1. Hacks/Hackers and the News Lab at Google team up (Kristin Hare / Poynter)
2. How the New York Times is trying to combat the backfire effect (Laura Dattaro / Columbia Journalism Review)
3. Women in tech: Making computer science more inviting (Claire Cain Miller / New York Times)
4. How to make a simple virtual reality data visualization (Roger Kenny / Storybench)
5. Brands make a match with dating apps (Lauren Johnson / AdWeek)