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1. In a Chaotic Presidency, Civics 101 is Giving Listeners a Reintroduction to How the U.S. Government Works (Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab)
2. Internet Archive Reaches Semifinals in MacArthur Foundation’s Competition for $100 Million Grant (Wendy Hanamura / Internet Archive)
3. Question Your Answers: Michael K. Williams Debates Whether He’s Being Typecast in Campaign for The Atlantic (The Atlantic)
4. How Wikipedia Is Cultivating an Army of Fact Checkers to Battle Fake News (Jared Keller / Pacific Standard)
5. Dropped by NBC, Boston’s WHDH is Placing a Big Bet on Local News and Aims to be “DVR-Proof” (Nieman Lab / Laura Hazard Owen)
6. Omarosa Manigault Produces Secret Recording of White House Dispute With Journalist (Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine)