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The FBI is investigating Sputnik News Agency for violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act; agency questioned site's former White House correspondent — WASHINGTON — The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency …
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Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Amid Irma, some question the value of TV reporters broadcasting in hurricanes; others say visuals are essential to persuade people to take threats seriously — Early Sunday morning, Bill Weir, a veteran CNN correspondent, was talking to the anchor Chris Cuomo in the middle of a live shot in Key Largo …
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Indira Lakshmanan / Poynter:
Lack of public audits on recent editorial failures by CNN and Fox News erode viewers' trust and raises questions about their processes — In a nondescript training room above the newsroom in the old New York Times building, five reporters, two researchers and two editors labored around …
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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Amid unanswered questions on reach, content of Russian ads, Zuckerberg should testify before Congress on how Facebook can be used to influence political process — Last week, after what must have been a series of extremely grim meetings in Menlo Park, Facebook admitted publicly that part …
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James Warren / Poynter:
WaPo's aggressive investment in video journalism, with video chief Micah Gelman's staff growing from 40 to 60 this year, is paying off in hurricane coverage — Video and radar ruled media coverage of Hurricane Irma on Sunday, with the Washington Post providing a tidy case study …
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@joannastern and Vanity Fair
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Actress Melissa McCarthy won an Emmy on Sunday night for her portrayal of ex-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live — Here's hoping President Donald Trump tweets about Melissa McCarthy being a no-show at tonight's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, when she won her second Emmy …
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Discovery, Viacom, A+E Networks, AMC Networks, Scripps to launch streaming service without sports called Philo at $20/month in coming weeks — Discovery, Viacom, A+E Networks, AMC Networks, Scripps band together for new service — People who are tired of paying for TV sports channels …
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Tony Biasotti / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the San Francisco Chronicle became profitable again and gained respect: better economy, lean-years cutbacks, experiments, a commitment to watchdog reporting — The San Francisco Chronicle is for sale inside a newspaper box on October 13, 2013 in San Francisco.
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Talking New Media
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Yale study: a “disputed” tag has only a tiny impact on perception of headlines on Facebook as being true or false; Facebook questions methodology — A Yale survey of 7,500 people shows little benefit, and possible detriments, to fact-check programs.
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Pew survey: nearly half of US adults have high distrust of information sources, especially news organizations, and low interest in improving digital literacy — News organizations often tend to see their “readers” as one monolithic group whose members have similar needs and respond to the same kinds of stories.
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Pew Research Center
Lucia Graves / The Guardian:
Continuing Wall Street Journal newsroom leaks show editors keep pushing reporters to moderate criticism of President Trump — Dozens have left the paper in the past year and interviews with current and ex-staffers show outrage over pressure from management to normalize Trump
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Emerson Collective funded a full-time rural reporter for the Texas Observer, as important-but-neglected rural reporting dwindles across the nation — Washington journalists may be obsessed with President Trump's Russia connections. Silicon Valley reporters may be focused on the next big tech merger.
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The Guardian, @lpolgreen, @rosecahalan, @ncruralcenter, @forrest4trees, @farmaid, @alexhortontx, @ruralj, The Rural Blog and @caseyriankelly
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