From Investigative Reporters and Editors: Join IRE and OpenNews on Friday to reflect on how you’re coping with stressful situations. You can register for the webinar here.  Taking care of yourself is not a self-indulgence, it’s a necessity for doing your best work and sustaining the work that you are passionate about. During this time of… Read More: Find time to take care of yourself »

If you’re a reporter moving to a new city, it takes time and effort for you to build trust with the community you’re covering. Poynter is writing this week about the critical process of building trust between a newsroom and a community.  The article has five tips that you can read about here.

Social media continues to be a source of widely-spread misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest example comes from Poynter which found that contrary to popular Facebook posts, the CDA has not confirmed any mortality rate for the virus and the 0.2 percent estimate is the low end of an estimate from May. You can… Read More: Misinformation about COVID-19 spreads on social media »