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Here’s what the Civil Beat staff and our readers have been reading this week:

• — It’s been almost a year since Edward Snowden fled Hawaii for Hong Kong and changed the course of world affairs by leaking thousands of pages of top secret documents to reporters. Stuart Taylor Jr. of the Brookings Institute interviews four experts, including two U.S. senators, on the impact of Snodwen’s actions. — Brookings Institute

• — This staff favorite is the New York Times’ new op-ed video feature, a verbatim re-enactment of a scene from an actual court case. This debut segment resonated with us because it’s about the difficulty in getting public records, this time in Ohio. You absolutely must watch this! — The New York Times

• — The journalism cult icon who committed suicide in 2005 spent his early journalism career reporting from South America and Appalachia, among other places. It’s this reporting that is landing him a spot in the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame (his home state). — The Atlantic

• — What’s it like to cover the White House? Politico Magazine surveyed member of the White House press corps and reports the results in this very cool infographic. — Politico Magazine

• —Former Civil Beat reporter Adrienne LaFrance and co-author Robinson Meyer muse about the decline of Twitter. The piece, ironically, sparked a fierce debate — on Twitter. — The Atlantic

• — TV twentysomethings like HBO’s Lena Dunham (“Girls”) are seen as typical of their generation. But many more members of the Millennial Generation are not doing so well. “There’s an entire generation in dire trouble: poor, young, undereducated.” — Salon

• — True crime story of the week. The death of a young Native American activist in the mid-1970s is revisited in this fascinating tale of murder, love and politics. — The New York Times

And don’t forget to check out our own stories of life and living in Hawaii. Here are a few must-reads from Civil Beat’s own archives:

• Taking Root: A Rising Voice in Hawaii’s GMO Politics

• Hawaii Monitor: Mufi’s Reemergence Shows Guts — and Ego

• Hawaii Legislature Pau, But Not Before Turtle Bay Land Deal Squeaks By

• Chad Blair: Why I Hate Conference Committee

• Honolulu Officials’ Salaries Lag Behind Counterparts in Comparable Cities

• Two Hawaii Gov Appointments Suddenly in Trouble in the Senate

• Living Hawaii: Where Child Care Can Cost More Than College