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From Nieman Reports: Independent Chinese news orgs need to up their game in digital

“Compared to other enterprises, which make commercial interests the top consideration, media organizations should care more about their responsibility to social and public interests.” Hu Shuli

From Nieman Reports: Detecting threads of Chinese government propaganda over time

“Fished out of the shadows, old news coverage in China’s media can provide clues to the family connections of government officials as reporters investigate their financial dealings.” Qian Gang

From Nieman Reports: How chunqiu bifa’s puns and homophones let Chinese media play cat-and-mouse with censors

“Am I doing enough? Am I pushing the line rather than just flirting with it? Speaking truth to power is the media’s reason for being, nowhere more so than in China.” Yang Xiao

From Nieman Reports: Weibo and WeChat have brought a degree — a degree — of freedom to Chinese political discourse

“Lacking a free marketplace of ideas, China does not have the ability to renew itself or ensure long-term competitiveness. The prerequisite to creating such a marketplace is to smash the monopoly of information held by the state.” Luo Changping

From Nieman Reports: Watchdog reporting is a social activity, not the work of lone wolves

“There’s a fiction perpetuated by narcissists like me that investigative reporting is the province of a few heroic lone wolves who use their superpowers to single-handedly expose and topple evildoers. Nonsense.” Stuart Watson

From Nieman Reports: New newsrooms may seem small, but they can pack a punch

“My personal philosophy is that if the Associated Press or the Austin American-Statesman is doing a story on a given topic, that’s terrific. It means I can spend my time doing something new.” Kate Galbraith

From Nieman Reports: From a few Goliaths to a sea of Davids

“The future of news is necessarily small, at least in terms of building compelling business models.” Nicco Mele

From Nieman Reports: When going undercover, an ethics of utility versus an ethics of rules

“His early career with his hometown paper reminds us that newspapers were a natural monopoly in most places, and bad ones could flourish as easily as good ones.” Philip Meyer

From Nieman Reports: When video games become art

“Design is about people and life. It thrives on change and, as such, it is in continuous mutation.” Paola Antonelli

From Nieman Reports: Making global local and local global

“Once you relate to something, chances are you are going to be interested and engaged.” Maria Balinska

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