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Predictive Journalism, Nate Silver, and the Talmudic Mind.
Baye’s Theorem considers “Priors” (also called “signals”) – events that we have pre-existing knowledge on – and “Posteriors” – events that we want to predict. While the theorem has again been around...
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Crowdsourced Writing
Wrote these two points for a Google Group of Jewish writers. The present title (crowdsourced writing) was named after the second entry from today: I find the more I think about what to write before...
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Ezra Klein and the Permanency of the Impermanent Web
Recently an interesting article was published called, “Sarah Palin, Ezra Klein, and the Unexpected Permanence of the Web.” There the author discusses something we’ll call “virtual permanence.” An idea...
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The Four Stages of Jewish Creative Writing
By Yonatan Gordon The question was asked today on a Jewish writer’s forum how to use “beats” in writing. What follows is the lightly edited answer: PLEASE NOTE: That this treatment only applies to...
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How to Passover Clean Your News Feed
Photo Credit: JudyGruen.com / corbisimages.com What is a feed? Whether you find yourself looking at Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or one of your favorite sites, odds are you spend most of your time...
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Ezra Klein and the Haggadah of Explanatory Journalism
By Yonatan Gordon There are two types of journalists in the world, with a landscape of opinions and approaches in between. On one side are the investigative journalists who spend their time...
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Start-Up Journalism
Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 From the above picture taken at a recent anti-draft demonstration, there appears to be two sides with no common ground. But while the middle space in the...
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Talmudic Journalism
The debate has ramifications throughout the entire Talmud up until our present day. Which is stronger: Nature or Nature? The answer not only solves this long-standing debate, but also teaches us...
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What Makes News Jewish?
Photo: Einstein’s Visit to the United States By Yonatan Gordon A few weeks ago I decided to conduct a social experiment. I contacted independent TEDx lecture organizers throughout Israel, asking if...
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Torah Journalism
By Yonatan Gordon There is a revolution taking place in the world of advertising called “content marketing.” For those interested in a good overview, read this recent piece from the Harvard Business...
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Tikkun (Rectified) Journalism
By Yonatan Gordon It’s a question I have asked myself often. That is until last week. When formulating articles for public consumption, once the article has been written or before motivating myself to...
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The NON-Graphic Side of the Har Nof Massacre
By Yonatan Gordon You can’t get escape darkness by feeding it to us until we vomit it out. Yes we need to know that precious lives were lost today. And yes there are names that we still need to pray...
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