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To Fight Ad Blocking, Build Better Ads

To Fight Ad Blocking, Build Better Ads

As the use of blocking technology accelerates, publishers are exploring ways to serve up ads users actually want to see
Why News Outlets Are Watching India's Next Billion Internet Users

Why News Outlets Are Watching India’s Next Billion Internet Users

As Quartz, BuzzFeed, and The Huffington Post look for footholds in India, the bigger opportunity for news may be among the Indians buying smartphones to access information in languages other…
The Value of Slow Journalism in the Age of Instant Information

The Value of Slow Journalism in the Age of Instant Information

As news cycles speed up, 'slow' journalists take months—even years—to report and tell in-depth stories
Independent Journalism Finds its Voice in Egypt

Independent Journalism Finds its Voice in Egypt

Amidst a challenging political and economic environment, young Egyptian reporters are developing innovative journalism and business models
Hedrick Smith: “If all we deliver is bad news, we lose credibility”

Hedrick Smith: “If all we deliver is bad news, we lose credibility”

He’s written thousands of articles for The New York Times, produced dozens of documentaries for PBS, and written seven books, but Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith says his latest venture is among…
Is Solutions Journalism the Solution?

Is Solutions Journalism the Solution?

New media ventures are focusing on what’s going right in the world rather than what’s going wrong
Cory Haik: “Digital demands all shapes and forms”

Cory Haik: “Digital demands all shapes and forms”

When Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, it was easy to assume that the newspaper’s digital content would be getting an update. One of…

Masha Gessen: “We’ve been thinking about terrorism all wrong”

The 2004 Nieman Fellow discusses her new book about the Boston Marathon bombers, and how narratives can get in the way of facts
Bassem Youssef: The Joke Is Mightier than the Sword

Bassem Youssef: The Joke Is Mightier than the Sword

"Egypt's Jon Stewart" on the enduring role of satire in free—and not-so-free—societies
The Offending Art: Political Cartooning after the Charlie Hebdo Attacks

The Offending Art: Political Cartooning after the Charlie Hebdo Attacks

Satirists around the world come to terms with the danger of "punching up" at those in power