October 2015
A round-up of some of the best things that happened in the last month
Entertainment
made a plea for girls to have access to education across the globe, while both and Imagine Dragons’s advocated for support for refugees.
Veep actress reflected on what it’s like to have a baby in Hollywood.
announced their new tour.
Comedian wrote an open letter to “hipster Jesus.”
Manager and producer explained his Instagram account.
’s story about the the Los Feliz Murder Mansion is being developed for film.
Media/tech/business
Amazon’s rebutted the New York Times article on the company, to which Times executive editor responded (eliciting a further response from Carney).
Instagram cofounder looked back on the company’s first five years.
Executive Communications Manager for Facebook analyzed how the internet is uniting the world.
Wharton professor shared his insights about communication.
Politics
Check out the Roundup for the latest, including ’s endorsement of Hilary Clinton and activist ’s reflection on meeting Bernie Sanders and Clinton.
Policy
started a series of posts about transitioning in prison, and , , , and called for a national food policy.
Books
published an excerpt of her debut novel, which drew responses from Twitter’s former head of product, ; Google Ventures’s , Kickstarter’s , and editor .
revealed the cover of her forthcoming book from Little, Brown.
Markle Foundation president published an excerpt on economic opportunity from her new book.
convened a digital roundtable on her book topic, women raising capital.
Medium publications
Matter launched a crowd-sourced investigation to find a missing boat with 243 people on board.
We debuted a new conversation series, You Tell Me, on Backchannel, with convening a discussion about age diversity in tech.
Check out our list of 100 most recommended stories of October.
