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Lindsey Rogers Cook / Times Open:
NYT's digital transition team led internal data journalism boot camps, training 60+ employees over 18 months; resources they developed are now freely available — And how your reporters can learn to love them, too — Five years ago, a lot of people in journalism were asking, wide-eyed, “Should journalists learn to code?”
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Strange Attractor, New York Times and Nieman Lab
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
President Trump announces on Twitter that Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will leave the White House at the end of the month — President Donald Trump made a stunning announcement on Twitter Thursday: that his longtime press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to leave the White House next month.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sarah Sanders' primary legacy will be the death of daily press briefings, as she shortened and then did away with the meetings; the last briefing was March 11 — New York (CNN Business)Sarah Sanders' primary legacy as White House press secretary will be the death of the daily press briefing.
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@jdawsey1, @mehdirhasan, The Guardian, @brianstelter, @indira_l, @davidmackau and Talking Points Memo
Bloomberg:
Turkey indicts two Bloomberg reporters, accusing them of trying to undermine Turkey's economic stability; prosecutor wants jail terms of two to five years — - 36 others charged for comments about economy on social media — Charges relate to August 2018 news story amid lira meltdown
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@dwallbank, @emeyersson, @brad_setser, @retogregori and @aylushka_a
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Several ad agencies tell a federal court Facebook agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit claiming Facebook misstated video metrics by 150-900% — Facebook was alleged to have been knowingly overstating viewership by as much as 900 percent. — Several advertising agencies told …
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MediaPost and @eriqgardner
Douglas Busvine / Reuters:
Axel Springer announces plans to merge Business Insider and eMarketer in 2020, with Insider CEO Henry Blodget leading the merged operation — Axel Springer, the German publisher, said on Thursday it would combine the operations of its two main U.S. units, millennial-focused financial news …
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Ad Age, Adweek, Fast Company, CNBC, @rafat, @chris_ciaccia and MediaPost
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify rolls out an updated library tab for premium users, separating podcasts and music more clearly — Making room for podcasts — After at least a month of testing, Spotify is rolling out an updated library look for its premium users that will separate podcasts and music more clearly.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
iOS app Mogul News offers curated articles from FT, Bloomberg, and The Economist ad-free for £9.99/month, with a 7am briefing; Android, desktop versions to come — A new app offering content from the Financial Times, Bloomberg and the Economist for a single monthly payment has been launched.
James Walker / Press Gazette:
The UK's Evening Standard and Independent may face a government inquiry after an investor with ties to the Saudi State bought a share in their parent companies — The UK Government could open an investigation into the Evening Standard and The Independent after an investor with “strong links” …
Mariam Cheik-Hussein / AdNews:
After recent press raids by federal police, Australian media owners and journalists publish open letter seeking laws to protect whistleblowers and journalists — Media owners have united in an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison asking him to defend press freedom in Australia.
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meaa.good.do, The Conversation, @nickgillespie, The Guardian, @jem2998, @annehummert and @hjarche
Nicholas Diakopoulos / The Conversation:
How artificial intelligence will create new types of work in journalism as human roles evolve to suit AI's capabilities and accommodate its limitations — Some estimates suggest that current levels of AI technology could automate only about 15% of a reporter's job and 9% of an editor's job.
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@charliebeckett
The Intercept:
Sources: DarkMatter, a cybersecurity firm working for the UAE, discussed targeting The Intercept in 2016, though no evidence of an attack has been found — Operatives at a controversial cybersecurity firm working for the United Arab Emirates government discussed targeting The Intercept …
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@samfbiddle, @bmakuch, @maassp, @aaschapiro, @josephfcox, @evacide, @lhfang, @jennamc_laugh, @weinbergersa and @dnvolz
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