1. New rules governing drone journalism are on the way, and there’s reason to be optimistic (Matt Waite / Nieman Lab)
2. How a local news site busted open Chicago’s biggest sports story this year (Benjamin Mullin / Poynter)
3. Jose Antonio Vargas partners with Los Angeles Times (Brian Stelter / CNN Money)
4. Newsrooms face mental health challenge amid surge of graphic footage (Katie Hawkins-Gaar / Poynter)
5. Inside the New York Times Instagram strategy (Eric Blattberg / Digiday)
6. The unbearable lightness of tweeting (Derek Thompson / The Atlantic)