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TIFR's superconductor discovery: Where are the reports?
Most news publications in India didn't report on an exciting and significant discovery made by physicists from TIFR, Mumbai. Why not?
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No country for new journalism
Through an oped in Nieman Lab, Ken Doctor makes a timely case for explanatory - or explainer - journalism being far from a passing fad. Across the many factors that he argues contribute to its rise and persistence in western markets, there is evidence that he believes explainer journalism's historic
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Blogging at NYTimes and The Hindu
I'm going to draw some parallels here between the The New York Times and The Hindu in the context of Times's decision to shut or merge up to half of its blogs (Disclosure: I launched The Hindu Blogs in December 2012 and coordinated the network until
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Weekly science quiz
My weekly science quiz debuted in The Hindu today, in its In School edition. Here's the first installment. Questions 1. Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon on July 21, 1969, passed away on August 25 this year. Who was the second man to step