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Read the "Stomach-Churning" Sexual Assault Accusations Against R. Kelly in Full
It has been nearly 15 years since music journalist Jim DeRogatis caught the story that has since defined his career.
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In 1984 moment, N. Korea deletes near entirety of news archives
North Korean state media outlet the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) has deleted over 35,000 articles from its on-line archives. The deletion, the biggest ever article removal in KCNA’s history, means that with the exception of a small number of articles about Kim Jong Un, the digital record of state-approved news currently only reaches back to October 2013 on KCNA’s North Korea (.kp) hosted website.
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Twitter Doyenne Jenny Johnson On How to Eat Without Ever Cooking
The hilarious Johnson, a former Texas news producer, rose to fame on Twitter for her acerbic wit and is now working full time as comedy writer in L.A.. The fact that she's cooking-averse and spends most of her days working at home on an upcoming book and television pilot, snacking away on popcorn and candy (Starbursts are her weakness), only made us all the more interested in her eating habits.
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Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews
Remember the Apple Newton? How about Netscape? Even if these products did not last until the present, they left their mark in the evolution of personal technology. For his final WSJ video column, Walt Mossberg takes us through the last 20 years.
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Pictures That Change History: Why the World Needs Photojournalists
It's never been easier to take photos—or harder to capture ones that matter.
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How the Paparazzi Everyman Is Failing Our Entertainers, Failing Ourselves
The report features an interview with Niraj Tanna, “one of a new generation of paparazzi”. Tanna admits that conditions are safer now that paparazzi “can’t follow them, chase them, run after them, or do any of that sort of stuff.” The report concludes by suggesting that those changes create the greater likelihood “royal spin” but that no amount of manufactured royal coverage can entirely counter the fact that thanks to cell phones, “we’re all paparazzi now”.
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The future of news is anticipation
One of the most important trends going into 2014 is the wave of sophisticated algorithms and processes that will forever change how journalism is both created and consumed. They are inherently social, but not in the way you may think. And they rely on the vast repositories of data we generate each time we connect, whether that’s searching Google for a restaurant, wishing friends happy birthday on Facebook, or posting an in-line annotation on Medium.
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Chilling Pictures Taken By The Teenage Photographer Who Was Killed In Syria
Molhem Barakat was a freelance photographer for Reuters covering the fighting in Aleppo.
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The Year We Broke the Internet
An explanation. An apology. A plea.
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Wife: Saudi blogger recommended for apostasy trial
A judge in Saudi Arabia has recommended that imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi go before a high court on a charge of apostasy, according to Badawi's wife.
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Best news bloopers of 2013 (NSFW language)
Best local news bloopers that hit the internet in 2013.
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Case Study: An Experiment with Short Form Content
Two days ago I wrote about the power of longer-form content on a blog, and gave a few examples of...
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The Best Magazine Ever Published Was Life Magazine, in Summer 1945
Last summer in a used bookstore, I happened on an enormous, bound volume of Life magazine, from July–September 1945. I opened to the very first story in the first issue, July 2, 1945. The headline read: “This Is Art by Piet Mondrian: Mondrian Hated Curves.” Can you imagine a...
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Refn and Gosling reunite for a battle of metaphors in Only God Forgives - My Review
Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling reunite for a battle of metaphors in Only God Forgives. Read the full review here at Movie Review World
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Egypt Detains Journalists It Says Aired ‘False News’
Egyptian authorities detained a team of journalists working for the Al Jazeera English news channel on Sunday, including an Australian journalist and the channel’s Cairo bureau chief, on charges that included meeting with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group that the Egyptian government classified last week as a terrorist organization.
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Report: 70 journalists killed on the job in 2013
At least 70 journalists were killed on the job around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 slain in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Mediastan, WikiLeaks Film (Part 1 of 3)
Mediastan, WikiLeaks Film (Part 1 of 3)
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The New York Times To Obama: Let Snowden Come Home
The New York Times Editorial Board is out with an opinion piece in support of ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, wherein they call him a "whistleblower" and ask the president to stop vilifying him for exposing alleged wrongdoings within the U.S. intelligence community. The board writes that Snowden should be allowed to return home and be granted a plea bargain, "some form of clemency" or reduced punishment for doing his country "a great service."
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56 Things Writers Have Predicted 2014 Will Be "the Year of"
Happy new year! Now that 2013 is out of the way, it's time to get cracking on deciding the what next year is. The Year of the Winter Olympics? The Year of World Peace? Or maybe one of these 56 other options, predicted by writers all over?
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Hoax story claiming 'Marijuana overdoses kill 37 in Colorado' fools some - not all
A satirical website fooled some people with its hoax story headlined: "Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization January 2nd, 2014." The story quoted a fake "Dr. Jack Shepard," claiming he was "chief of surgery at St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver."
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