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Today in 2024

Raw Story, AlterNet, and The Intercept are among the first smaller publications to go up against the AI goliath for copyright violations.
Andrew Deck

Today in 2023

A massive study of Upworthy headlines — remember Upworthy? — shows how a few emotionally charged words can mean the difference between viral and ignored.
Joshua Benton

Today in 2019

“All Californians have the right to this information. By pooling resources, we can expedite the public’s right to access misconduct and deadly use-of-force materials.”
Joshua Benton
“The biggest takeaway for us is there is a pool of donors there that was untapped, and now we realize they do exist.”
Christine Schmidt

Today in 2018

Also: an easier subscription flow, $10 million for media literacy in U.S. high schools, fact-checking efforts in search around health issues, and more.
Shan Wang
Hidden cameras. Leadership disagreements. And, oh yeah, misinformation is still a problem.
Christine Schmidt
What is the state of philanthropy in India? Why are girls dropping out from certain schools at higher rates? How India Lives looks for the answers to these types of questions other organizations have, in publicly available data.
Gangadhar Patil

Today in 2017

“When people see news from a person they trust, they are more likely to think it got the facts right, contains diverse points of view, and is well reported.”
Laura Hazard Owen
É mais provável que os leitores acreditem nos factos e na qualidade da informação quando chegam às notícias através de pessoas em quem confiam.
Laura Hazard Owen
Have a WhatsApp chain message you want factchecked? La Silla Vacía’s WhatsApp Detector first wants you to commit to spreading the factcheck to your friends.
Carlos Serrano
The outlets — El País, the Guardian, Le Monde, and Spiegel Online — represent four countries that are each their own case study for the next chapter of the migration story, on the changing face of Europe, and how these newcomers are welcomed.
Shan Wang

Today in 2014

“It’s underreported, it’s highly consequential, and there are many layers of complexity,” says Lara Setrakian, Syria Deeply’s co-founder.
Joseph Lichterman
Newspaper companies made a smart move in the 1990s investing in online auto classifieds. Is selling it off a short-term gain for long-term pain?
Ken Doctor

Today in 2013

“Casino-driven design is all about reducing friction to participation.”
Al Shaw
The company cut its developers loose to build the next round of apps and tools to enhance SB Nation, The Verge, and Polygon.
Justin Ellis
“Once you relate to something, chances are you are going to be interested and engaged.”
Maria Balinska
Want to see when a story first reached national television news, or which network programs kept it in the limelight? This Ruby script can help.
Matt Stempeck

Today in 2012

The typeface-as-atlas webfont is the latest open-source release from the nonprofit news outlet, which has been building out key parts of the journalist-coder’s toolkit.
Joshua Benton
How has technology changed the way citizens, journalists, and governments interact today?
Justin Ellis
metaLAB’s Matthew Battles argues that the nature of knowledge is changing in the context of networks.
Matthew Battles
Part of the outrage surrounding Mike Daisey’s Apple fabrications stems from our uneasiness with the blurring of media boundaries in the Internet age.
Ken Doctor