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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.
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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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.
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    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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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”
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    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…
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    Russ Grayson
    Feb 19, 2020
    ON TECHNIQUE…

    ON TECHNIQUE…

    Communicating for change
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    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…
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    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…
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    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.
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    Russ Grayson
    Oct 17, 2019
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