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Culled from CJR’s own stories, plus the 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:
How to handle a story correction (CJR) – Rolling Stone needs a transparency lesson.
Hey millionaire tech bros: Have patience with the editorial process (CJR) – Chris Hughes probably wanted to enable great journalism at first. Then the dust settled and before you know it, he’s shaking everything up again.
Will Denver really have a newspaper war? (CJR) – As a billionaire floats reviving the Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Post might buckle its chin strap
On Rolling Stone, lessons from factchecking, and the limits of journalism (Feministing) – “Fact-checking taught me a lot, and here’s one thing I learned: One of the main purposes of fact-checking is to correct journalism’s bias toward a ‘good story’ above all else”
How political campaigns use Twitter to shape media coverage (CJR) – The Romney and Obama teams used social media to manipulate media narratives during 2012 debates.
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