Mediagazer: Investigative local reporting has a future—but it won't look like the past (Columbia Journalism Review)

11:35 AM ET, December 27, 2015

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Journalist who resigned from The Bristol Press over Adelson subterfuge receives first $5,000 I.F. Stone Award, named after an investigative journalist — Reporter Who Resigned Over Adelson Subterfuge Gets $5,000 Award — A Connecticut journalist who resigned last week in protest …

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Las Vegas Review-Journal

Steve Collins / Facebook:

Bristol Press reporter resigns in protest following plagiarized piece connected to Sheldon Adelson — Why I quit my job as a reporter today — Twenty five years ago, as a young reporter, I sat in an Upstate New York courtroom where a judge ordered me to hand over a leaked hospital lab slip …

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Becky Davis / Agence France-Presse:

China to expel Ursula Gauthier, a French Jounalist from L'Obs magazine who questioned government's treatment of Muslim Uighur minority — China to expel French journalist, reporter tells AFP — China has refused to renew the press credentials of a French journalist, effectively expelling her …

Discussion: New York Times, Guardian, @ed_herbert, @afp, International Business Times, New York Times and Reuters

Columbia Journalism Review:

Investigative local reporting has a future—but it won't look like the past — This post was co-authored by Josh Stearns and Molly de Aguiar. — Over the course of the last two weeks, New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan has gone in search of local investigative reporting.

Matthew Kassel / The New York Observer:

FiveThirtyEight Enters the Puzzle Game — Last week, FiveThirtyEight quietly began publishing a weekly puzzle. Called The Riddler, it features the kind of logic-heavy questions one might find on a Mensa test—appropriate for Nate Silver's wonky, data-driven website, which is owned by ESPN.

Economist:

Disney is making a fortune and safeguarding its future by buying childhood, piece by piece — UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Star Wars, Disney and myth-making Fly Title: Briefing: Disney Rubric: Disney is making a fortune and safeguarding its future by buying childhood …

Dan Primack / Fortune:

Univision lost $17.8M on Fusion in the first 9 months of 2015, 50% higher than the 2014 first 9 month loss of $11.9M — Here's How Much Disney and Univision Have Lost on Fusion — Fusion, the millennial-focused television network and online media property jointly owned by Walt Disney Co. and Univision …

Discussion: Financial Times and @rustyk5

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Inside Google's plan to speed up the mobile Web … Earlier this year, Google announced an effort to speed up mobile news — and the entire mobile Web — with a new initiative called Accelerated Mobile Pages. AMP, as it's called, has been described as an open-source bid to overhaul mobile performance …

Discussion: @wblau

Bryan Lufkin / Gizmodo:

Disney-funded VR service, Littlstar, announces it's bringing 360-degree videos to Apple TV — You Can Now Watch 360-Degree Video on Your TV — Earlier this year, YouTube rolled out 360-degree videos. Like magic, they let you peer around in any direction from within the video.

Discussion: USA Today

BostonGlobe.com:

DraftKings and FanDuel sue to keep operating in Illinois — DraftKings Inc. vowed to keep awarding cash prizes for fantasy sports contests in Illinois despite the state attorney general's opinion that the games amount to illegal gambling. — The Boston-based company said it would fight …

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Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Express Newspapers seeks almost £4m in editorial budget cuts — Richard Desmond's press group not thought to be looking at reducing numbers of staff, who have been refused pay rise for eighth consecutive year — Richard Desmond is seeking almost £4m in cuts to editorial budgets …