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Simon OwensDecember 14, 2011

NPR’s StateImpact project explores regional topics through focused, data-driven journalism

The network is taking the resources of a national news organization and applying them to the local level.

In a week, Flipboard’s twice as big on iPhone as on iPad

The 20 Unhappiest People You Meet In The Comments Sections Of Year-End Lists

Joshua BentonDecember 14, 2011

Is it just 8,000-word epics that make people hit “Read Later”?

Or are tools like Instapaper and Read It Later really just scratching an itch for time-shifted reading, whether those pieces are long or short?

From Nieman Reports: In digital publishing, content drives length, not the other way around

“Our idea was to create a new way for writers to be able to tell stories at what had always been considered a financially awkward length.” John Tayman

UK journalists no longer need permission to tweet in court

Bob Saget’s cellphone pics will now be distributed by AP

A web-first politics site for NBC News: Vivian Schiller on the launch of NBCPolitics.com

The site is less a companion to TV programming than a freestanding outlet, connected to the news operation rather than any one show. Justin Ellis