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TikTok thinks I'm a serial killer

TikTok thinks I'm a serial killer

Vox — For You: The worst things that have ever happened to everyone else.

Elizabeth Warren's plan to break up Big Everything

Elizabeth Warren's plan to break up Big Everything

Vox — An exclusive interview with the senator about her new Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act.

The case against Big Tech

The case against Big Tech

Vox — Will Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Google survive the antitrust onslaught? And will Microsoft face it at all?

The Other Sara Morrisons are ruining my inbox

The Other Sara Morrisons are ruining my inbox

Vox — Email is an awful online ID that we use for almost everything.

Vox/Recode clips

Vox/Recode clips

Vox — Everything I've written for Vox and Recode

How Columbia Sportswear Is Weathering Trump's Tariffs on Chinese Imports

How Columbia Sportswear Is Weathering Trump's Tariffs on Chinese Imports

Adweek — The impact of Trump's tariffs on Columbia Sportswear has been minimal. But the brand has no idea how much longer that will be the case.

Will Connecticut Democrats Really Vote for This Extremely Corrupt Convicted Felon?

Will Connecticut Democrats Really Vote for This Extremely Corrupt Convicted Felon?

Splinter News — Could the people of Connecticut possibly be crazy enough to pick Joe Ganim, previously convicted of abusing his mayoral powers? It’s way more likely than it should be.

Undercooked: An Expensive Push to Save Lives and Protect the Planet Falls Short

Undercooked: An Expensive Push to Save Lives and Protect the Planet Falls Short

ProPublica — Millions of lives were at stake. Hillary Clinton was on board. Money poured in. And yet the big aims behind an effort to tackle the plague of third-world cooking fires has produced only modest gains.

First Came Roller Derby's Own #MeToo Moment, Then Came the Backlash

First Came Roller Derby's Own #MeToo Moment, Then Came the Backlash

Jezebel — Modern roller derby is a women-dominated sport that was created by and for, and still is run by women-one of few (if not only) sports that can claim this. It's synonymous with women's empowerment in the minds of many. So it’s probably one of the last places you’d expect to see a textbook example of #MeToo.

Reinventing Local TV News

Reinventing Local TV News

Nieman Reports — To attract young viewers, stations are going digital-first, crowdsourcing reporting, experimenting with augmented reality, and injecting more personality into the news.

White Supremacists, Brought To You By Squarespace

White Supremacists, Brought To You By Squarespace

Vocativ — Squarespace is a website-building platform that offers anyone the chance to design the "beautiful" site of their dreams. Or just about anyone: The company, which says it's been used to create millions of sites since 2004, bans sites that advocate "bigotry or hatred."

The Too-Good-To-Be-True Little Ring That Made $460,000 Disappear

The Too-Good-To-Be-True Little Ring That Made $460,000 Disappear

Vocativ — The BioRing raised hundreds of thousands of dollars on Indiegogo by promising what seemed impossible. And then it disappeared.

Obama undermined press freedom. Now he wants a strong media to stop Trump?

Obama undermined press freedom. Now he wants a strong media to stop Trump?

The Guardian — President Obama had harsh words for the state of journalism and how it has lapsed in its duties to hold public figures - specifically those vying for his current job - accountable. If that's truly important to him, he can start with his own administration.

Covering the Transgender Community

Covering the Transgender Community

Nieman Reports — How newsrooms are moving beyond the “coming out” story to report crucial transgender issues. Cover story -- Winter 2016 issue.

They keep finding bodies by my grandparents' house

They keep finding bodies by my grandparents' house

boston.com — My grandparents have lived in a split-level ranch on a quiet suburban street since 1957. Strawberries grow in their backyard, shaded by trees whose branches have supported clotheslines, bird feeders, and swinging, laughing grandchildren. They live about two blocks from 15 state-owned wooded acres, a tree-thick marsh near a strip mall. Like all proper Connecticut forests, it is covered in poison ivy. Very few people walk through these woods, which makes them a perfect place to hide bodies.

20 Years Without Deanna

20 Years Without Deanna

boston.com — By coincidence, Deanna Cremin and her mother, Katherine, found themselves on the same bus that afternoon. Katherine was coming home from work and Deanna was going to her boyfriend's house, where the high school junior often did her homework. They spoke on the phone a few hours later. Deanna told Katherine she would be home after she finished watching TV with her boyfriend. Katherine remembers telling her daughter she loved her, and Deanna saying, "I love you too, mom." That was the last thing Deanna said to her mother.

Of SNOWTRON and Snowzilla: How Boston Removed Snow From its Streets Throughout History

Of SNOWTRON and Snowzilla: How Boston Removed Snow From its Streets Throughout History

boston.com — Snowplows aren't perfect. They pile chunks of icy, compact snow at the end of your driveway, usually right after you've finished shoveling it. They hit your mailbox. They always plow your street last. But things could be worse.

The toy department shall lead us

The toy department shall lead us

Columbia Journalism Review — When Ezra Klein left the Washington Post in January to start his own website at Vox Media, a big factor in his decision was Vox's custom-built content management system, called Chorus. "They had the technology we thought we were inventing," Klein told The New York Times. As it happens, that technology, which powers Vox's growing media empire, began with a sports blog in 2003.

The NFL Team That Only Survived Long Enough to Lose 1 Game

The NFL Team That Only Survived Long Enough to Lose 1 Game

psmag.com — If baseball is American's pastime, football is America's sport. It's certainly the most popular. And the most profitable. But very few of the 100 million-plus viewers who tuned in to this past weekend's Super Bowl likely know the history of the NFL's short-lived team: the Tonawanda Kardex.

'See you on the other side'

'See you on the other side'

Columbia Journalism Review — Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism

Appending Larry

Appending Larry

Columbia Journalism Review — Google’s “premature release” spins off another viral meme — and an ethical question

The limits of Internet research

The limits of Internet research

Columbia Journalism Review — "Rule number one of the Web: You don't mess with The Oatmeal"

'Open' in the age of live tweeting

'Open' in the age of live tweeting

Columbia Journalism Review — How UNITY 2012's student newsroom taught NAHJ a lesson about social media

'The Dreadful Woman' Who Ruined London's 1948 Olympics

'The Dreadful Woman' Who Ruined London's 1948 Olympics

The Awl — This is a story-a true story-about Olympic highs and lows, triumphant wins and crushing defeats, the old and the new, and my grandmother and a horrible Dutch woman who leapt over her dreams like they were just another hurdle on her path to the gold.
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