Morning Mediawire: Finding the practical in the local, a new tool to fight online harassment, how 4/20 began

Morning Mediawire: Finding the practical in the local, a new tool to fight online harassment, how 4/20 began

Commentary This didn’t happen — but you never know. (Photo illustration by Nicola Bertolin via Shutterstock) From nuclear hideouts to your stoves, what Lifehacker could teach local editors

For the past year, Melissa Kirsch has been running a site that has been growing fast, even in times of greater cynicism and division, by offering expert views embraced by earnest, engaged audiences.

And there’s no reason, she says, that local news sites can’t adopt some of what she’s learned at Lifehacker .“There is so much noise, so many people chasing the same stories,” says Kirsch, whose site is a bright spot […]

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