Mediagazer: Morocco expels two French reporters for violating rules (Aziz El Yaakoubi/Reuters)

3:45 AM ET, February 17, 2015

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Case study: Twitter sends less than 2% of tweet impressions back to a linked website — The Unbearable Lightness of Tweeting — In January, I deleted Twitter from my phone. The app was a charming distraction, I decided, and 2015 would be a year of productivity upgrades.

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New York Times:

NYT remembers David Carr with a roundup of insights on journalism gleaned from his Boston University course syllabus — David Carr as a Passionate Professor Shaping the Future of Journalism — David Carr was known at The New York Times as a supreme talent scout, a mentor to young reporters …

Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:

David Carr's memoir to be rushed back to press — David Carr in the documentary “Page One: Inside The New York Times.” — Simon & Schuster is going back to press to rush more copies of the memoir “The Night of the Gun” to market, after the sudden death of the author, New York Times media columnist David Carr, The Post has learned.

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Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:

Polk Awards recognize reporting on Ebola, the Islamic State, US Secret Service, veterans affairs and health, Luxembourg tax deals, domestic violence, and more — Fourteen George Polk Awards in Journalism Are Given, Including Three to The Times — Reporters who uncovered systemic failure within …

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Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller: The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates wins George Polk award for his June 2014 essay “The case for Reparations”, dedicates it to David Carr

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Dish Renews Epix Pact, Will Add Movie Channels to Sling TV Internet Service — Satcaster's Sling TV to add Epix as a la carte option — Dish Network and Epix have inked a multiyear renewal for continued carriage of its movie services on traditional pay-TV service, as well as bringing …

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Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:

Sling TV faces brand confusion and awareness issues with target audience — Sling TV — Now Comes The Hard Part — Can OTT Lure In Customers Amid Awareness Issues, Brand Confusion? — When I reviewed the Sling TV service last month, I noted that the new OTT offering worked …

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Matt Waite / Nieman Lab:

Proposed FAA rules will allow newsrooms to use drones for reporting — New rules governing drone journalism are on the way — and there's reason to be optimistic — Today we got our first real look into what the FAA intends to do about regulating drones in U.S. airspace — and frankly …

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Melissa Eddy / New York Times:

2 Men Suspected of Helping Copenhagen Gunman Are Arrested — COPENHAGEN — Two men suspected of helping the 22-year-old gunman responsible for killing a documentary filmmaker and a guard in Copenhagen in a rare outbreak of terrorism have been arrested, the Danish police said on Monday.

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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Police Say They Killed Suspect in 2 Attacks in Copenhagen

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Lion Publishers:

Local Independent Online News Publishers group hires former editor of New Haven Register, Matt DeRienzo, as interim executive director — LION hires DeRienzo to expand leadership in local publishing — LION Publishers is pleased to announce that industry leader Matt DeRienzo has been hired as the group's interim Executive Director.

Katie Hawkins-Gaar / Poynter:

Newsrooms like Storyful begin to address the emotional toll of graphic images like ISIS videos — Newsrooms face mental health challenge amid surge of graphic footage — Tuesday, February 3, marked the first time Andy Carvin allowed himself to watch an ISIS execution video.

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Mark Little / Medium:
War propaganda must be preserved, but journalists are obligated to contextualize rather than distribute it

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Bloomberg Business:

Meet the Oregon Journalist Who Keeps Taking Down Governors — The resignation of Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber on Friday is another pelt on the wall for Nigel Jaquiss, a Goldman Sachs oil trader turned muck-raking journalist. — Jaquiss, 52, works at Willamette Week …

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Sharif Abdel Kouddous / Toronto Star:

Mohamed Fahmy ‘still living in this nightmare’ — In interview with the Star from Egypt, the Canadian journalist says strict bail conditions on his release amount to “limited freedom” — but he won't give up the fight. — Sharif Abdel Kouddous for the Toronto Star

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Aziz El Yaakoubi / Reuters:

Morocco expels two French reporters for violating rules — RABAT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Moroccan authorities have expelled two French reporters they said were working without permission, a move criticised by freedom of speech campaigners as part of a pattern of making it tough for journalists to work.

Discussion: Al Bawaba and Associated Press