Mediagazer: Vice's head of content Alex Miller talks about covering UK elections, staying in global hotspots like the Ukraine, using new tools like Snapchat, and more (Stuart Dredge/Guardian)

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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:

Vice's head of content Alex Miller talks about covering UK elections, staying in global hotspots like the Ukraine, using new tools like Snapchat, and more — Vice's election will feature ‘freakishly young, smart and angry people’ — Content boss Alex Miller on covering the polls …

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Twitter Publicly Launches Curator, Its Real-Time Search And Filtering Tool For Media Outlets — Twitter this morning is launching Curator, its new product that lets media organizations, publishers, and broadcasters identify, filter and display tweets and Vine videos on any screen in real-time.