Hi, my name is Mathew Ingram. I write about digital media for the Columbia Journalism Review, and this is a newsletter that is made up of links I've either found on Twitter or Facebook, or that have been shared by my social network. Hope you enjoy it!
The New York Times
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Carl Zimmer
– Sep 19, 2019, 11:03 AM
The number of birds in the United States and Canada has fallen by 29 percent since 1970, scientists reported on Thursday. There are 2.9 billion fewer birds taking wing now than there were 50 years ago. The analysis, published in the journal…
The New York Times
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Matthew Rosenberg
– Sep 19, 2019, 8:12 AM
WASHINGTON — The internal watchdog for American spy agencies declined repeatedly in a briefing on Thursday to disclose to lawmakers the content of a potentially explosive whistle-blower complaint that is said to involve a discussion between…
The Washington Post
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Ellen Nakashima, Shane Harris, Greg Miller, Carol Leonnig
– Sep 19, 2019, 5:04 PM
Two and a half weeks before the complaint was filed, Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian and political newcomer who was elected in a landslide in May. That call is already under investigation by House Democrats who…
In October 2018, we disclosed the first comprehensive archive of state-backed information operations on Twitter. We launched this initiative to empower academic and public understanding of these coordinated campaigns around the world, and to…
Sebastien St-Jean / AFP / Getty Images Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau My editor, loath though I am to hear it, routinely tells me that typing I TOLD YOU SO is not a great way to start an article. But how else do you expect me to jump into a…