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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Ben Smith recounts his mistakes as a young reporter in Belarus in 2001: assuming democracy would win, sources would be safe, and US officials wouldn't lie — As a young reporter in Eastern Europe in 2001, I expected to witness the “end of history” and the flowering of democracy.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sinclair is showing the 30-second Allied Progress ad with Deadspin video montage critical of Sinclair, but inserts its own 15-second responses before and after — Ex-Sinclair news director: We had must-run pieces — Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to air a commercial …
Yardena Schwartz / Columbia Journalism Review:
Women who have spoken out about sexual harassment at news organizations discuss how they've been blacklisted by other orgs and face abuse on social media — Women who speak out about sexual harassment are often blacklisted by other news organizations — Juliet Huddy thought the worst …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Norwegian aggregator Sol uses algorithms and human editors to surface local content, claims 50K daily users who spend a daily average of 11 minutes in app — Sol, an aggregated news site from Norwegian magazine and news publishing group Aller Media, launched an app in December to gain new, younger readers.
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
A guide to new initiatives that work to repair people's trust in media, including information on funders, participants, and partners — Can't tell Trusting News from the Trust Project, or the News Integrity Initiative from the Journalism Trust Initiative? Get informed here — trust us.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Journalists at The Denver Post publish several online articles, which will also run in its Sunday opinion section, publicly rebuking owner Alden Global Capital — The Denver Post is in open revolt against its owner. — Angry and frustrated journalists at the 125-year-old newspaper took …
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Dana Branham / Dallas Morning News:
At Southern Methodist University, independent student media company will dissolve in May due to lack of funds; SMU journalism department will oversee newspaper — Southern Methodist University's independent student media company will dissolve in May, forcing its student newspaper under …
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@markwnorris, @adamgrosbard and @smervosh
Ashley Renders / Nieman Lab:
Inside Canadian startup OpenFile, which launched in 2010, and ended publication in 2012, and the lessons learned about involving readers in reporting — The Canadian startup OpenFile was a bet on collaboration between journalists and their audience: “We learned that we shouldn't dismiss …
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@traceylindeman, @niemanlab and @niemanlab
Christina Anderson / New York Times:
Three Nobel Literature Prize judges resign from the Swedish Academy amid sexual assault allegations against a major figure with close ties to the institution — STOCKHOLM — The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, was hit this past week by one of its worst crises …
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Elaine Diaz / Global Investigative Journalism Network:
An overview of 14 independent news sites in Cuba covering underreported issues and winning international awards despite lack of legal recognition by the state — Between 2001 and 2017, 14 media organizations were launched in Cuba that are already making an impact on and off the island.
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@gijn
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed:
The Sri Lankan government and civil society groups say that Facebook has failed for years to monitor and remove accounts inciting ethnic violence in Sri Lanka — DIGANA, Sri Lanka — When the Sri Lankan government temporarily blocked access to Facebook last month amid a wave of violence against Muslims …
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Valeriya Safronova / New York Times:
How Conde Nast's brands are pivoting to video, experimenting with different formats, moving away from Facebook to YouTube, and creating content for clients — It took three men two hours to shoot a 63-second overhead instructional video of Laura Rege, a recipe developer …
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