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J-Lab Spotlights News Games, Interactive Exercises

When does a news "experience" tell the story better than a news "story"? When can news "games" - say, exercises on making election choices, balancing the budget, or understanding the environmental impact of certain actions - help people grasp important issues better than narrative explanations? When do searchable databases lead people to stories that they discover for themselves, not just the stories that journalists want to tell them?

Will these news experiences hook younger readers better? Will they entice non-English speaking news consumers?

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