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Mike Harris / CNN:
Lyra McKee freely gave time and energy to fight Northern Ireland's archaic libel laws, which she said are used to silence investigative journalists — Mike Harris was a friend of journalist Lyra McKee, killed in Northern Ireland on Thursday night. Based in London, Harris is the CEO of 89up, a campaigns agency.
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The Irish News:
Lyra McKee, Mediagazer editor, freelance journalist, and writer who wrote about the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles, was killed amid violence in Derry, NI — A 29-year-old woman has died after shots were fired in Derry, with police treating the death as a “terrorist incident”.
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CNN:
Northern Ireland police say they have arrested two men, aged 18 and 19, under the Terrorism Act in connection with the killing of Lyra McKee — (CNN)Northern Ireland police have arrested two teenagers in the killing of 29-year-old investigative journalist Lyra McKee, authorities said Saturday.
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Susan McKay / The Guardian:
Lyra McKee, a symbol of Irish freedom, worked to improve life for others: “It gets better for those of us who live long enough to see it get better” — How dare dissident republicans claim to ‘respect’ the writer. They have silenced a woman who told the stories of their forgotten victims
Cormac Fitzgerald / TheJournal.ie:
Lyra McKee was dedicated to telling the stories of marginalized people and devoted to dragging Northern Ireland out of its dark past — LYRA MCKEE - WHO was shot dead last night during riots in Derry - was a Northern Ireland journalist dedicated to covering the topics and telling the stories …
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The Guardian:
People mourned Lyra McKee at local vigils; leaders of Northern Ireland's six main political parties issued a rare joint statement condemning the murder
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The Irish Times:
Writers pay tribute to Lyra McKee, the person and the writer: “the work she was doing is the opposite of silence”
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Mueller report not only validates reporting labeled “fake news” by Trump, it also shows that he and his aides misled or lied to the journalists and the public — If special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation makes one thing clear, it's that many of the news reports …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Three printed versions of “The Mueller Report” rose to the top of Amazon and Barnes & Noble best-seller lists 24 hours after the release of Mueller's findings — New York (CNN)Three versions of “The Mueller Report” soared to the top of Amazon and Barnes & Noble's best-selling book charts …
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David Yanofsky / Quartz:
Scribd reinstates 32 copies of Mueller's report, which is in the public domain, says they were removed after algorithms identified them as copyrighted work
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
In the wake of the release of the Mueller report, BuzzFeed reexamines its disputed story that said Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress
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Variety:
Motion Picture Academy says it stands by its decision to expel Roman Polanski, after he sues the Academy claiming unfair treatment and demanding reinstatement — UPDATE: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has responded to a lawsuit from director Roman Polanski that claimed …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
LinkedIn's Jessi Hempel on connecting with readers, LinkedIn as a way to finding knowledgeable sources, and frequent narrow thinking behind business stories — Hempel joined the site's editorial team this year after 17 years at magazines like Businessweek, Fortune, and Wired.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
WarnerMedia pulls out of OpenAP, a media alliance for helping advertisers target TV viewers; alliance members include Viacom, Fox, Univision, and NBCUniversal — WarnerMedia is going its own way when it comes to helping advertisers find specific groups of TV-watchers.
Katherine Khashimova Long / Columbia Journalism Review:
Report: Tajikistan's Radio Ozodi, funded by the US as a member station of the RFE/RL network, has become a mouthpiece for the country's authoritarian government — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a network of radio stations funded by the US government to counter misinformation abroad …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
For the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes, local journalism was the highlight, with local news winning several categories amid a year of layoffs and changing business models — Several local newsrooms have something new in common this week — a Pulitzer Prize. — This year, local newsrooms won …
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