There will be a libel suit against pro-Trump online trolls who spread lies about a person or business, and it’ll test the laws governing online speech.
David Weigel is a national political correspondent for The Washington Post.
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Sydette Harry Facing journalism’s history
Jonathan Hunt Measurement companies get with the times
Ken Schwencke Disaggregation and collection
Laura Walker Authentic voices, not fake news
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David Chavern Fake news gets solved
Doris Truong Connecting with diverse perspectives
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Maria Bustillos “It’s true — I saw it on Facebook”
Erin Pettigrew A year of reflection in tech
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Erin Millar The bottom falls out of Canadian media
Liz Danzico The triumph of the small
Kathleen Kingsbury Print as a premium offering
Matt Waite The people running the media are the problem
Sam Ford The year we talk about our awful metrics
Alberto Cairo Communicating uncertainty to our readers
Errin Haines Chaos or community?
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Millie Tran International expansion without colonial overtones
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Cory Haik Navigating power in Trump’s America
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David Skok What lies beyond paywalls
Steve Henn The next revolution is voice
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Julia Beizer Building a coherent core identity
Taylor Lorenz “Selfie journalism” becomes a thing
Scott Dodd Nonprofits team up for impact
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Amy O'Leary Not just covering communities, reaching them
Annemarie Dooling UGC as a path out of the bubble
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Sara M. Watson There is no neutral interface
Mary Meehan Feeling blue in a red state
Bill Keller A healthy skepticism about data
Andy Rossback The year of the user
Almar Latour Thanks, #fakenews
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Dan Colarusso Let’s make live video we can love
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Sarah Marshall Focusing on the why of the click
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Rachel Sklar Women are going to get loud
Keren Goldshlager Defining a focus, and then saying no
S.P. Sullivan Baking transparency into our routines
Olivia Ma The year collaboration beats competition
Renée Kaplan Pure reach has reached its limit
Helen Havlak Chasing mobile search results
Juan Luis Sánchez Your predictions are our present
Geetika Rudra Journalism is community
Mandy Velez The audience is the source and the story
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