Mediagazer: Interview with new Huffington Post EIC Lydia Polgreen, on reaching Trump voters, expanding newsroom diversity, preserving the site's iconic splash, and more (Eric Johnson/Recode)

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Eric Johnson / Recode:

Interview with new Huffington Post EIC Lydia Polgreen, on reaching Trump voters, expanding newsroom diversity, preserving the site's iconic splash, and more — Lydia Polgreen, who took over for Arianna Huffington late last year, wants to help Trump supporters and opponents see eye to eye.

Alleen Brown / The Intercept:

Hard-to-verify “alt” government social media accounts let dissenting federal employees share truth, but necessary anonymity can fuel profiteering by scammers — In early November, shortly after Donald Trump was elected president, a career scientist working for the federal Interior …

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Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:

How the Indy Star navigated a public records minefield to break its Pence email story — Vice President Mike Pence at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo by Michael Vadon. — THE REVELATION THAT VICE PRESIDENT Mike Pence used a private AOL.com email address …

Danny Funt / Columbia Journalism Review:

Profile of Las Vegas gossip columnist Norm Clarke, who retired from the Review-Journal last year and recently began writing for Vegas Sports Information Network — FOR 17 YEARS, GOSSIP IN LAS VEGAS wasn't gossip for long. Until Norm Clarke retired from the Review-Journal last summer …

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