Links on Twitter: Newspapers inspire more confidence, Google unveils social network, pope tweets

The pope tweeted. http://nie.mn/je26UD »

An English professor laments Twitter’s effect on his students’ writing, a fusion of “slivers” http://nie.mn/iNlmkl »

From @brainpicker, 7 platforms changing the future of publishing http://nie.mn/kmcpgE »

Google’s + demo is interesting if for nothing else than the big, zoomable image http://nie.mn/iHeP9M »

Blogger Ed Yong asks, “Am I a science journalist?” http://nie.mn/lIdaYR »

The @knightfdn awards $200k to @ONA to develop business and technology partnerships http://nie.mn/l2A2om »

Amazon.com has launched an ad network, powered by your data http://nie.mn/kG7UXd »

Americans have regained some confidence in newspapers, TV news, according to Gallup http://nie.mn/kOPbny »

Kelly Bjorklund and Simon J. Smith

Evidence suggests Russia has been deliberately targeting journalists in Ukraine — a war crime

“It is essential — for us all — that the protections afforded to journalists under international law are scrupulously upheld, and those responsible for their deaths are caught and face the consequences.”

Sarah Scire

A paywall? Not NPR’s style. A new pop-up asks for donations anyway

“I find it counterproductive to take a cynical view on tactics that help keep high-quality journalism freely accessible to all Americans.”

Mark Schapiro

The story of InterNation, (maybe) the world’s first investigative journalism network

Long before the Panama Papers and other high-profile international projects, a global network of investigative journalists collaborated over snail mail.