Rather than hastily address issues in the months leading up to big events where we expected lots of reader traffic, we decided to take stock of our systems as a whole and enact longer term resilience measures.
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There’s good evidence that some people find predictive models like FiveThirtyEight’s confusing, and an argument that they might keep people from voting. But 2016’s scars shouldn’t mean that voters have to be kept in the dark.
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To save money on newsprint and late press runs, Gannett told its newspapers not to bother printing results and to direct the curious online. Here’s how that played out.
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APA
Owen, L. (2016, Feb. 2). The Boston Globe built an election app with one small twist to keep you glued to your phone. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 22, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/the-boston-globe-built-an-election-app-with-one-small-twist-to-keep-you-glued-to-your-phone/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "The Boston Globe built an election app with one small twist to keep you glued to your phone." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 2, 2016. Accessed April 22, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/the-boston-globe-built-an-election-app-with-one-small-twist-to-keep-you-glued-to-your-phone/.
Wikipedia
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