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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
November 01, 2019

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In Today's news:   Behind the mass resignations at Deadspin, Thomson Reuters rejects takeover, Facebook fact checker to offer a solution to fact checking political ads.
Top Stories

How Deadspin imploded
Marc Tracy / The New York Times / Oct 31, 2019


Thomson Reuters brushes off news wire suitors [Subscription required]
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, James Fontanella-Khan, Anna Nicolaou, Alex Barker / Financial Times / Oct 31, 2019


A Facebook fact-checker will propose a possible solution to the company’s false ad debacle
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN / Oct 31, 2019

Local News

For Patch, local sex offender maps are a Halloween tradition
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Journalism Lab / Oct 31, 2019


View: Americans trust local news. That belief is being exploited.
Brendan Nyhan / The New York Times / Oct 31, 2019

Social Media

Facebook’s political ad ban created a disaster in Washington state
Makena Kelly / The Verge / Oct 31, 2019


The pressure is now on Facebook to ban political ads, too
Mae Anderson, Rachel Lerman / The Associated Press / Oct 31, 2019

Media Ethics

After Katie Hill, media grapples with possible onslaught of nude photos
Michael Calderone / Politico / Oct 31, 2019


View: Why journalists need to think twice about reporting on arrests
Akintunde Ahmad / Columbia Journalism Review / Oct 31, 2019

Sports News

View: The mavening of sportswriting
Bryan Curtis / The Ringer / Oct 31, 2019

International

Exclusive: Government officials around the globe targeted for hacking through WhatsApp – sources
Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing / Reuters / Oct 31, 2019


Undercover reporter reveals life in a Polish troll farm
Christian Davies / The Guardian / Nov 1, 2019

 

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