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“I don’t know where they found my phone number.”
Meanwhile, Apple News keeps doing its (sometimes inscrutable) thing.
“Effectively, what we are doing is inverting completely how people normally think about communities and journalists — the community is not here to merely help the journalists. Rather the journalists will be here to work for the community.”
People from 433 out of 435 congressional districts have signed up for ProPublica’s User Guide to Democracy, reporters from the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Times want you to text them, and more. Christine Schmidt
Plus: How your favorite shows are covering the midterm elections, The Washington Post named its daily host, and the Spiro Agnew content you’ve been craving.
The kids, it turns out, are alright.
Without a News Feed to scroll through, more people head directly to news sites for their information fix.
Most bad freelance pitches are bad for the same few reasons. But they’re often salvageable with a little tweaking.