In recent years, I have encountered several people who have said they no longer follow the news, as it makes them tired and unhappy. These are...
Journalism in the era of “fake news”
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Empathy is the only cure
“Nobody is truly objective.”
“In Ely we have a WhatsApp fishing group… and none of it is true”
Welcome to Ely, population 3,400+. Located in the northern part of Minnesota, next to the Canadian border, it is a relatively small town by American...
Fake news accusations
From Washington, D.C., to Warsaw, Poland, the ”fake news” term became a useful tool for populists to denounce everything they do not agree with....
The challenges of a ‘disrupted’ news industry
“Bad story selection – or in not so-PC terms – dumb, lazy noise.” That’s how Peter Hamby, the head of news at Snapchat, summed up the biggest threat...
Will News Literacy Help Tackle Fake News in the United States?
Fake news is more of a disgusting issue than an interesting one, and almost everyone we meet in the United States talks about it. In order to...