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Journalist Michael Hastings Dies In Car Crash At Age 33()  

Michael Hastings, 33, has died in a car crash in Los Angeles, according to reports. The author of wartime books and articles that included a candid profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal is seen here at an event last year.

June 18, 2013 The journalist whose candid interviews of Gen. Stanley McChrystal led to the officer's eventual removal from his post has died in a car crash, according to reports.

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The Two-Way

Facebook, Microsoft Reveal Requests For User Data()  

Facebook says it received 9,000 to 10,000 requests from government agencies during the last six months of 2012.

June 15, 2013 The tech giants say they have been allowed to reveal data requests from the government in broad terms, but expressed frustration that they aren't permitted to say more.

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Code Switch

New Ads Still Warn A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste()  

For the first time, the United Negro College Fund is using real prospective college students in its ads in lieu of actors.

June 15, 2013 The United Negro College Fund's new campaign shows just how much the way we talk about and around race has changed.

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The Protojournalist

The Protojournalist: An NPR Project()  

Storytelling. Watercolor by Arthur Ignatius Keller. (1910?)

June 14, 2013 Welcome to NPR's new journalism project, a blog devoted to finding new, inventive and engaging ways to tell stories.

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The Two-Way

Gannett To Buy TV Station Owner Belo For $2.2 Billion()  

Gannett headquarters in McLean, Va.

June 13, 2013 The deal for $1.5 billion in cash and more than $700 million in Belo debt will nearly double the number of Gannett-owned TV stations, to 43.

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Monkey See

How To Introduce Kids To Tough Topics? Art And TV Can Help()  

Sue Glader wrote Nowhere Hair after finding many children's books about cancer that were too depressing or scary.

June 13, 2013 When parents aren't sure how to approach a difficult subject, they sometimes turn to other media — and Linda Ellerbee is happy to lend a hand. She's been the host of Nickelodeon's NickNews for 22 years, and her one rule of thumb is don't dumb it down.

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