by Sayo Akao | Jun 8, 2018 | Transparency
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Transparency Long live the interview WHAT IS IT? A Frontline series on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election produced some 70 hours of interview video that did not make the aired version. Enter “The Putin...
by Sayo Akao | Jun 8, 2018 | Engagement
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Engagement Deputize the community WHAT IS IT? The Deputy Program at the Alabama Media Group recruits and trains local residents who provide verified story tips, ask questions and offer perspectives from communities that often go...
by Sayo Akao | Jun 4, 2018 | Education
Building news savvy: Best practices ▸Education Edit Wikipedia WHAT IS IT? Wiki Education offers free online assignment tools, print resources and staff support to college educators who weave Wikipedia assignments into their courses. Students then create or edit...
by Sayo Akao | Jun 1, 2018 | What We're Reading
Sayo Akao “At a certain point you have to realize you’re promoting them.” Whitney Philips discusses the best way to report on extremists, antagonists and manipulators who spread misinformation online. Data & Society’s latest...
by Sayo Akao | May 31, 2018 | What We're Reading
Day: May 31, 2018 The High Level Expert Group on Fake News and Online Disinformation says the way to fight fake news is to enhance transparency, promote media literacy and continue research. The disinformation issue is hardly exclusive to the United States. The...
