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'Churnalism' tool automatically checks news sources for plagiarism
Dieter Bohn
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/23/4259144/churnalism-tool-automatically-checks-news-sources-for-plagiarism
April 24, 2013
(The Verge)
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New York Times Won't Ban 'Illegal Immigrant,' But Reporters Can Consider 'Alternatives'
Margaret Hartmann
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/new-york-times-wont-ban-illegal-immigrant.html
April 24, 2013
(NYMAG)
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It's Time for Twitter to Implement Two-Step Verification (UPDATE)
Craig Kanalley
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-kanalley/twitter-two-step-verification_b_3140935.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
April 24, 2013
(Huffington Post)
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AP memo on Boston coverage: ‘We made mistakes because we didn’t follow our own very good guidelines’
Jim Romenesko
http://jimromenesko.com/2013/04/22/ap-memo-we-made-mistakes-because-we-didnt-follow-our-own-very-good-guidelines/
April 24, 2013
(Jim Romenesko)
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TV station fires anchor who swore on air
Joshua Gillin
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/211170/tv-station-fires-anchor-who-swore-on-air/
April 23, 2013
(Poynter Institute)
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NUJ backs peer's amendment to Defamation bill
http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2889
April 23, 2013
(NUJ)
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USA Today encourages journalists to pepper reporting with personality
http://www.editorsweblog.org/2013/04/23/usa-today-encourages-journalists-to-pepper-reporting-with-personality
April 23, 2013
(Editors' Weblog)
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On Earth Day, New Tools for Environmental Reporting
http://climatecommons.earthjournalism.net/map/
April 23, 2013
(Climate Commons) Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) has launched Climate Commons , a new interactive data journalism and news mapping platform that aims to track the impacts of and responses to climate change on a local, regional, and national level across the United States.
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Globe’s Tlumacki: ‘I am dealing with trauma & trying to keep busy’ following Boston tragedy
Kenneth Irby
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/211010/globes-tlumacki-i-am-dealing-with-trauma-trying-to-keep-busy-following-boston-tragedy/
April 22, 2013
(Poynter Institute)
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Speaking truth to power as a criminal act
Susan Armitage
http://www.cjr.org/critical_eye/war_on_whistleblowers.php
April 22, 2013
(CJR)