by Dan Gillmor | Apr 9, 2020 | Blog
Dan Gillmor by Dan Gillmor and Kristy Roschke Like most people, we’ve been glued to breaking COVID-19 news coverage. We regularly visit local and national news sites for the latest. We also regularly run into a fundamental flaw in how news works. Far too often,...
by Quinlyn Shaughnessy | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog
Blog The future of politics lies with the youth, so an early start to fostering sound media literacy practices is important. These organizations are taking the initiative to teach their students (and encourage students to teach themselves) about first-time...
by Quinlyn Shaughnessy | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog
Quinlyn Shaughnessy Facebook groups and Twitter threads. Slack channels and text services. Information, and disinformation, about COVID-19 is overwhelming. We wanted to help you — journalists, teachers and the everyday person — sort through the countless tools...
by Dan Gillmor | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog
Blog This blog is cross-posted from Medium, where it originally appeared March 8. It’s Sunday, March 8. Two of America’s best journalism organizations are featuring deep looks into the confusion, incompetence, and outright malfeasance that has marked the Trump...
by Serena O'Sullivan | Mar 10, 2020 | Blog
Serena O'Sullivan What does “fake news” actually mean? Not much. Here’s how one journalism student tried to recognize the elements of information disorder in her own life. The term “fake news” is unavoidable. It pops up on TV screens and social...
by Kristy Roschke | Feb 19, 2020 | Blog
Blog Managing Director Kristy Roschke will talk about media literacy and journalistic transparency in science at the conference hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Feb. 22. The focus on public health and climate change misinformation...
