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Articles tagged serendipity (16)

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Andrew Phelps    January 17, 2012
Surprise! The news shows up in the least expected places
More consumers are getting news incidentally — that is, in the middle of other, non-news activities. And, according to new research, readers often find joy in the serendipity.
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Megan Garber    August 4, 2011
Google News gets a new human touch, launching publisher-curated Editors’ Picks as a standing section
Human curation will now be a regular feature of Google’s news aggregator.
Megan Garber    June 13, 2011
Eli Pariser: How do we recreate a front-page ethos for a digital world?
Megan Garber    March 10, 2011
The NYT adds recommendation features to its article pages
Justin Ellis    February 2, 2011
“Serendipity and surprise”: How will engagement work for The Daily?
Jim Barnett    August 25, 2010
Googling serendipity: How does journalism fare in a world where algorithms trump messy chance?
Megan Garber    June 30, 2010
Google News revamps with “news for you” angle
Mark Coddington    June 18, 2010
This Week in Review: The FTC and journalism, a human side to Google News, and the political press’s mind
Megan Garber    June 10, 2010
Google News experiments with human control, promotes a new serendipity with Editors’ Picks
Megan Garber    April 12, 2010
The future is mobile, and other thoughts from Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s speech at ASNE
Mark Coddington    April 2, 2010
This Week in Review: The iPad’s skeptics, Murdoch’s first paywall move and a ‘Chatroulette for news’
C.W. Anderson    March 29, 2010
What would it take to build a true “serendipity-maker”?
Joshua Benton    March 8, 2010
Zooming the news: Is Seadragon a new news interface?
Joshua Benton    February 16, 2010
What should news apps on the iPad look like? John-Henry Barac on space & touch in digital news design
Mac Slocum    August 17, 2009
Hope you’re “intrigued” by this post: Moods in the spotlight on NBC Local
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