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...
Kansas City update: corrections, FAQ, and more

Kansas City update: corrections, FAQ, and more

Dan Gillmor If transparency is an essential principle for a news organization, nowhere is that more important than in how it handles corrections. A team at The Kansas City Star aims to help their newsroom be a leader in the news industry in doing this right. Before I...
Best practices in transparency and engagement

Best practices in transparency and engagement

Day: January 14, 2018 There’s an enormous amount of work going on in the arenas of newsroom transparency and engagement (the latter referring to productive conversation and collaboration with the community). We’ve begun compiling what we think of as a...