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No prizes for being second with the story

No prizes for being second with the story

by Hanna Liubakova | Oct 15, 2019 | Changes in Journalism, Social Media in Politics and Journalism

It now feels like a different era, but some of the early concerns about social media’s impact on journalism are at least a decade old. I remember when in 2008, minutes after the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, India, social networks were buzzing with news, photos and...
Meritocracy might be a sham. But there’s no reason to think education is bad for America

Meritocracy might be a sham. But there’s no reason to think education is bad for America

by Hanna Liubakova | Sep 10, 2019 | Journalism in the era of "fake news", Social Media in Politics and Journalism

In December 2017, I graduated from one of the UK universities. Merely because I was an international, non-EU student, my tuition fee was much higher than what home students had to pay. I was luckier than many of them, though. I got a scholarship that covered the fee...
What’s good about fake news

What’s good about fake news

by Hanna Liubakova | Aug 27, 2019 | Journalism in the era of "fake news", Journalism in the Trump Era, Social Media in Politics and Journalism

In my first week as a World Press Institute fellow, I found myself at a discussion over the U.S. presidential election and journalism in the age of Trump. The term “fake news” has become widely used especially after Donald Trump’s first press conference as...

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piyumi_fonseka Piyumi Fonseka @piyumi_fonseka ·
16 Mar

We asked different groups in Minneapolis what changed in their town after George Floyd's murder?
Not much, was their reply.
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16 Mar

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/

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15 Mar

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/

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