Tag: Journalism
Out-of-context photos are a powerful low-tech form of misinformation
Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University
When you think of visual misinformation, maybe you think of deepfakes – videos that appear real but have actually been created...
Protections against sexual misconduct on campus may end up stifling free...
Laurel Leff, Northeastern University and Meg Heckman, Northeastern University
The student journalists we and other university faculty work with tackle difficult issues in our classrooms...
Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but...
Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon
With the polarization of America’s media and politics reaching a fever pitch, many news consumers – “worn out by a...
Journalism needs to practice transparency in a different way to rebuild...
Michael Palanski, Rochester Institute of Technology and Andrea Hickerson, Rochester Institute of Technology
Public trust in media continues to hover near all-time lows, driven by...
With foreign bureaus slashed, freelancers are filling the void – at...
Bill Gentile, American University School of Communication
When Time magazine named journalists who faced persecution, arrest or murder as their 2018 Person of the Year,...
How local journalism can upend the ‘fake news’ narrative
Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon
“For the first time media is the least trusted institution globally,” Edelman, the global PR and marketing firm concluded in...
Arms and influence in the Khashoggi affair
Russell E. Lucas, Michigan State University
President Donald Trump’s reaction to the disappearance and death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul reveals important details...
As a young reporter, I went undercover to expose the Ku...
Dick Lehr, Boston University
Spike Lee’s powerful new film, “BlacKkKlansman,” tells the true story of Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer who infiltrates a local...