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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Capital Gazette journalists are working from the Baltimore Sun offices with counselors and support staff on hand as they work on Saturday's paper — 5 killed in Maryland newspaper shooting — The surviving staff members of the Capital Gazette are gathering on Friday to figure out what to do now.
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Indira Lakshmanan / Poynter:
In an era of deep distrust and hatred towards the press, journalists need to take every opportunity to explain their mission and why it matters, to the public — The murder of five employees of an Annapolis, Maryland newspaper by a reader nursing a years-long grudge over a story …
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Washington Post, @defensebaron and New York Times
Jean Marbella / Baltimore Sun:
Rob Hiaasen, a Capital Gazette editor and the brother of Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen, was one of those killed in the Annapolis shooting — Capital Gazette editor Rob Hiaasen has been identified as victim of a shooting at the newspaper. — Rob Hiaasen once wrote a description of his ideal job …
Baltimore Sun:
Journalist deaths are low in the US, but some worry that they could be targeted as public figures, while recognizing that fear of a shooting is all too common — County Executive Steve Schuh gives an update on the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis. (Eduardo A. Encina/Baltimore Sun video)
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6abc.com:
Police identify the five people killed in Annapolis shooting: Gerald Fischman, Robert Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, and Wendi Winters — At a press conference Thursday evening, police identified the victims of a shooting at a Maryland newspaper that occurred earlier in the day.
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Baltimore Sun, Hartford Courant, Washington Post, New York Times, @chicagotribune, @capgaznews, @adam_yosim, Jill Fredel and NPR
J. Freedom du Lac / Washington Post:
Capital Gazette publishes paper the day after the shooting with only 56 words on the editorial page, starting with “Today, we are speechless”
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Southern Poverty Law Center, Poynter, RJI Stories, @jrezaian, @madeline_heim, @nbcwendy and Dave Barry's Blog
Baltimore Sun:
Sources: police are holding Jarrod W. Ramos, 38, as the suspect in Annapolis shooting; Ramos lost a defamation suit against the Capital Gazette over 2011 story
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MediaFile, Politico, New York Times, Committee to Protect …, TIME, @wsj, @nathanjurgenson, @pjrey, NPR, Gizmodo, New York Daily News, Hit & Run, Mediaite, Axios, AOL and Washington Post
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
New York Times obituary writer Margalit Fox, who is leaving the news organization after writing 1,400 obituaries over 14 years, explains the value of the job — A New York Times obituary writer for 14 years, Margalit Fox takes a crack at her own epitaph. — Times Insider delivers behind …
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@anne_theriault, @curiousoctopus and @visualecon
Knight Foundation:
In Gallup/Knight experiment, use of a rating tool to tag reliability of news orgs decreased reading and sharing of misinformation across the political spectrum — Gallup and Knight Foundation's 2017 Survey on Trust, Media andDemocracy found that Americans believe the media landscape is becoming harder to navigate.
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Nieman Lab, @antoniogm and @niemanlab
Colin Lecher / The Verge:
The California Consumer Privacy Act, one of the toughest data privacy bills in the US, has been signed into law and will go into effect in 2020 — California lawmakers passed one of the toughest data privacy laws in the United States today, as they faced pressure from an even stronger ballot measure in the state.
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New York Times, Adweek, Information Trust …, @uptownmia, @bob_kain, @ansip_eu, Ad Age, Common Dreams and Washington Post
David Cohen / Adweek:
Facebook, Twitter, Google, local news orgs, others collaborate on Comprova initiative to ensure Brazilian voters see authentic news during presidential election — Facebook, Twitter, Google and NewsWhip are participating in Comprova — Voters in Brazil are set to go to the polls and choose …
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The Keyword and Facebook Media
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
How a Mexican digital marketing firm is using Facebook pages, Twitter bots, and Instagram likes to spread fake news in the lead-up to the country's elections — Armed with millions of bots and thousands of fake Facebook pages, Carlos Merlo's digital marketing firm is trying to hijack Mexico's politics with fake news.
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@craigsilverman, @nxthompson, @typemrt, @walofenton, @benimmo, @buzzfeednews, @triketora and DFRLab, more at Techmeme »
Ian Bickis / The Canadian Press:
Torstar cutting 11 full-time, 10 part-time staff at StarMetro in Toronto — Torstar Corp. will lay off 21 staff at its StarMetro office in Toronto as part of a shift of production operations to nearby Hamilton. — The cuts include nine full-time editors, two full-time reporter-photographers …
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Sources: Defy Media, which recently shut down its programmatic ad division, is offering to pay publishers 20% of what the company owes them — Defy Media is trying to bargain with companies that claim the media company's ad network business owes them money, three of them said.
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