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Gemanna Gomez joined the group
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David G Alm edited the blog post Q: How do you work with sources who are cooperative but don’t elaborate? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 1 day, 4 hours agoA:
Interviewing people is both a science and an art. On the one hand, you want to maintain professional decorum and journalistic best practices by never misleading or lying to your sources to get the story, as […]
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Mehak Gill edited the blog post Global Political Turmoil Drives a Rise in Fact-Checkers in the group
News Literacy Matters: 4 days, 21 hours agoNews Analysis by Mehak Gill and Angel Villares
At a moment of widening global unrest, small bands of online fact-checkers in Spain, Ecuador, Chile, and Lebanon are using their news literacy skills to halt […]
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Sissel McCarthy edited the blog post Q: With so many newspapers closing, will there still be jobs for students with journalism degrees? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 5 days, 20 hours agoI’m not going to lie—the news industry is in a huge transition. According to the Pew Research Center, the number of newsroom jobs nationwide has fallen 25 percent in the last 10 years to 86,000, and nowhere has […]
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David G Alm edited the blog post Q: What does ‘If it bleeds, it leads’ mean? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 1 week agoA:
Basically, if there’s violence, conflict or death involved, it gets top billing. Nowhere is this more true than in television news, which coined the expression, “If it bleeds, it leads.”
That’s mainly […]
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Sissel McCarthy edited the blog post Q: Should journalists try to be more objective? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 2 weeks agoA:
They can try–but they will fail. And that’s not something to bemoan. It’s something to recognize and build on because total objectivity is a myth. No one is entirely objective because we are all human […]
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Trina Sultan edited the blog post Facebook Decides to Call Out Fake News After Uncovering Fake Russian and Iranian Accounts in the group
News Literacy Matters: 2 weeks, 3 days agoNews Analysis by Trina Sultan and Sarah Banno
Facebook has once again found evidence that its platform has been exploited by foreign groups to spread misinformation. The VOX article, “Facebook banned more […]
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David G Alm edited the blog post Q: How can a journalist be credible if working at a news outlet with left or right leanings? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 2 weeks, 5 days agoA:
Simple: by maintaining journalistic integrity. But, that’s easier said than done. First, let’s discuss what journalistic integrity even means.
Integrity is often used as a synonym for “good” or “upright” […]
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Sissel McCarthy wrote a new blog post Q: Are there ways to treat cognitive dissonance? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 2 weeks, 6 days agoA:
Whether we realize it or not, we have all experienced cognitive dissonance. It is a universal human affliction that transcends culture, race, nationality, and religion. There is no cure, but there are […]
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York Chan wrote a new blog post The Struggle Against Misinformation in Syria in the group
News Literacy Matters: 2 weeks, 6 days agoShort-staffed fact-checkers, a fight against disinformation, and a struggle for resources in a decade long conflict
News Analysis by Kira Scott and York Chan
In Poynter’s story, “These f […]
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Ornella Carcamo edited the blog post Political ADS may not equal Political TRUTH in the group
News Literacy Matters: 3 weeks, 1 day agoNews Analysis by Katie Bergen and Ella Carcamo
While ordinary users of social media face a range of consequences if they post unverified data onto a social media site, political officials are able to evade any […]
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Trina Sultan joined the group
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Steve Daly wrote a new blog post Q: Did Kellyanne Conway threaten a reporter over a story she didn’t like? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 3 weeks, 3 days agoA:
Watch out, we’ve entered a tornado-strength spin zone—a place full of what Counselor-to-the-President Conway famously termed “alternative facts.” A Washington Examiner reporter and her editors say Con […]
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Sissel McCarthy commented on the post, Q: What is NewsGuard, and how does it work?, on the groupblog
News Literacy Matters 3 weeks, 4 days agoI think that’s a great point Sarah. These tools are no substitute for your own assessment and should be looked at as a starting point and perhaps a visual reminder to always consider the source of the information […]
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Sarah Laleman Ward commented on the post, Q: What is NewsGuard, and how does it work?, on the groupblog
News Literacy Matters 3 weeks, 4 days agoThis is so interesting to learn about – thanks for sharing. As a librarian, I’m often wary of these “checklist” type tools for evaluating information, because they do offer up the perception of being a very simple […]
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Sissel McCarthy wrote a new blog post Q: Are pundits journalists? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 3 weeks, 4 days agoA:The short answer is: It depends. Pundit is a fancy word for what many people would call a “talking head.” According to Merriam Webster, the word is derived from the Sanskrit word “pandrita,” which means lear […]
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Sissel McCarthy wrote a new blog post Q: What is NewsGuard, and how does it work? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 3 weeks, 5 days agoA:
NewsGuard is basically a nutrition label for news on the internet. Just as food labels help you glean nutritional value when you compare foods and brands at the supermarket, NewsGuard’s ratings help y […]
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Steve Daly edited the blog post Q: Should a journalist use direct quotations with someone whose English is poor, or should they “clean up” the quotes? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 3 weeks, 6 days agoA:
Two important policies collide in these questions. On the one hand, major print newspapers and news websites have guidelines suggesting that in order not to embarrass or belittle sources when they use […]
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Coralie Carlson wrote a new blog post Q: How can deepfake videos be debunked? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 4 weeks agoA:
Deepfake videos, which superimpose images on videos that aren’t real, are becoming more sophisticated. Jordan Peele made one of President Barack Obama (which was shown in class) to illustrate the dangers. O […]
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Steve Daly wrote a new blog post Q: Are fact checkers the only credible source for “lateral reading”? in the group
News Literacy Matters: 4 weeks, 1 day agoA:
No—but they make an excellent starting point, especially when supplemented by other trusted sources. As we’ve seen in course materials, the term “reading laterally” emerged from a 2018 research study d […]
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