The Washington Post starts using Talk, an open-source tool for improving online comments

An open-source tool called Talk is being rolled out on The Washington Post website starting today (6 September), to help reimagine the online commenting experience for both the newsroom and readers.

The tool is developed by The Coral Project, a joint initiative from Mozilla, Washington Post and The New York Times, initially supported by the Knight Foundation and funded by the Democracy Fund, the Rita Allen Foundation, and Mozilla.

City Bureau is bringing journalists and communities together to encourage civic participation

A Chicago-based non-profit is aiming to redefine what local media means by working with communities to democratise journalism skills and encourage civic participation.

Based in the South Side of Chicago, City Bureau's work with people in the area is split across three programmes: a paid 10-week fellowship where journalists of all skills and levels report on issues of interest to the community; a 'documenters' strand, where anyone can apply to document events in the public interest and receive journalism training to do so; and the public newsroom, a free weekly workshop where journalists and readers get together to discuss and share resources.

The online dating bubble has burst and singles are craving human contact again

Waiting is a thing of the past. We live in the instant generation where we expect an Uber to arrive in less than 3 minutes, a takeaway to be at your doorstep within the hour and clothes to be delivered to your door the same or next day.

We are not patient anymore and singletons across the country agree. The rise of the dating apps such as Tinder and Bumble has reached it’s peak and things are changing. Disengaged dating app users are getting fed up of getting matches that never speak, reply or actually want to meet (other than for hook ups!). Single people of all generations are getting repetitive strain injury swiping through endless ‘potential partners’ with no progress whatsoever.