Mediagazer: In Chicago, two brothers are using Instagram to engage new audiences for investigative reporting (Jackie Spinner/Columbia Journalism Review)

7:05 AM ET, May 3, 2016

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Peter Sterne / Politico:

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Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:

In Chicago, two brothers are using Instagram to engage new audiences for investigative reporting — In early 2015, Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, a freelance investigative journalist, published a story in The Chicago Reporter about a reverse mortgage scheme that targeted elderly African-Americans on Chicago's south and west sides.

Discussion: @dangillmor

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Center For Public Integrity Lays Off Two Reporters Amid Restructuring — The cutbacks come on the heels of the Center's international investigative project scoring major scoop with the Panama Papers. — The Center for Public Integrity laid off two reporters Friday and will not immediately …

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Harro Ten Wolde / Reuters:

SoundCloud launches SoundCloud Go music subscription service in UK for £9.99 per month, and in Ireland for €9.99 per month — SoundCloud extends paid-for music streaming service to UK, Ireland — German online music start-up SoundCloud said on Tuesday it has expanded …

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