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Explainer: Why do reporters need shield laws?
What is a shield law, exactly? When can a government official require a reporter to disclose sources or information? Who counts as a journalist under a shield law? What types of sources or information are protected? Is there a big difference between a subpoena and a search warrant? by Jonathon Peters CJR This is a…
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Built in bias
One of the biases that people rely on when they make decisions is loss aversion: like in the insurance example above, they tend to overweight small probabilities to guard against losses. Even though the likelihood of a costly event may be miniscule, we would rather agree to a smaller, sure loss — in the form…
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Radio beaming in differently
Of all media, radio will undergo the most dramatic change in the coming decade, and these changes will radically transform the industry. Below are some of the most important of those changes, based in insights by various media forecasters and analysts and media buyers, and the Media Life’s radio advisory panel. (via The future of…
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Chromebooks 2016
(via Ranking the 10 Best Chromebooks You Can Buy Right Now (June 2016) :: Tech :: Galleries :: Paste)
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Crazy monkeys, egged on by human behavior
When monkeys lose their subsidized housing. The villagers are now being terrorised by the monkeys who have taken to destroying crops and homes, as well as starting fights among themselves. So far, only half of the Xianfeng monkeys have been recaptured and sent back to live in the wild. Experts said the remaining half are…
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It’s that time of year. Pew’s State of the News
It’s that time of year. Pew’s State of the News Media is out. Eight years after the Time of Shedding and Cold Rocks sent the U.S. newspaper industry into a tailspin, the pressures facing America’s newsrooms have intensified to nothing less than a reorganization of the industry itself, one that impacts the experiences of even…
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Display of information
From Digiday, an interview with Alan Smith, data-visualization editor The team has also started using a new tool to boost efficiency: D3, an open-source visualization library that allows staff to create different versions of graphics in one go, which can then easily be used for print, online and social media. (via The Financial Times guide to data…
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Thinking is a skill that can be taught – and should be taught
Educators today are talking a lot about the need to equip students with 21st century skills. In a democratic society, reasoned discourse should be one of them, if citizens are to participate in shaping the future of the society they live in. A culture that supports discourse is certainly needed, but so is each…
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A look at BLM (#BlackLivesMatter) via tweetstream
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology looked at nearly 29 million tweets surrounding four recent Black Lives Matter (BLM) events to identify the social media patterns of its activists. They found that the community is unlike many other social movements because of its ability to bond over the course of many months. (via The…
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Side-Effect of Zika Virus
(via What it’s like to get the rare, WWI-era autoimmune disorder affecting Zika patients | Public Radio International)
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