Category: Newstangle
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Notes on working With Wikileaks data from a New York Times developer
Notes on working With Wikileaks data from a New York Times developer: Working With Wikileaks by Jacob Harris. This is the blog post and presentation I was clamoring for at ONA2010 last year, when a morning keynote panel instead more or less revolved around the question of “Is Wikileaks journalism?”
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In which I realize I stopped learning new CSS tricks a few years ago
In which I realize I stopped learning new CSS tricks a few years ago: CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions (via)
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Vegan Croissants
Vegan Croissants: VeganDad’s recipe. A lot of chilling, rolling, folding involved. (Yes, I am using my blog to save links to recipes. It doesn’t happen often, don’t worry.)
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A WordPress plugin to help readers correct your errors
A WordPress plugin to help readers correct your errors: MediaBugs, Scott Rosenberg’s Knight News Challenge-funded project, now for WordPress.
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The New York Times recipe for context
The New York Times recipe for context: Editor John O’Neil on the future of The New York Times’ Topics Pages Notable: Topic pages account for 2.5 percent of NYTimes.com pageviews. Of 25,000 topic pages, 12,000 or so include human curation. Updates to topic pages are prioritized based on the day’s news.
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This isn’t the awards show you’re looking for
This isn’t the awards show you’re looking for: Banksy Request to Appear at the Oscars in Disguise Rejected
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A comment thread, parsed as data and visualized to highlight trolls and their behavioral patterns
A comment thread, parsed as data and visualized to highlight trolls and their behavioral patterns: A close look at troll comments versus real ones.
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I used to get very excited about flexible displays like this one, regarding the future of newspapers
I used to get very excited about flexible displays like this one, regarding the future of newspapers: A Warning to LCDs – Watch Your Back, AMOLEDs are Coming.
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Solid notes on the evolution of the beat
Solid notes on the evolution of the beat: A set of slides from Matt Thompson on the shift from “Stories to Streams.” Included: A briefly imagined alternate history of how the Enron story might break in 2011. You should follow Matt on Twitter.
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Cahill, Drogba, Torres, Dempsey. Wait, Dempsey?
Remember when I told you to keep paying attention to U.S. soccer in between World Cups? Well, if you’re paying attention to the English Premier League right now, you might notice Clint Dempsey’s name popping up among some pretty prestigious strikers. You might remember Dempsey from the 2010 World Cup as the guy who put…