Bernard's Top 10 'pick 'n' mix' at 10:10 am on Thursday, April 11

Newsroom's three-year battle to publish an investigation; Refusals trebled in Census 2023; Louise Upston doubts fairness and sustainability of accommodation supplement; Rod Emmerson draws Paddy Gower

TL;DR: Here’s the 10 news and other links elsewhere that stood out for me over the last day, as at 10:10 am on Wednesday, April 10:

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1. Must-read: As more than half of the nation’s investigative journalists are sacked, Newsroom’s Tim Murphy shows what it takes to do independently, over years.

2. Local scoop: Hard refusals trebled in last year’s Census, which is set to be the last full surveyed Census. Newsroom Laura Walters

3. Local deep-dive: Louise Upston is reconsidering whether the $2.34 billion paid out in accommodation supplements last year to 364,000 tenants and home-owners is “sustainable and fair.” NZ Herald-$$$ Anne Gibson

4. Global scoop: Russian trolls target U.S. support for Ukraine, Kremlin documents show. Washington Post Catherine Belton and Joseph Menn

5. Global deep-dive: Zeke Hausfather writes via CarbonBrief that the recent acceleration in global warming is actually in line with previous forecasts.

6. Column of the day: Big migration flows are symptomatic of our economic problems, writes Infometrics’ Gareth Kieran.

7. Op-Ed of the day: Why are food rescues doing the $70 million job of the Government, asks KiwiHarvest CEO Angela Calver via NZ Herald-$$$

8. Report, review or paper of the day: Our Land 2024 - A snapshot via Stats NZ/Ministry for the Environment. Report

9. Thread of the day: Katherine Trebeck on self interest as the economy’s driving force via X

10. One fun thing: Rod Emmerson’s Paddy Gower cartoon

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