1. Welcome to the future of storytelling (Alex Kruglov / Re/code)
2. Obama: Vox ‘for the brainiac-nerd types’ (Lucy McCalmont / Politico)
3. Twitter reports a surge in government data requests (Mike Isaac / New York Times)
4. CNN Politics Digital continues to staff up (Benjamin Mullin / Poynter)
5. Meet the woman behind Google Maps (Caroline Fairchild / Fortune Magazine)
6. Sling TV reminded me why I miss cable (and why I’m better off) (Will Oremus / Slate)