We journalists bemoan the lack of news literacy among the public. When the experts, like my colleagues over at MediaWise, teach teenagers to evaluate information, one of the first things we tell them is to know where the information is coming from. “People are talking about …
Mission statements can also address the fundamental values that will guide coverage decisions. Are your editors committed to concentrating political coverage on issues, rather than relaying politicians’ daily insults? In fast-moving news situations, will you publish unverified information (identified as such) or be silent until …
Two new health fact-checkers When HealthNewsReview.org announced it was shutting down in December, it went mostly unnoticed. Almost nobody tweeted about the closure of the outlet, which had been debunking bogus health claims for 13 years. An email to the IFCN listserv highlighting HealthNewsReview’s demise got no responses. And …
(Graphic by Isaac Avila Rodriguez) The International Fact-Checking Network wants to support your next big idea. We recognize the importance of making innovation a key part of fact-checking in the age of online misinformation and we are also aware that innovation requires investment. For those reasons, we …
Google has reportedly introduced new options into the list of potential “default” search engines available to Chrome users. Most notably, DuckDuckGo has now become one of those options in 60 markets around the world. DDG joins the list. In the past users were always free …
With membership and subscription programs playing an increasingly important role in media business models, many publishers seem to be trying to get to know their readers better. The New York Times, for example, has started asking its readers to tell the paper a bit more …
Photo: Santiago Mejia, The New York TimesLate one Wednesday night, in October 2016, The New York Times received a letter from longtime Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz. Referencing a story from the day prior, about two women who said they had been sexually assaulted by the …
It was a brutal 24 hours in journalism around the nation, and yet Eleanor Goldberg made a simple vow. One of her Jan. 24 Twitter posts read: “While reporting today about federal workers who can’t afford tampons, I was laid off from HuffPost. If there’s …
Being published in a glossy magazine is often a major goal for PR pros. With over 7,000 consumer magazines circulated throughout the United States, there are plenty of opportunities. We sat down with three experts to learn more about the art of pitching magazines. Content strategist/PR advisor Sally Farhat …
Two recent reports agree that there are about 65 million smart speaker owners in the United States, with more than 130 million actual devices in use. The two reports come from Voicebot.ai and Edison Research and both extrapolate from survey data. Voicebot says that the average number …
Facebook to remove relevance score for ads starting April 30. Facebook announced Wednesday it is replacing its ad relevance score with three new “more granular” metrics. It will also be removing six additional ad metrics, replacing them with what it calls “more …
Facebook’s Stories Archive feature for Pages. Facebook is testing new ways for Pages to archive and share Stories. Marketing Land first became aware of the new features after social media consultant Matt Navarra Tweeted an image of them on Tuesday. “We’re always …
