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Dante A. Ciampaglia

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Notebook Dump: "The People’s Joker" Confirms Robert Wuhl is a Legend

Programming note: What I’m calling “Notebook Dump” will be an infrequent part of the Retronym newsletter — an extra bit that relates to an article/interview/what-have-you I’ve recently worked on. It could be something cut for space, a thread excised for narrative purposes, or more thinking on a

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Algorithms Are Not Audiences

Some thinking-out-loud about why and how to put people — not platforms — first in publishing Google noticed its search has been overwhelmed with low-quality clickbait. It only took 15 years. In early March, the company announced an algorithm adjustment to downgrade "spammy, low-quality content" — including, dear lord, obituary spam

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In Defense of Editing

Editing is a bridge, a road, a sewer system — for media and culture. That infrastructure is weakened, but we can turn things around!