Vice Uses Virtual Reality to Immerse Viewers in News
Date: 23 January 2015
By EMILY STEEL
Emily STEEL
Directors Chris Milk and Spike Jonze, in partnership with Vice News, produce eight-minute virtual-reality experience that puts audiences into Millions March protest in New York in December; Milk has several virtual-reality projects.
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What We're Reading
Date: 23 January 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from John Schwartz, Stacy Cowley and others.
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Hong Kong Editor, Attacked Last Year, Expresses Hope for Future of News Media
Date: 23 January 2015
By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONG
Chris BUCKLEY
Kevin Lau Chun-to, still using crutches and hobbling almost a year after he was attacked with a cleaver, said closer ties with mainland China came with great risks, but expressed hope for press freedom.
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At Risk of Fragmenting, Yemen Poses Dangers to U.S.
Date: 22 January 2015
By ROBERT F. WORTH
Robert WORTH
News Analysis; political crisis in Yemen is likely to continue despite agreement reached between Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi and Houthi rebels; economic collapse seems imminent since Saudi Arabia cut off financial aid to government; ongoing sectarian fighting could be exploited by Al Qaeda or become proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran; United States has no strong allies in country that is increasingly unstable.
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Talk of Wealth Gap Prods the G.O.P. to Refocus
Date: 22 January 2015
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and ASHLEY PARKER
Jonathan WEISMAN
Growing income inequality has become such prominent political issue that Republicans are being forced to address it; prospective 2016 presidential candidates are increasingly taking stand against poverty and stagnant wages in break from GOP's traditional free market approach.
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Lessons of the James Risen Case
Date: 22 January 2015
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Editorial welcomes Justice Department's end to its attempt to force New York Times reporter James Risen to testify in whistle-blower case and its revision of guidelines on leak investigations; holds developments are still late in coming, and not really enough; calls for strong federal shield law helping reporters who protect identity of their sources.
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Naming a Drone Lets Readers' Imaginations Take Flight
Date: 22 January 2015
By MICHAEL ROSTON
Michael ROSTON
If The Times ever gets a drone for news-gathering purposes, we’ll have to name it. We asked readers on Twitter what they’d name our hypothetical unmanned aerial journalist vehicle.
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U.S. Seeking a Stronger World Media Voice
Date: 22 January 2015
By RON NIXON
Ron NIXON
Foreign policy experts and critics contend appointment of media executive Andrew Lack as first chief executive of Broadcasting Board of Governors will turn dysfunctional agency around in shaping world opinion about United States; say board helmed by Lack, former president of NBC News, will better challenge increasingly hostile views of Americans abroad and more vigorously compete with rivals in information battle.
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