Monthly Archives: March 2018

Monday, April 2, is International Fact-Checking Day, and you and your newsroom can contribute! Here’s how. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Things are quite a bit different in 2018, aren’t they?  Here’s another reason for caution about what you put on the air Sunday. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Is your newsroom aware of this? What are you doing to participate? More here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Very interesting column this morning from Poynter on this topic. One of the big takeaways: hard news is a big item for engagement. A glimpse at Facebook’s distribution Newswhip, a service that monitors social media for publishers and marketers, just released a report with data it has collected since Facebook... - MORE -

Here’s a quick refresher from RTDNA, including a link to the Association’s Disaster Reporting Guidelines. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

From Poynter this morning: It was a day on the other side of the camera and audio recorder for Tanzina Vega, full of photo shoots and interviews seeking answers … from her. Vega, the former New York Times and CNN national correspondent, had just been named host of “The Takeaway,”... - MORE -

Excellence in Journalism 2018 – coming at the end of September, in Baltimore. Read more about the RTDNA event here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

From Poynter this morning: What’s in your data archive? Are you starting to feel more and more queasy about your privacy these days? Do you have a sense that technology’s tentacles have reached into all aspects of your life and you don’t have a clue about how to get rid... - MORE -

The article from Reuters is here. It also has data about the level of trust Americans have for various other online giants. Posted by Tim Morrissey  ... - MORE -

Some thoughts from a Poynter contributor about possible downsides to letting sources go off the record – and, a concise review of other steps you may take as a reporter to get information from someone who knows, but doesn’t want to be named. The article is here. Posted by ... - MORE -