Mediagazer: How the New York Times created Membrane, a tool that allows readers to send questions to authors from within the story (Jane Friedhoff/Source)

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How the New York Times created Membrane, a tool that allows readers to send questions to authors from within the story — Membrane: An Experiment in Permeable Publishing — Introducing a New Reading Experience from the New York Times R&D Lab — Over the last several months …

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