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Medium
For those of us in the newsroom, this question, or its subsidiary — "Why should someone stay in journalism?" — is at the core of everything. As a practical matter, though, we hardly spend time with it. Editors are always answering why someone should come to POLITICO, or in this era of fierce competition for talent, why he or she should stay. That's different than the fundamental choice of why this career in the first place.
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Writing Cooperative
Medium is truly a godsend — especially for those who just started writing on Medium to share snippets of their lives, build their business, or simply inspire others to change. What's even more fascinating about Medium is that anyone can bring their ideas and life stories and break into the wall of fame (aka Top Stories).
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Medium
When I tell people that the ellipsis (...) is the most amazing character ever, most people look at me like I'm crazy. Before you label me a lunatic, let me try to explain.
For decades, interface designers have been using the ellipsis to communicate all sorts of important details to users. As you'll soon see, these three dots can pack quite a lot of meaning in just a little space.
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The New York Times
One day many decades hence, when your grandchildren ask you, "Grandma, what was a newspaper?" you can direct them back to Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. Because it may well go down as the day the American newspaper as we've known it moved out of intensive care and into the palliative wing on its way to the Great Beyond.
The Newspaper Association of America, the trade group that has represented the interests of major newspaper publishers in one form or another since 1887, is going to drop from its name the very word that defined it: "Newspaper."
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Bloomberg
E-books are not taking over the world! That seems pretty clear from a Pew Research Center survey, which showed that the percentage of Americans who read digital books hasn't risen since 2014.
The survey didn't show any real sign of a print resurgence either, though. Overall, the percentage of Americans consuming books in any form appears to be trending modestly downward.
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A hardworking, first-of-its-kind solution for small space gardening! The new “Take 2” combos from Burpee plants feature a slicer AND cherry tomato trialed together for habit and fruit timing. Gardeners will get a steady supply of tomatoes from one container all summer long! Available in three recipes for garden centers in 2017. BurpeeHomeGardens.com
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Medium
When uttered outside of journalism circles, the word "engagement" means something fairly specific involving rings, love, wedding bells, commitment, and the like.
But inside of the journalism industry, despite "engagement" being the word du jour, and despite a rise in newsroom jobs with "engagement" in the title, the industry can't quite put its finger on what "engagement" truly means.
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The Media Briefing
As the means of funding journalism have changed, so, too, have the priorities for newsrooms.
A recent piece on Mother Jones made clear that display advertisements didn,t come close to funding the investigative article against which they were served. It was the type of investigative piece journalists, myself included, like to think that other people think we regularly produce.
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Phys.org
A team of researchers, including several from the University of California, Riverside, have found that flowers are a hot spot of transmission of bacteria that end up in the microbiome of wild bees.
The research, which was just published in the journal Microbial Ecology, shows for the first time that multiple flower and wild bee species share several of the same types of bacteria. Bees therefore obtain both food and bacteria from flowers.
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Greenhouse Grower
Trends with plants come and go, but color always sells. While there is no right or wrong to color choices when choosing spring plants for your product mix in 2017, you'll want to offer a broad color selection to your customers to cover their varied tastes. These spring crops offer color choices ranging from bold and vibrant hues to understated, softer tones, and they're versatile enough to be used in baskets, containers, beds and borders.
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Lonicera Honey Baby® the unique bush, sweet scented honeysuckle! Place in the garden as a specimen, hedge or container planting to enjoy the wonderful perfume and beauty from dawn until dusk!
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Digiday
After years of guzzling at the platforms' traffic spigot, publishers' worst fears are coming true. The platforms have inserted themselves between publishers and their readers, making it harder for publishers to make money off them.
To counter, publishers are getting smarter about striking direct connections with readers, getting people to come to their sites where they have full control over audience data and monetization.
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Recode
Twitter's quiet summer may soon be coming to an end.
The social communication company's board of directors is set to meet in San Francisco, and there are plenty of things to discuss. That includes, said sources, its fate as a standalone company.
That's no surprise, since Twitter has been the subject of numerous takeover and acquisition rumors over the last few months, each one sending the stock up as investors hold out hope that Twitter will find a buyer.
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Media Shift
"Not ready to pretend that @Instagram is @Snapchat yet."
One of my fellow grad students tweeted that back on Aug. 6, in the wake of Instagram cloning Snapchat's features with their Stories function.
Now we have numbers to show that this loyal sentiment is common among Snapchat's core users.
BuzzFeed recently shared data from third party providers that "did not find any meaningful decline" in Snapchat's metrics.
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GWA
By Katie Elzer-Peters: I am deeply suspicious of anyone with a bucket truck and a chainsaw. That translates into a fear of anyone getting near any of my trees. My eyes were opened and I felt a renewed sense of trust after talking with R.J. Laverne, Manager of Education and Training for Davey Tree. He is responsible for training all of the arborists that pick up a pruning device in the name of the company. His credentials are ironclad.
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GWA
GWA's 2016 election of officers and directors has officially closed and the results are in! Elected officers and directors' terms will begin at the GWA Annual Conference & Expo next week. After a record year of voter turnout, GWA thanks all those who took the time to cast their ballots.
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GWA
We can't wait to see you, and hundreds of your garden communications colleagues, at Atlanta Sheraton for #GWA2016. Here are some helpful details to make the most of your time in Atlanta.
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GWA
In the August-September issue ...
- Kate Copsey with another #GWA2016 preview, "Private Gardens to Please the Senses"
- GWA President Kirk Brown's message, "Full Exposure Recommended"
- Executive Director Maria Ungaro's message, "Special Attention for First Timers"
- Erica Glasener sits down with #GWA2016 keynotes Michael A. Dirr, PhD, and Coach Vince Dooley
- Plus much more!
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