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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Trump campaign says it will no longer credential Bloomberg reporters until it rescinds decision to not probe Michael Bloomberg or rival Democratic candidates — Trump campaign chairman Brad Parscale announced Monday that they will not be offering press credentials to any reporters of Bloomberg News seeking to cover the Trump campaign.
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Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg:
A loophole in Google's political ads policy, which lets advertisers buy spots using their own targeting data, can let campaigns get around microtargeting limits — - Campaigns can still target ads on the web using other tools — Google is changing its ad policy after months of debate
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Report for America says it's on pace to place 250 journalists in 164 local newsrooms in 2020, which is four times the size of its 2019 class — Efforts to fill local newsrooms are ramping up as the industry continues to face rapid cuts, consolidation and closures.
Anna Merlan / VICE:
Hearst launches a website encouraging Hearst Magazines staff not to unionize, describing it as “the information they need to make a choice about the union” — On Monday morning, employees at Hearst Magazines were treated to an email from Troy Young, the president of the company …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Profile of Bellingcat, the open source project that has broken major stories using public data rather than relying on traditional methods such as inside sources — LONDON — Leaked documents and interviews with whistle-blowing sources will always be a part of investigative journalism.
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@arawnsley, @amandahess, @davidsirota, Global Investigative …, @arictoler, @eliothiggins and Talking Biz News
Kate Knibbs / The Ringer:
How Vice's Toronto office ended up being used as the headquarters for a cocaine-smuggling ring, leading to the arrest of two former employees earlier this year — In December 2015, five young people were arrested in Australia during a botched drug trafficking attempt.
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Annalee Newitz / New York Times:
Media historians, tech designers, science fiction writers, and activists on how and why “slow media” curated by humans should replace today's social media — My quest to imagine a different reality.
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@privacyproject, @lollardfish, @noahpinion, @frankpasquale, @laelaps, @dcherring, @jason_kint, @anneapplebaum and Bryan Formhals
Whitney Phillips / Columbia Journalism Review:
Reporters think debunking falsehoods counters them, but bringing facts to light through coverage should be weighed against increasing the exposure of the lies — Disinformation is polluting our media environment. Facts won't save us. … Statements such as these frequently emerge …
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@mathewi, @bu_law, @wphillips49, @lastangrytweet and @gabrielsnyder
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Profile of Rana Ayyub, one of India's best-known investigative journalists reporting on Narendra Modi's India amid increasing anti-Muslim bigotry — The Prime Minister's Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies.
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
South Korean NGO files complaint against Disney alleging Frozen 2 was shown on 88% of local screens on opening day, violating the country's anti-monopoly laws — An NGO based in Seoul has alleged that the film occupied 88 percent of local screens on its opening day, violating Korea's anti-monopoly laws.
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Alden Global Capital, now the largest shareholder in Tribune, names two representatives to Tribune's board, while agreeing to cap its stake at 33% through June — Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, which became the largest shareholder in Tribune Publishing last month, has named two representatives …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
As TV networks join media conglomerates like Comcast and Disney, news divisions are avoiding investigative stories that pose financial, legal, or political risk — This has been the autumn of discontent for investigative TV journalists. — Ronan Farrow's bestselling book “Catch and Kill” …
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@strickdc, @penamerica, @spj_tweets and @brianstelter
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Daphne Caruana Galizia's sons demanded justice, and their efforts, alongside those of journalists and rights advocates, led to a rare instance of accountability — In a life that was anything but ordinary, this seemed a routine enough moment. — Daphne Caruana Galizia climbed …
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