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Ricardo BiltonFebruary 2, 2017

Reddit’s /r/worldnews community used a series of nudges to push users to fact-check suspicious news

“We found a method that can invite a much wider readership into the work of dealing with this problem, and at scale.”

Laura Hazard OwenJune 21, 2016

Mark Luckie on his new job at Reddit, diversity on the platform, and Today In #BlackTwitter

“With other social networks, it’s all about pushing as much content as possible, hoping that one will catch. Reddit is focused on single stories, rather than every single story or even the most recent story.”

Nearly half of U.S. adults get news on Facebook, Pew says

We know people read news on their phones. But from what sources?

Nearly half of Reddit users go there for 2016 election info

Reddit gets more directly into the publishing business with Upvoted

Digg is building a new commenting platform

Joseph LichtermanMarch 16, 2015

Millennials say keeping up with the news is important to them — but good luck getting them to pay for it

The new report from the Media Insight Project looks at millennials’ habits and attitudes toward news consumption: “I really wouldn’t pay for any type of news because as a citizen it’s my right to know the news.”

Justin EllisJanuary 13, 2015

Reported.ly puts its social-first journalism model to work covering the Charlie Hebdo attacks

The attacks in Paris brought on a wave of reporting, speculation, and chatter on social media — the sort of news environment First Look Media’s newest venture is designed to sift through when news breaks.

John WihbeySeptember 11, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: The realities of citizen journalism, and new possibilities for transparency

How “bridging elites” help on Twitter, perceptions of news by a skeptical public, and Wikipedia pages as newsmaking destinations: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

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