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He Reported on Facebook. Now He Approaches It With Caution.

He Reported on Facebook. Now He Approaches It With Caution. Nick Confessore, an investigative reporter who has written about social media and data privacy, has changed his tech habits after what he has learned. Read More…

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From Bubble Memory to Hot Spots and a Fly Rod

From Bubble Memory to Hot Spots and a Fly Rod David E. Sanger, a national security correspondent, recounts his gear from the computers in use when he joined The Times in 1982 to his overloaded backpack now. Read More…

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SWAMP wins again: Fired VA director gets rehired

It’s stories like this that make voters questions everything that goes on in D.C. Why can’t the VA get rid of bad employees? VA forced to rehire fired director of DC veterans hospital https://t.co/de9JJg9zTu pic.twitter.com/HAokoqR8Oj — FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) August 10, 2017 Brian Hawkins, who was the director of the DC VA Medical Center,was…

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How an App Creates ‘Disturbingly Agile Millennial Thumbs’

How an App Creates ‘Disturbingly Agile Millennial Thumbs’ Isabella Kwai, a reporter in Australia, rarely takes notes on paper anymore and instead uses her iPhone. She can still look sources in the eye while typing. Read More…

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Digital Privacy Is a Big Concern in Europe. For This Reporter, Too.

Digital Privacy Is a Big Concern in Europe. For This Reporter, Too. When the investigative journalist Matt Apuzzo moved from Washington to Brussels, he noticed that distrust had a different focus. And he adjusted some of his own tech tools. Read More…

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Hurricanes. Shootings. Fires. Time for an Editor’s Emergency Kit.

Hurricanes. Shootings. Fires. Time for an Editor’s Emergency Kit. When news of natural disasters or man-made ones break in the U.S., Julie Bloom taps a variety of tools to communicate with reporters, edit stories and get them published. Read More…

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