Mediagazer: Howard University Fills in Wikipedia's Gaps in Black History (Jada F. Smith/New York Times)

3:15 AM ET, February 23, 2015

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Ken Silverstein resigns from Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media, blasts ‘dishonest’ leadership — Investigative reporter Ken Silverstein has resigned from First Look Media's The Intercept after 14 months, saying he and others were hired “under what were essentially false pretenses [by being] …

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Peter Maass / The Intercept:

The Intercept's Laura Poitras Wins Academy Award for ‘Citizenfour’ — Laura Poitras, a founding editor of The Intercept, won an Academy Award tonight for her documentary “Citizenfour,” an inside look at Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistleblower.

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

NYT media desk in flux after death of David Carr and staff reductions, while beat remains unrelenting and important — In Big Media Town, ‘Core’ Beat in Flux — AS Dean Baquet sees it, there are some coverage areas at which The Times simply must excel. — International reporting is one …

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Fredrik deBoer:

With so much overlap in coverage, upstarts like Fusion, Vox, and Vice struggle to create unique identities — unless your site is about one thing, it's about everything — I have, for some reason, spent a couple hours on Fusion tonight. (.net, teehee.)

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Gabriel Arana / The Huffington Post:

O'Reilly Indeed Embellishing War Reporting Experience, Says CBS Colleague — Buenos Aires was neither a “war zone” nor a “combat situation” after Argentina surrendered to Britain in the Falklands War, says one of Bill O'Reilly's former colleagues at CBS who was with him in the capital at the time.

Kevin Roose / Fusion:

Meet the tweet-deleters: people who are making their Twitter histories self-destruct — Like most media workers, Matthew Lazin-Ryder, a Vancouver-based producer with CBC Radio, spends a fair amount of time on Twitter. When he tweets, his messages are seen by some percentage of his 3,470 followers.

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Jada F. Smith / New York Times:

Howard University Fills in Wikipedia's Gaps in Black History — WASHINGTON — Wikipedia is a vast ocean of erudition, with entries on virtually every subject, obscure to earth-shattering, and, it may seem, every human being of even vague renown. It is also, its leaders concede, very white.

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Rampant uncertainty at MSNBC after cancellation of The Reid Report and Ronan Farrow Daily — MSNBC says ‘prime time lineup is solid’ — Is a prime time shakeup coming at MSNBC? — Maybe, but the channel is pushing back against a report that Rachel Maddow is about to replace one of her proteges, Chris Hayes.

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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

Report examines the rise of games and quizzes in online media and how news orgs take advantage — Riddle me this: How can news orgs better use games and quizzes? — The New York Times' most popular piece of content in 2013 wasn't an article — it was, of course, its now famous dialogue quiz.

Matthew Shaer / New York Times:

Citizen journalists shed light on Brazil's favelas, where traditional media coverage fails — 'The Media Doesn't Care What Happens Here' — Can amateur journalism bring justice to Rio's favelas? — The favelas of Complexo do Alemão, one of the largest urban slums in Brazil …

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Toronto Star:

After intense criticism, Toronto Star takes down its misleading HPV vaccine story from website — A note from the publisher — On Feb. 5, the Toronto Star published a Page 1 article with the headline “A wonder drug's dark side” beneath a “Star investigation” label.

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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:

Language barriers, low data literacy, and lack of established independent media make data journalism difficult in Afghanistan — Open data in Afghanistan: The key challenges for journalists — Data journalism adviser Eva Constantaras, who runs workshops for local media in developing countries …

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Politico's plan to launch a gossip column in the gossip-saturated capital — Monday is the first day for Kate Bennett, Politico's new gossip columnist. When Politico editor Susan Glasser announced Bennett's hire earlier this month, she promised “a great read multiple times a week” …

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Vogue offers quick delivery of March print issue via Postmates in NYC and LA for $15, includes six-month subscription — Too Cold to Go Outside? A Startup Will Deliver Vogue to Your Door in Minutes — Too cold or lazy to visit a newsstand to buy Vogue's March issue?

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