“The reason I have to have undercover voters is because social media sites won’t — and to some extent, can’t — tell you exactly what they’re recommending every single voter.”

Until the news business adopts NFL-style revenue sharing — which, um, it won’t — the Packers are more of an exception than a useful metaphor.

In the three weeks leading up to my kid’s first day of class, there were literally zero stories in the News & Observer about most back-to-school matters in Durham. There were tons of stories about mask fights and an escaped cobra.

The newspaper tariffs are dead. How big a difference will that make to those whose businesses still depends on dead trees?

“Instead of reducing political polarization, our intervention increased it.”

“What we want to do is create the best possible place to support great content. How does the best media in the world work? In almost every case, the best media is supported by those who consume it.”

“Imagine a newsroom where half of the room is analysts and half is reporters. You combine what each of them is so good at doing and deliver that every day to the reader.”

“Imagine uma redação onde metade da sala é de analistas e a outra metade é de repórteres. Reúna o que cada um deles faz de melhor e entregue isso todos os dias para o leitor”.

“Представьте себе редакцию, половина сотрудников которой – аналитики, а вторая половина – репортеры. Вы используете сильные стороны тех и других и ежедневно предоставляете результат читателям”.

“Imagina una redacción donde la mitad sean analistas y la otra mitad periodistas. Combinas lo que cada uno de ellos sabe hacer mejor y se lo entregas día a día al lector”.

News is one of the device’s core features, and there are two main ways — so far — that outlets have utilized Alexa: The Flash Briefing and skills.

“It is meant as a resource for other journalists and a trove to explore for our many readers fascinated by original documents.”

Missed mobile opportunities, measuring Craigslist’s impact, and bringing an open source philosophy to journalism : all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

Plus: The New York Times’ site is hacked, Al Jazeera America’s initial reviews, and the rest of the week’s journalism and tech news.

After having trouble finding journalists ready for graduate-level computer science, the university is trying to build a bridge to quantitative skills.

Do newspapers have a shot at stepping ahead of their broadcast rivals as web video evolves?

Collaboration’s in the air in the run-up to next month’s anniversary.

The Times Co.’s R&D Lab is betting breakfast will be less about sharing out newsprint and more about swiping through stories, ambient commerce, and the quantified self.

A few new features to add onto last week’s redesign of niemanlab.org — and a new Twitter account to follow.