The student’s guide to information disorders

The student’s guide to information disorders

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...
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...
Journalism educators take on fake news

Journalism educators take on fake news

research At the Broadcast Education Association convention this weekend in Las Vegas, a quartet of back-to-back “power panels” looked at fake news. It was refreshing to see a full room considering the problems of solutions of counterfeit stories in the digital age,...
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...