problematic — Against Editors — In the writing world, there is a hierarchy. The writers are on the bottom. Above them are editors, who tell the writers what to change. This is backwards.
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Time Inc. Rates Writers on How “Beneficial” They Are to Advertisers — Time Inc. has fallen on hard times. Would you believe that this once-proud magazine publishing empire is now explicitly rating its editorial employees based on how friendly their writing is to advertisers?
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku's First Streaming-Video TVs Ready to Hit U.S. Market — Remote controls for TVs from TCL, Hisense include buttons for Netflix, Amazon Video, Rdio and Walmart's Vudu — For years, Apple has been rumored to be developing an integrated, Internet-connected HDTV designed to make streaming video …
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Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal:
TV Broadcasters Sue Over FCC Auction of Airwaves — Industry Group Says Changes Could Reduce Coverage Areas, Impose ‘Repacking’ Expenses — The National Association of Broadcasters filed a lawsuit on Monday arguing the Federal Communications Commission's plan to auction off airwaves next year …
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Tom Dotan / The Information:
Activision Blizzard considering its own entertainment studio to produce movies and TV shows — Video Game Leader Plots Foray into Movies — Activision Blizzard has been famously averse to adapting its hit video games for the big screen, but that could soon change.
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