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What we're reading this week
Adam: In pushing live video, how ready is Facebook to answer the complicated ethical questions that come along with it?
Ben: One of the most important things in this list of principles of the keyboard-accessible website is the advice on keyboard shortcuts: “Developers should never unexpectedly change keyboard controls on the user.” What was the origin of the shortcut Command/Control-K to make text a link? I don’t know. But it works that way of every site with a rich text editor that I’ve used, and that’s a good thing.
Gabe: Love this photo illustration in a profile about professional de-clutterer Marie Kondo; it captures the organized but joyful quirkiness that is her brand.
Jack: With social media increasingly important in how people get and share information, it’s also changed how people get news, right? Actually a new study by Pew reports the vast majority of people most commonly share news using an older technology: word of mouth.
Julia: Learn D3 basics by planting a vegetable garden.
Inndy: Deal with it.
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Work we admire by our journalism peers
This week the Marshall Project published a sobering investigation of private prison transport companies. They also included a guide on how to localize the story for your state.
WE MADE A THING
Our projects, manifest
Congratulations to The Crime Report on launching their new site using our Largo WordPress framework!
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Chalkbeat is hiring a growth editor to join their product team.
Texas Tribune is looking for an investigative reporter.
Public Radio International is hiring a data editor and a data reporter.
And our team is still accepting applications for a lead WordPress developer. Come work with us!
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SOME OTHER STUFF
Gather ye rosebuds
LISTEN: Sir Patrick Stewart sings cowboy classics.
WATCH: An incredible short film on cicadas.
EAT: How do you define barbecue?
