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Melissa Bell

Melissa Bell

Publisher

Melissa Bell likes to write and likes to read and likes to think about how the Internet can make both of those activities all the better.

Latest articles by Melissa Bell

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A new era for VoxA new era for Vox
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What’s next for us. (We’re hiring!)

By Melissa Bell
Muhammad Ali had a personal magician. This is his story.
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Terry La Sorda was a 23-year-old performing magic in his spare time when a chance meeting at a mall made him Muhammad Ali’s personal magic teacher.

By Melissa Bell
We read all 20 National Book Award nominees for 2015. Here’s what we thought.
Culture

Featuring everything from graphic novels for young adults to the interior lives of octopi.

By Susannah Locke, Emily St. James and 9 more
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Data Journalism Q&AData Journalism Q&A
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We’re chatting about ideas and questions related to data journalism.

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What is data journalism?What is data journalism?
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We want our data journalism to simply be great journalism.

By Melissa Bell
Thank you for a great 2014!
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It was a busy year. We published over 7,000 articles, almost 100 videos, 30 editorial apps, 150 features, and built over 30 storytelling tools. Here are a few of my favorite.

By Melissa Bell
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On Ben Bradlee, 1921-2014On Ben Bradlee, 1921-2014
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Ben Bradlee, the legendary editor of The Washington Post, died at 93.

By Melissa Bell
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Vox’s new homepage, explainedVox’s new homepage, explained
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It’s shiny.

By Melissa Bell
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Explore Vox card stacksExplore Vox card stacks
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We’re at 81 and counting.

By Melissa Bell
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The homepage is dead! We’re building one anyway.The homepage is dead! We’re building one anyway.
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Long live the homepage.

By Melissa Bell

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