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Thursday, June 23, 2016
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“Medium’s team did everything”: How 5 publishers transitioned their sites to MediumWhat happened when Pacific Standard, The Ringer, The Awl, The Bold Italic, and Femsplain moved their sites over to Medium. By Laura Hazard Owen. |
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The Dallas Morning News and Dallas Public Library are teaming up to offer workshops for studentsThe Dallas program is one of 14 projects that have won grants from the Knight Foundation in the latest round of the Knight News Challenge. By Joseph Lichterman. |
What We’re Reading
Poynter / Alexios Mantzarlis
Lessons from fact-checking the UK’s EU referendum debate →
“There's no set of facts that can make your mind up about this issue. We hope that having the facts helps people ask important questions of campaigns, and to choose what to focus on when making their decision.”
Recode / Eric Johnson
The New York Times / James Poniewozik
C-SPAN, gun control, and a protest made for streaming →
In ancient times — say, 2008, when Republicans staged a similar occupation — the story might have fizzled there. Now, millions of us carry mobile live video units in our pockets.
Engaging News Project / Ashley Muddiman and Natalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud
10 things we learned from analyzing 9 million comments from The New York Times →
10. “Using partisan and uncivil terms in a comment corresponds with a greater number of user recommendations.”
Digiday / Sahil Patel
How FuboTV built an online subscription TV service for soccer nuts →
For $10 a month, the subscription streaming service offers access to live soccer matches from international tournaments like Copa América as well as domestic leagues such as Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A.
Medium / Laura Walker
New York Public Radio CEO: Public radio has to “chart a new path forward” →
“But one person's existential crisis is another's opportunity; a period of expanding audiences, creative disruption, and greeting the future. From where I sit, at the helm of New York Public Radio, the news is overwhelmingly positive and the terrain is open for anyone bold enough to embrace what is undoubtedly radio's next incarnation.”
The Washington Post / Erik Wemple
C-SPAN is broadcasting from the House of Representatives using Periscope →
C-SPAN is using Periscope — and Facebook Live — to cover a sit-in staged by Democrats over gun control legislation.
The New Yorker / Richard Brody
The O.J. story and the flow of information in a pre-internet world →
“The kind of due diligence that, in the mid-nineteen-nineties, would have taxed a team of private eyes is now readily available at the touch of an ‘enter’ key.”