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1. How The Dallas Morning News Went From Covering a Protest to Reporting on a Deadly Shooting (Kristen Hare / Poynter)
2. Want to Attract More Readers? Try Listening to Them (Liz Spayd / New York Times)
3. Why Did Facebook Block Our Reporting On Hemp? (Jeff Young / Ohio Valley ReSource)
4. Twitter Will Live-Stream the Democratic and Republican National Conventions Thanks to a New Deal with CBS (Kurt Wagner / Recode)
5. As Online Video Surges, Publishers Turn to Automation (John Herrman / New York Times)
6. Twitter Exonerated This “Suspect” in the Dallas Shooting. Why Didn’t the Police Clear His Name? (Will Oremus / Slate)