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“Without revisions, dictionaries die.” That’s what Peter Sokolowski, editor-at-large for Merriam-Webster, told a gathering of editors last spring. We hope you agree, and we also hope this column won’t result in “TL;DR.” With the web, dictionaries can be updated frequently, and Merriam-Webster just dumped a bunch of new words: more than 840. Included in that […]
Emptywheel’s Marcy Wheeler knows more than she tells, but she tells a lot
In the sometimes murky world of national security reporters, few people are wrong less often than Marcy Wheeler. Wheeler’s insights, gleaned from tireless, detailed reading of declassified documents, are unique because they rely on public information, rather than access, and because Wheeler takes great pains to show her work. The longtime blogger’s site Emptywheel focuses […]
Wary Myanmar journalists adapt to Reuters verdict
In a dilapidated, colonial courthouse, two Reuters reporters who exposed a military massacre of 10 Rohingya civilians sat handcuffed as they listened to a judge rattle off his reasons for convicting them under Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act. In phones and notebooks belonging to Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, and Wa Lone, 32, police had found a […]
New podcast delves into controversial Chicago police shooting
“16 Shots,” WBEZ’s new podcast with the Chicago Tribune about the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, launched on August 29. That day, the Tribune also published a story from a selective and controlled 40-minute interview with Jason Van Dyke, the police officer charged with murdering McDonald, who was later threatened with contempt for speaking […]
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