Morning Links for July 4 2014

Morning Links for July 4 2014

What we’re reading this morning. WITI-TV has the latest on five shootings that occurred in Milwaukee on Thursday night. In one incident, a 16-year-old girl was shot while sitting in a vehicle. President Obama is using the holiday to call for comprehensive immigration reform. Debate continues on what to do about children arriving in the U.S. without parents. Europe’s court ruling backing one’s “right to be forgotten” online is finally making waves. Google has set up a form for people to request the removal of search results. Yep, you read that right. Is this how you regulate news media? The…

What we’re reading this morning.

  • WITI-TV has the latest on five shootings that occurred in Milwaukee on Thursday night. In one incident, a 16-year-old girl was shot while sitting in a vehicle.
  • President Obama is using the holiday to call for comprehensive immigration reform. Debate continues on what to do about children arriving in the U.S. without parents.
  • Europe’s court ruling backing one’s “right to be forgotten” online is finally making waves. Google has set up a form for people to request the removal of search results. Yep, you read that right.
  • Is this how you regulate news media? The BBC Trust oversight entity has ordered some 200+ staffers to attend training sessions in the hopes that their science coverage will improve.

Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.