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Daphne Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist in Malta, was on her way to the bank when she was killed by a car bomb outside her house in October 2017. For months her assets had been frozen by a precautionary warrant issued in conjunction with four libel suits brought by Malta’s economy minister and his aide,...
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On the night before Easter, in Manhattan’s Samuel J Friedman Theatre, a packed house gathered to witness the resurrection of The Sun. That’s not idle wordplay. There’s more than a hint of the theological in James Graham’s Ink, about the Sun’s dramatic turnaround from failing broadsheet to popular tabloid in 1969-70. With its connotations of...
The Markup ousts editor in chief Julia Angwin, prompting resignations
On Monday night, The Markup, a nonprofit journalism startup focused on data-driven investigations of the effects of technology on society, fired its editor in chief and co-founder Julia Angwin. Jeff Larson, The Markup’s managing editor, has been named the outlet’s new editor in chief. At least four editorial staffers have resigned, after Angwin's seven-person team...
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The release of the almost-complete report by Robert Mueller is an opportunity to discuss a couple of words in it, and the sometimes subtle differences that can skew readers’ opinions of the results. The report was “almost complete” in that portions of it were obscured, or “redacted.” Some say the report was “censored,” but “censored”...
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I wrote a story that became a legend. Then I discovered it wasn’t true.
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Response to news reports of a Trump-ordered boycott of the Correspondents' Dinner: #We’re looking forward to an enjoyable evening of celebrating the First Amendment and great journalists past, present, and future." - Olivier Knox, President of the #WHCA
— WHCA (@whca) April 23, 2019The New Statesman asked me to write a little bit about Lyra’s work as a journalist.
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For anyone not familiar with her reporting, I hope it might go a small way in conveying a little of what a tremendous talent we’ve lost https://t.co/Mljf5M2abkThe New York Times will publish a 16-page special print section tomorrow, including summaries & highlights from the paper's annotations of the Mueller Report.
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) April 18, 2019The National Enquirer is being sold for $100 million to James Cohen, CEO of Hudson News https://t.co/iKeDyMCe5G
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