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Q: Should the public trust the 2024 election polls? How do news consumers know if a poll is credible? A: Polls got a bad rap after the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections because they were so […]

Q: What is Grok? And why should I care? A: Meet yet another AI chatbot called Grok. Grok is Elon Musk’s version of ChatGPT with […]

Q: How are foreign governments influencing the US election, and what is being done about it? A: It is high season for election interference, with multiple foreign actors trying to […]

Q: What is Sora? And what does it mean for news consumers? A: Sora is the latest AI-powered tool from OpenAI, so new that it’s only available to a […]

Q: How could AI-generated content impact the 2024 election? A: This is not a hypothetical question or distant possibility; AI-generated content is […]

Q:  How are journalists using AI tools like ChatGPT? A: You may be surprised to learn that news organizations like The Associated Press, have […]

Q: Will AI chatbots help stop the spread of misinformation or accelerate it? A: The jury is still out on this question in the long term, but for now, most experts say […]

Q: Why is press freedom declining around the world? A: Press freedom is under attack, and not just recently. It has been on a steady decline for the last […]

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It feels like a new conspiracy theory is popping up every day.  Just look at the social media posts after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during the game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Doctors […]

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We’ve all heard the saying, “There are two sides to every story.” And sometimes, that’s true in journalism—and life. But balance is not an element of journalism and certainly not its goal. While reporte […]

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Representation is a huge challenge for newsrooms, and you’re right– they need to do better. We talked about why the racial makeup of a newsroom matters in a post earlier this year, but you bring up another […]

Q: Have social media companies gone too far in censoring what some consider free speech? A: That depends on whom you ask, but a lot of U.S. adults think so, according to a new […]

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Fact-checkers are on the frontline in the war against misinformation, and their ranks are growing as falsehoods flood the internet. The number of fact-checkers has doubled since 2016, with nearly 400 now […]

America’s partisan divide is becoming more pronounced, and cable news is stoking these divisions even more than social media, according to a new study that tracked the news consumption of tens of thousands of p […]

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Journalists get this question—or lament—all the time from people who think the news offers too much opinion and not enough fact. More than two-thirds of Americans say they see too much opinion and bias in […]

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The personalization of news is a permanent feature of our information ecosystem that comes with some benefits and many challenges. News consumers are often overwhelmed by the amount of news they’re e […]

Q: What is being done to protect journalists? A: Not enough. Journalists around the world are targets of both real and online attacks, […]

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Public trust in facts has been on the decline for about two decades, and it’s taken a toll. Americans no longer agree on a common set of facts. Many can’t tell the difference between a fact and an o […]