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Archives: January 2015

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Forget keeping up with the economy — what would it take for the newspaper business just to keep up with inflation? Even the “growth” areas are slowing down.
The team that runs the Times’ Twitter accounts looked back on what they learned — what worked, what didn’t — from running @NYTimes in 2014.
Tweaks to the News Feed algorithm that push back against satire and hoaxes suggest that Facebook wants better content — but is pushing responsibility on its users.
“The specific goal I told them was to alienate the local readership”: The new startup from former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio is taking an irreverent and investigative approach to local news.
How can public radio make audio that breaks big on social media? A NPR experiment identified what makes a piece of audio go viral.
A hackathon last weekend brainstormed new ideas for video — and tried to build early working versions of those ideas.
What would you tell someone who’s never worked in a newsroom what it’s like to work in journalism?