Category Archives: News

That’s the opinion of Tracie Powell, a Nieman Journalism Lab contributor. She lays out her reasons for this belief in this article. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Not fake news – just mistakes! Compiled by Poynter. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

That’s the title of this article from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. Who’s the designated trainer in your newsroom? Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

That’s the phrase Monika Bauerlein, CEO of Mother Jones, uses to describe the attacks on media itself. She points out it used to be politicians would attack a particular story as being false, but now they attack all media as being “fake news”. Read her thoughts on the matter here... - MORE -

We like them. We like them a lot better than the old 140-character limit. Here’s the report, from Buzzfeed. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

From a master story-teller, writing for CJR. Read it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

As if we needed more evidence. Anyone who checks the comments on news stories posted to social media knows how much vitriol is on display. Most of us who work in news understand that the First Amendment is there more to protect UNpopular speech than popular speech, which doesn’t need... - MORE -

From Poynter. Fascinating! Read it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

The interesting article from Buzzfeed is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

This morning’s column (below) from Jim Warren at Poynter has the Kings and Queens of Newsroom Twitter – by the numbers! No matter what most any reporter or editor tells you, a coin in their realm is tweets. They can constitute a self-aggrandizing echo chamber, for sure, but one where ... - MORE -