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The new threat to journalists from anti-vaxxers, covid-deniers
The new threat to journalists from anti-vaxxers, covid-deniers
MEDIA WORKERS are being targeted by anti-vaxx forces in France, the UK and the USA.
Russ Grayson
Aug 19, 2021
How a brochure risked alienating voters
How a brochure risked alienating voters
CONSIDER THIS. You work for an influential environmental advocacy organisation. An election is coming up. You produce a brochure to…
Russ Grayson
May 11, 2021
Apple and facebook: the privacy war hots-up
Apple and facebook: the privacy war hots-up
WOULD YOU pay to keep using facebook and instagram or would you let them continue to monitor your online activity to keep using the…
Russ Grayson
May 3, 2021
New but old: the disinformation pandemic resurrected
New but old: the disinformation pandemic resurrected
Few of those spreading disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic and government attempts to stem it knew what they were resurrecting…
Russ Grayson
Feb 13, 2021
A fake document is exposed as a woman counters disinformation
A fake document is exposed as a woman counters disinformation
THE DISINFORMATION WAR continues with the release of a fake document in Victoria and a Melbourne woman taking action to provide reliable…
Russ Grayson
Nov 12, 2020
How name-calling alienates supporters
How name-calling alienates supporters
I wrote this story just before Covid-19 took our attention from climate change and other topics. It discusses how the use of language can…
Russ Grayson
Aug 9, 2020
How do we distinguish between self-promotion and online sharing?
How do we distinguish between self-promotion and online sharing?
A rule change by the administrators of a facebook group stimulates a few thoughts on self-promotion and sharing and whether social media…
Russ Grayson
Jul 29, 2020
How to fool people with your camera
How to fool people with your camera
Photos reveal. They can also mislead, especially when used to support an argument or to deliberately misinform, and especially when…
Russ Grayson
Jul 11, 2020
Signs—why wording is important
Signs—why wording is important
WARNING signs. Advisory signs. Interpretive signs. Direction signs. We are surrounded by signs. But why do some work while others are…
Russ Grayson
Jun 15, 2020
Researcher’s article highlights how we waste food and how we report it
Researcher’s article highlights how we waste food and how we report it
An article raises questions and highlights solutions to how citizen journalists report food issues…
Russ Grayson
Jun 12, 2020
NY Times shows how to get the unfolding tragedy across
NY Times shows how to get the unfolding tragedy across
PAGE ONE of today’s New York Times is a lesson in the power of detail.
Russ Grayson
May 24, 2020
How Covid gives birth to conspiracy theories
How Covid gives birth to conspiracy theories
I’m surprised when I see friends and colleagues reposting dubious claims about the coronavirus and the 5G network on social media. They…
Russ Grayson
Apr 12, 2020
How to deny reality
How to deny reality
Improbable that it might seem, the admins of a facebook set up to encourage migration to Tasmania have decided to disallow any post about…
Russ Grayson
Mar 24, 2020
Coronavirus reveals the true value of the internet
Coronavirus reveals the true value of the internet
The true value of the internet is being revealed in the public response to the coronavirus pandemic. In bringing people together and…
Russ Grayson
Mar 18, 2020
Media literacy: a critical need that should be taught in schools
Media literacy: a critical need that should be taught in schools
“…stopping misinformation requires social media platforms, journalists, fact checkers, and citizens all to take action”
Russ Grayson
Mar 5, 2020
Following the arc
Following the arc
Like a car following a road, our stories traverse the terrain of the imagination. Where we start our story, and our looping back or…
Russ Grayson
Feb 19, 2020
ON TECHNIQUE…
ON TECHNIQUE…
Communicating for change
Russ Grayson
Dec 17, 2019
Civic affairs reporting for citizen journalists
Civic affairs reporting for citizen journalists
Civic affairs reporting can be challenging for citizen journalists because it requires the dedication of time and defining the motivations…
Russ Grayson
Dec 17, 2019
Doing radio interviews
Doing radio interviews
WAY BACK, I worked in radio news and current affairs and learned how important it is for interviewees to be able to get their message…
Russ Grayson
Dec 2, 2019
Organisations no longer control what people say about them
Organisations no longer control what people say about them
Online media thrust organisations into the reputation economy.
Russ Grayson
Oct 17, 2019
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