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Credit: Image from Pixabay News Tool for journalists: Hypothes.is, a Chrome extension for annotations Hypothes.is can help journalists collaborating on a project or investigation to collect, organise and discuss their research in one place By Mădălina Ciobanu • 2 min read
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