Rethinking our roles in the war for facts

Rethinking our roles in the war for facts

Day: April 18, 2018 (Editor’s note: Newsroom change leader Michele McLellan headed up the News Co/Lab’s reporting on Best Practices. In this, the fourth of four posts, Michele discusses the role of tools and techniques in advancing news awareness.) The news and...
Helping people distinguish fact from fiction

Helping people distinguish fact from fiction

best practices (Editor’s note: Newsroom change leader Michele McLellan headed up the News Co/Lab’s reporting on Best Practices. In this, the third of four posts, Michele discusses the role of education in advancing news awareness.) Every day, people on social media...
News literacy and engagement are becoming a global affair

News literacy and engagement are becoming a global affair

John Moore (Note: This is a guest post by John Moore, who retired as editor of the Ventura County Star in California in April 2017 after more than 50 years in journalism.) My standard stump speech to community groups about five years ago included the line that the...
Best Practices:  What we are Learning

Best Practices: What we are Learning

trust (Editor’s note: Newsroom change leader Michele McLellan headed up the News Co/Lab’s reporting on Best Practices. We defined best practices as tools or techniques that improve news and at the same time help people (including journalists themselves) better...