Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and other miscellany) on the Internet, here are your can’t-miss must-reads of the past week:
Ezra Klein on Vox’s launch, media condescension, and competing with Wikipedia — “If media professionals look at this and think, That’s ridiculous, I already know all of this, that’s wonderful for us”
‘I’ve never had an interview like that’ — How two Times-Picayune journalists reported “The Long Road” series on sex abuse
Change all your passwords for everything now — Flaw found in key method for protecting data on the internet
The culture of shut up — Too many debates about important issues degenerate into manufactured and misplaced outrage–and it’s chilling free speech
Is there a Wonk Bubble? — Why the boom in data journalism actually makes sense
The ultimate guide to solving iOS battery drain — Someone give this man his own journalism startup
Eight (no, nine!) problems with big data — Let’s be levelheaded about what big data can — and can’t — do
Vox takes melding of journalism and technology to a new level — Klein: “We were badly held back not just by the technology, but by the culture of journalism”
The Editors are the staffers of the Columbia Journalism Review.