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Articles by Justin Ellis

Justin Ellis is an assistant editor at the Lab. He was previously a staff writer and columnist for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, where he covered areas like business, politics, culture and technology. In 2009 Ellis was part of the paper’s team to cover the inauguration of President Barack Obama. A former Knight Digital Media Center fellow and researcher at Investigative Reporters and Editors, Ellis is originally from Minnesota. Ask him about meats and cheeses.

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November 9, 2015

Exit music (for content): Parting #hottakes on the life cycle of the media business

“Thanks for reading, and for putting up with me, for five years. I’m pretty sure this journalism thing is going to work itself out.”

October 28, 2015

Ed Silverman of Pharmalot on building longevity — and audience loyalty — in blogging

The popular blog on the pharmaceutical industry has lived many lives since 2007. It’s starting its next one at Stat, the new life sciences site from The Boston Globe.

October 23, 2015

Why does Google want to pay for digital news experiments in Europe?

“What is really important for the projects we’re looking for is we want specific projects and not the broad digital agenda or roadmap of publishers.”

October 23, 2015

Shouts, murmurs, earbuds: How The New Yorker is making the transition to radio

The magazine is collaborating with WNYC Studios to launch a new radio show and podcast. So what, exactly, does The New Yorker sound like?

October 19, 2015

What’s actually working in digital advertising? 8 publishers on how they’re bringing in money

Executives from The New York Times, Slate, The Atlantic, Wired, Mashable, The Seattle Times, Vox Media, and Newsweek say native advertising continues to be a success. But many are still trying to find the right approach to mobile ads.

Did the city of New York just create a platform for hyperlocal news?

October 14, 2015

Faster, stronger, and with better kickers: The New York Times’ 4th Down Bot gets an upgrade

The bot, which analyzes play calling by NFL coaches in pressure situations, now factors in team strength and the increasing accuracy of kickers. It’s also now open source.

Reddit gets more directly into the publishing business with Upvoted

October 6, 2015

Twitter unveils its own news digests, and some news orgs are participating

The initiative formerly known as “Project Lightning” introduces curated collections of tweets around news, sports, and entertainment, and some news organizations will be able to make their own.

October 5, 2015

Tasneem Raja on how NPR’s Code Switch navigates the increasingly crowded race-and-culture beat

“Our job is to really talk to each other and push back on our story ideas and the lenses we’re applying to these stories, and then try to invite the audience into the conversation as much as possible.”

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