It seemed like everyone heard the news at once.
As if an earthquake shook the technology world Wednesday evening, the Internet suddenly flooded with news alerts and tweets about the death of Steve Jobs.
The reactions of people in the news business ranged from sadness and appreciation to introspection about our own lives. Here’s a sampling.
Nieman Lab’s Megan Garber put together a Storify with more reactions, everyone from President Barack Obama to Google.
Media scholars at the University of Maryland documented the spread of local news dead spots — and unexpected vibrant areas — in that state.
A partnership between Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network and Google and YouTube continues to support fact-checking initiatives worldwide
IndyStar sports columnist Gregg Doyel has been crushed online and accused of being creepy, sexist and worse. He’s since apologized multiple times
Experts say musicians have been accused of performing satanic rituals for decades
Bryan VanCampen of The Ithaca Times was an institution in the central New York college town of 32,000. He might have been the last of his kind.
