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Popular on Twitter: News.me stage 1, measuring accuracy in journalism and the effects of Amazon’s server problem

The original concept video for News.me

Canadian law makes it illegal to post election night updates online

Jonathan Stray considers how to measure accuracy in journalism

Vivian Schiller’s advice for public radio: Take risks

Amazon’s servers have crippled a number of sites

Why The Register Citizen is hiring a full-time curator

NPR looks at the toll on journalists from covering conflicts

Early success for the NYT digital subs is great, continued growth is better

Jim Brady thinks local businesses have a technology gap

Mother Jones charts the increasing income gap among Americans

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For audience development, less is more

“With a seemingly limitless number of platforms on which to meet and engage audiences — but still a finite number of hours in the day — teams will need to develop frameworks to understand where to start, stop, and pivot.”

News mirages (not news deserts) are the scarier problem

“We have to focus on the journalistic ‘last mile’ — not only producing reliable, independent information, but making sure that people actually receive it and can act on it.”

The “touch grass” election cycle

“Major outlets and mediums are often still guided by a ‘who’s up or down’ ouroboros that cycles through horse-race snapshots shaping punditry shaping opinions shaping the horse race.”