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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A look at the Charles Koch Foundation's move into journalism-related projects over the past two years, including donations of $80K to ASNE and $500K to Newseum — When The Washington Post hosted a public discussion about the future of the First Amendment last month, one of the sponsors …
Discussion:
New York Times, @vinwalsh, @clairlemon and BloombergQuint
Renee DiResta / Wired:
A look at how “keyword voids”, social recommendations, and paid promotions can lead to tragic misinformation in top search results for health-related queries — IN THE FIRST few hours of a newborn's life, doctors administer a vitamin K shot. This is because infants …
Discussion:
@dannysullivan, @noupside, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @cbpolis, @drjengunter, @mattcutts, kottke.org, @caseynewton, @kerryhowell, @noupside and @noupside
Nicholas Thompson / Wired:
Q&A with Chris Cox, Facebook's product chief across all its platforms, on free speech, working with fact checkers, Instagram's toxic comments filter, regulation — CHRIS COX HAS long been the Chief Product Officer for Facebook. He has also recently been promoted to run product at WhatsApp …
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@nxthompson, @alkapdc, @digiphile, @digiphile and Business Insider
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Univision wants to cut 15% of staff across Onion, Inc., and is set to begin buyout negotiations with the sites' editorial union — When media giant Univision Communications Inc. bought a reported 40-percent stake in Onion Inc. in 2016, executives believed that being funnier …
Discussion:
@erikmadams, @jbillinson, @rafat and @libbycwatson
Timothy McLaughlin / Wired:
How Facebook became synonymous with the internet in a newly democratic Myanmar and ended up relying on civil society groups for help in policing rumors — The riots wouldn't have happened without Facebook. — ON THE THE evening of July 2, 2014 a swelling mob of hundreds …
Discussion:
@yangoninformer, @tmclaughlin3, @shibanimahtani, @max_fisher and @tmclaughlin3
James Masters / CNN:
A look at the sexism experienced by female journalists covering the World Cup, who represent only 14% of the 16K accredited journalists there — Baldwin: Overwhelming sexism at World Cup — (CNN)In a time that has seen the #MeToo movement go worldwide, the planet's biggest football competition has provided a moment of sobriety.
Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
Three social media stars, two of whom were part of YouTube travel channel High On Life, die in a waterfall accident at British Columbia's Shannon Falls — Megan Scraper fell in, Ryker Gamble and Alexey Lyakh jumped in to save her, but all three went over the falls
Discussion:
New York Post, BBC, TVWeek.com, BuzzFeed, Vancouver Courier, Deadspin and The Wrap
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: The Weinstein Company has agreed to reduce its sale price from $310M, paving the way for Lantern Capital to buy the company in bankruptcy for $289M — TWC had agreed to reduce the sale price from $310 million to $287 million ahead of the two companies meeting in Delaware bankruptcy court next week.
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Mexican journalist Jose Guadalupe Chan Dzib was shot June 29 in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo, the sixth journalist killed in the country in 2018 — Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo must immediately undertake a swift and credible investigation …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Interview with Quartz executive editor Zach Seward on why it's successful, its happy relationship with Atlantic Media, and existence under Uzabase — Quartz had reason to break out the party hats Monday as the six-year-old venture was sold upstream by Atlantic Media to a similar Japanese business site …
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
A Times' reporter's coverage of the Battle of Gettysburg, at which his son died, sheds light on journalistic ethics in combat and how they've evolved — Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times.
Discussion:
@adamgoldmannyt
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
For journalists covering prisons and detention centers, access is largely in the hands of administrators due to a series of Supreme Court decisions from the 70s — Image via Pixabay. — “Each prison is a fiefdom, and the warden is at the top of the feudal system.”
Discussion:
@csmcdaniel and @professorbock
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