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Circa's atomization of news in storylines created a broader structure and view of news, issues — One thing we can learn from Circa: A broader way to think about structured news — The collective response to the mobile news app Circa's shutdown on Wednesday has largely cast …


BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, Mashable, others adopt rainbow avatars to acknowledge marriage ruling, marking an era of open allegiances for some in media — Should news outlets declare allegiances? … Following Friday's landmark Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages …
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@zpower, @nickmanes1, @caitleg, @petersterne, @dangillmor, @kristenicoleast, @reblavoie, @chris_perkins1 and Re/code


Making partnerships work: How a team of 50+ international reporters investigated and exposed the World Bank — Michael Hudson, a senior editor with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, was project editor for ICIJ's World Bank investigation.

Growth challenges at small local UK news sites could be overcome with intervention from policy makers, public media; funding, access, and discoverability key — How can policy makers support UK hyperlocal media? — When I first started reporting on hyperlocal media in 2009 …
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Online Journalism Blog


Reddit's stance on policing behavior and not ideas is irresponsible because an echo chamber of hateful ideas can incite barbaric behavior — How Reddit Works As An Incubator Of Hate — Reddit's decision to police “behavior, not ideas” isn't just foolish — it's reckless.
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Vox's 2015 hackathon culminated in 24 projects including back-end organizational tools, more engaging push notifications, and experiments with virtual reality — Here are some of the best projects from Vox Media's annual hackfest — Four hackathons in, Vax (Vox + Hack = Vax) has become an annual tradition for Vox Media.
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Supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis, now a successful radio interview host, wants to buy Daily News — Keeping up with Catsimatidis — In recent months, more than a dozen members of the 2016 Republican presidential field have made appearances on a certain interview show based out of New York City …


Bill Adair and a team of Duke students test a database-driven, structured journalism approach to covering news in New York City about Uber, police, and housing — “Learning to write again”: A Duke team tests a new way of reporting on New York City government


The Lo-Down, an independent site covering the Lower East Side, surpasses crowdfunding goal for reporting project on small businesses — The wisdom (and generosity) of crowds on the Lower East Side — Ed Litvak and Traven Rice pay attention to small businesses in their neighborhood.
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Medium


Huffington Post aims to increase site contributors from 100K to 1M through new self-publishing platform that requires only one-time editor approval — Arianna Huffington's next million mark — What's one million mean these days? If we're talking about unique visitors or even page views …
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@jny, @mathewi and @joepompeo


Tumblr Launches “Tumblr TV,” A GIF Search Engine With A Full-Screen Viewing Mode — Following the rollout of Tumblr's GIF search engine earlier this month, the blogging platform is today launching another new feature aimed at helping users discover and share GIFs: Tumblr TV.
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VentureBeat, Digital Spy, Tech2, Mashable and Examiner


Meerkat launches new embeddable web player today, partners with Discovery to implement the player for Shark Week — Meerkat Outs An Embeddable Player, Hooks Discovery Channel's Shark Week — Livestreaming app Meerkat has launched an embeddable player so that content being broadcast …
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Variety