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Helen Coster

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  • National Affairs Correspondent, Reuters
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Covers:  Currently: media, technology, First Amendment issues
National Affairs Correspondent @Reuters Voracious reader. Intermittent tweeter. DM me for my Signal #. helen.coster@thomsonreuters.com

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The Long Island Jihadist

The Long Island Jihadist

The New Yorker — How Justin Kaliebe, an eighteen-year-old high-school senior on Long Island, landed in prison for attempting to wage jihad.

Can Venture Capital Save The World?

Can Venture Capital Save The World?

Forbes — Jacqueline Novogratz's radical approach to solving poverty

Kiss of Death: A Parasite Threatens Latin American Immigrants

Kiss of Death: A Parasite Threatens Latin American Immigrants

The Atlantic — Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. could be infected with the deadly disease known as Chagas—and most of them don't know

Child Workers of Bolivia, Unite!

Child Workers of Bolivia, Unite!

Foreign Policy Magazine — Nearly 1 million children work full time in Bolivia's tin mines, in cemeteries, on buses, or in the markets. It's a tough life, but at least they're unionized.

Google, Facebook pledged millions for local news. Was it enough?

Google, Facebook pledged millions for local news. Was it enough?

Reuters — Facing regulatory and political pressure, Facebook Google in recent years committed a combined $600 million to support news outlets globally - many of them local or regional enterprises foundering in a digital age. As the tech giants battle governments all over the world, is the funding good will, or an effort to keep antitrust regulators and lawsuits at bay?

Conservative news outlets, accused of election falsehoods, air disclaimers

Conservative news outlets, accused of election falsehoods, air disclaimers

Reuters — Analyzes a new trend in conservative media: In an apparent effort to minimize liability for defamation, some outlets are relying on prepared disclaimers or additional pre-recorded programming to repudiate pro-Trump conspiracy theories spouted by guests and hosts.

'Oh, that's an idea...': U.S. parents respond to China screen time ban

'Oh, that's an idea...': U.S. parents respond to China screen time ban

Reuters — Raleigh Smith Duttweiler was folding laundry in her Ohio home, her three children playing the video game Minecraft upstairs, when she heard an NPR story about new rules in China that forbid teenagers and children under age 18 from playing video games for more than three hours a week.

Are Pregnant Women's Rights at Risk?

Are Pregnant Women's Rights at Risk?

Marie Claire — Bei Bei Shuai was 33 weeks pregnant in December 2010 when she learned that her boyfriend, Zhiliang Guan, had no interest in marrying her - and planned to return to his wife and two kids.

As parents consider new streaming services, is there too much children's programming?

As parents consider new streaming services, is there too much children's programming?

Reuters — (Reuters) - Whether they prefer Elsa, SpongeBob or a Russian heroine named Masha, today's kids have endless reasons to beg for more screen time. Yet almost nobody thinks there is too much children's programming. Media companies have heavily invested in kids' content as they build new digital businesses to court consumers directly.

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