The weekend read

Been sawing wood at work this week, communicators? Time to stack it up and light a fire with my finds of the week, shared via @dontgetcaught on Twitter and don't get caught on Facebook, and curated here for you. What better way to greet the weekend than with a roaring fire?

• The fire doesn't go that far: Smartphones help blacks and Hispanics bridge data gaps with whites...some of them, anyway.
• Not on fire: The percentage of women in newsrooms is up just 1 percentage point since 2001.
• Can you binge-watch a fire? Netflix raised, and Hulu dropped, prices.
• Come sit here by the fire: Pitching a sponsor to get support for a blog post? Great tutorial here.
• Throw another log on the fire: With all our technology, and all the recent floods, it's alarming to learn of out-of-date flood maps. Good stuff here from Google Maps Mania blog.
• дрова: Doesn't matter who they're aiming for. All those Russian ads on the Internet are connected.
• No hot air involved: A disaster can be a great time to experiment. Google's doing that with high-altitude balloons in order to restore Internet and cellphone service to Puerto Rico.
• Picture a roaring fire: Anyone can shoot and share 360 pictures on Facebook.
• Good news: It's a fire we want: These data on news use across social platforms confirm the continued dominance of the 500-pound gorilla, Facebook.
• Week in review: On this blog, I shared I know what he looks like in a windbreaker: Reforming image after disaster.

(Creative Commons licensed photo by Harry McGregor)

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