by Dan Gillmor | Jul 22, 2020 | Blog
Blog We’re happy to report that our journalism corrections tool — helping news organizations send story corrections and major updates down the same social media paths as the original stories — is now in the field for testing. Ted Han, our amazing software developer,...
by Celeste Sepessy | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog
Day: July 8, 2020 In 2017, Austin’s NPR affiliate station was dealing with some cultural issues. “Folks were not happy about the way that we were approaching communities of color,” says KUT’s Projects Editor Matt Largey. The station had just completed a project where...
by Quinlyn Shaughnessy | May 20, 2020 | Blog
Quinlyn Shaughnessy This semester, I graduated from ASU’s Cronkite school with a bachelor’s in mass communication and media studies. Throughout my degree program I learned a great deal about media literacy, including which methods tend to engage students and which...
by Chase Budnieski | May 13, 2020 | Blog
Blog Student journalists are a vital part of news ecosystems, especially in parts of the country where local papers have gone under and closed their doors. Student journalists’ challenge during this time is the same as their professional counterparts: providing...
by Chase Budnieski | May 4, 2020 | Blog
Chase Budnieski We outline the current state of corrections “policies” in news media. When Slate, one of the longest-operating online publications, discovers an error in its coverage, it corrects the mistake in a way that leaves no doubt what occurred. Slate fixes the...
by Kristy Roschke | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog, Research
Results for "new lines of communication" by Kristy Roschke, Celeste Sepessy and Gail Rhodes In 2017, in part in response to increasing attacks on the paper by Rep. Devin Nunes, the Fresno Bee defended its credibility by increasing transparency in its...
