Posts by Gergő Plankó:
The biggest political turmoil since 2016
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi replied with two words when she was asked what changed her position about the impeachment of Donald Trump. “The facts,” she said, during a live interview on stage at the Texas Tribune Festival last week. We are in the middle of the biggest...
For all the talk about the death of facts, old school journalism is still as powerful as ever
“She felt that the story wasn’t fully told.” That’s how Rick Hirsch, managing editor of the Miami Herald described why the newspaper’s journalist, Julie K. Brown started to work on a story that became one of the most consequential in recent years. It’s about...
Radio Free Europe set to return to the country led by “Trump’s twin”
Dissident Hungarians listened to the sizzling voice of Radio Free Europe for decades in the Communist era. People could hear news from the United States government-funded radio they could get nowhere else. Few of them would have known that at some point, such a radio...
Minnesota No. 1 hit is the soundtrack of the primaries
“I just took a DNA test, turns out…” posted Hillary Clinton last week, re-tweeting a meme by singer-songwriter-flutist Lizzo. It’s a quote from the wildly popular song “Truth Hurts,” and it goes on like this: “…I’m a 100% that bitch.” The...
We asked different groups in Minneapolis what changed in their town after George Floyd's murder?
Not much, was their reply.
@worldpressinst
In @finnowl's first #WPIFellowship blog post, he wonders if the defamation case against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems will drag down other media, too. Minnesota academics and journalists weigh in:
https://worldpressinstitute.org/will-the-landmark-case-against-fox-news-drag-down-other-media-too/
Check out my latest @GlobalMinnesota podcast episode w/ @Fawzeyah & @SaqibTanveer of this year's @worldpressinst International Fellows! Hear about the challenges of conducting journalism and speaking truth to power in Nigeria and Pakistan.
https://www.globalminnesota.org/event/podcast-episode-global-journalism-with-world-press-institute-fellows/