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“There was some feeling that the Times should stick to reporting trends and let the pollsters make the forecasts.”
After the launch of Guardian Europe, one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%.
In response to the volume and quality of applications, Press Forward doubled the funding and number of grantees for this open call.
“We’ve realized that we can’t do it all, and have made the decision to no longer have a staffed newsroom in Wichita.”
In normal times, text-only websites are a niche interest. But a natural disaster is not normal times.
Long before anyone was accused of being “woke,” the Wide Awakes used new news technology to rapidly construct a national movement.
The Times’ algorithmic recommendations team on responding to reader feedback, newsroom concerns, and technical hurdles.