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Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and other miscellany) on the Internet, here are your can’t-miss must-reads of the past week:
Men should wear makeup — Farhad Manjoo finishes his run at Slate with a true #slatepitch
Death of an adjunct — Margaret Mary Vojtko, an adjunct professor of French for 25 years, died underpaid and underappreciated at age 83
Why Reuters ditched its big Web push — The wire service, not the brand. Rashbass couldn’t see the cash flow
‘A town destroyed for what two people did’ — Dispatch from Steubenville, one year later
The Red & Black: one year later — Last year, student journalists walked out of the University of Georgia’s daily after administration demanded more “good news.” Here’s a check-in
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