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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Amid worries over Jamal Khashoggi's fate, a look back at fawning media coverage and top social events when Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman toured the US — Just six months ago, American media outlets presented a sunny-side-up portrait of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia …
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@alexburnsnyt, @ennisnyt, @jmartnyt, @susannecraig, @jimrutenberg, @aaschapiro, Salon, @justinhendrix, Washington Post and RT
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CBS News:
Donald Trump says US will get to the bottom of the Jamal Khashoggi case and that there will be “severe punishment” if the missing Saudi journalist was murdered — President Trump tells 60 Minutes Saudi Arabia has denied playing a part in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, but says the case is being investigated.
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Sulome Anderson / Columbia Journalism Review:
The daughter of a former hostage, AP bureau chief Terry Anderson, reflects on lack of sensitivity from the BBC and Thomas Friedman in covering Jamal Khashoggi — Consulate officers at the entrance of Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Photo: Ahmet Bolat/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.
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AOL, @kattykaybbc, @sulomeanderson, New York Times, @dabeard, @dabeard, The Atlantic and Poynter
Noah Kulwin / New York Magazine:
Ex-Reddit product head Dan McComas talks about how site's focus on growth at all costs hurt the health of the community and why Reddit won't be able to change — Reddit started a couple of years after Facebook, and it's super giant, and the kind of thing that you were present for was the challenge …
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The A.V. Club, @galwaygrrl and @hardmaru, more at Techmeme »
Kathleen Pender / San Francisco Chronicle:
At least five members of San Francisco magazine's small editorial staff have quit, and former staffers believe only two full-time editors remain — Most of San Francisco magazine's small editorial staff gave notice or quit their jobs this week. — The monthly publication won …
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@scottlucas86, San Francisco magazine and @sarahstodder
Rossalyn Warren / WIRED UK:
Egyptian law enforcement is using the country's new law against “fake news” to imprison women who share their sexual harassment experiences on social platforms — Social media accelerated Egypt's revolution. Now those same services have become a tool of control for a repressive regime
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@fabiochiusi, @leiyla08 and Techdirt, more at Techmeme »
Travis Fox / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the growth of drone journalism and the federal and local regulatory hurdles that journalists face — Josh Haner flies a drone on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Photo: Gavin A. Sundwall, courtesty of The New York Times. — The images, taken by photographer Josh Haner from about 135 feet above …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Outline founder Josh Topolsky billed it as “weird”, but its demographics, advertising business model, reliance on freelancers, and layoffs make it typical — “We're not the enemy. This is a really shitty industry for writers.” — There are some sites that everyone roots for.
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@raju
Kara Swisher / Slate:
Kara Swisher writes about the bosses and mentors she has had, confidence in her own talents, honesty, and being a boss herself — Executive Time is Slate's pop-up blog about bosses. This as-told-to essay has been transcribed and edited for clarity from a conversation with Laura Bennett.
Discussion:
@ggreenwald
Amy Mackinnon / Foreign Policy:
Research by Transparency International finds that since 2012, nine out of 10 murdered journalists were killed in countries deemed highly corrupt — More journalists are assassinated than die in war zones. — Viktoria Marinova was not a war correspondent.
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New York Times, @ericscherer, @foreignpolicy, @pressfreedom and @foreignpolicy
Poynter:
Study of online local news outlets: 96% of thriving outlets were in communities whose businesses could buy ads and readers had extra income to subscribe — This piece was co-published with the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University. — More than a decade into the rise …
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@journoprof, @broadstreetads and @centercoopmedia
University of Michigan News:
University of Michigan has developed a tool that monitors the prevalence of fake news on social media and assigns it a value called the Iffy Quotient — ANN ARBOR—As the crucial mid-term election approaches, the University of Michigan Center for Social Media Responsibility offers media …
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