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  1. The Guardian's decision is also a reminder of the power publishers have to use their article metadata to improve public understanding — and how little they use it.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    As press freedom tightens in many countries, how is Google evaluating the news organizations it sends checks to?

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  3. Retweeted

    "Along with adding our logo to trail pictures used by social and search platforms, we are also clearly featuring the year of publication on any article more than 12 months old." Great move by to prevent fake news dissemination. Via

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  4. 3 hours ago

    "We have a community in Washington, but I’d argue we also have communities in California, or rural Alabama, or Idaho. We need to think a lot more how we can take our stories on the road."

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  5. 4 hours ago

    It is possible to get broadcast quality news from a smart speaker: Users just need to ask their device to play a radio station.

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  6. 5 hours ago

    "Let’s just get extremely real."

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  7. 6 hours ago

    In Australia, a new law on livestreaming terror attacks doesn’t take into account how the internet actually works

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  8. 7 hours ago

    "In covering statehouses, we also need to look at how we cover the population of those states," says.

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  9. 8 hours ago

    “Forming a relationship with people on their speakers in the kitchen may make it easier to form a relationship with them on their headphones and in their cars.”

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  10. 9 hours ago

    Australia's new laws on livestreaming terror attacks don't quite *get* the problem — or how the internet works.

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  11. 10 hours ago

    "So many of the lessons that have come out of local journalism can be interesting in thinking about reinventing journalism on a national level."

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  12. 11 hours ago

    For many publishers, there’s not much question if voice will grow. The question is whether news will grow with it.

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  13. 12 hours ago

    As the new CEO of the Center for Public Integrity, Susan Smith Richardson wants to serve communities far beyond Washington

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  14. 13 hours ago

    "When one of your old stories is floating around social media in a way that causes confusion, *you can do something about it.*"

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  15. 15 hours ago

    Does Google meet its users’ expectations around consumer privacy? Not quite.

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  16. Retweeted
    Apr 3

    And expectations have already fallen so low. I can only imagine how much red we would see if people were asked do you want or like or demand this practice? And remember Google is supposed to be a consumer-driven company. I'm calling BS on Google.

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  17. 18 hours ago

    Google's Digital News Innovation Fund doled out €150M to European news organizations in the past three years. Why was a mouthpiece of the Hungarian government included in its last round?

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  18. 20 hours ago

    Does Google meet its users’ expectations around consumer privacy? This news industry research says no

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  19. Retweeted
    Apr 3

    Finally: Google DNI canceled a €50K grant they initially offered to the publisher of Origo, "a mouthpiece of Hungary’s authoritarian government”, saying that “after further review, we’ve decided not to go ahead with the grant”.

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  20. Apr 3

    This is a great idea. (No, really, everyone should steal it.)

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