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Must-reads of the week

How to handle story corrections, a possible newspaper revival in Denver, and a message to journalism's Silicon Valley owners.
December 12, 2014

Culled from CJR’s own stories, plus the 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:

How to handle a story correction (CJR) – Rolling Stone needs a transparency lesson.

Hey millionaire tech bros: Have patience with the editorial process (CJR) – Chris Hughes probably wanted to enable great journalism at first. Then the dust settled and before you know it, he’s shaking everything up again.

Will Denver really have a newspaper war? (CJR) – As a billionaire floats reviving the Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Post might buckle its chin strap

On Rolling Stone, lessons from factchecking, and the limits of journalism (Feministing) – “Fact-checking taught me a lot, and here’s one thing I learned: One of the main purposes of fact-checking is to correct journalism’s bias toward a ‘good story’ above all else”

How political campaigns use Twitter to shape media coverage (CJR) – The Romney and Obama teams used social media to manipulate media narratives during 2012 debates.

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