Trump’s ‘Crazytown’, how to better cover poverty, and Google as an extension of our mind
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3 min readSep 8, 2018
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- In Trump’s White House, rage and backstabbing go both ways. Bob Woodward’s new book examines a presidency’s ‘nervous breakdown.’
- When the New York Times published an anonymous op-ed from a “senior administration official” who works for President Donald Trump, “it let loose a projectile that is going to land somewhere,” writes Poynter’s Kelly McBride. Publishing that anonymous article wasn’t ‘gutless.’ But writing it probably was, writes Margaret Sullivan.
- The New Yorker’s real mistake with Bannon. Who has the media been ignoring because it’s given so much attention to Bannon and others who think like him?
- Enough, already, with anything Steve Bannon has to say. We got it the first time, says Margaret Sullivan.
- Myanmar court jails Reuters reporters for seven years in landmark secrets case. Press freedom advocates, the United Nations, the European Union and countries including the United States, Canada and Australia had called for the Reuters journalists’ acquittal.
- Will Mexico’s new president improve press security? Mexican journalists are among the world’s most at-risk. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ’s) Impunity Index, Mexico is ranked sixth, behind countries that are currently active war zones; ninety percent of the nation’s crimes against journalists go unpunished.
- Covering poverty: What to avoid and how to get it right. These tips aren’t meant to be exhaustive. But they’re a starting place for tackling some of the biggest and most common problems.
- Google isn’t just a search engine — it’s a literal extension of our mind. “When we integrate things from the external environment into our thinking processes, they play the same cognitive role as our brains do. They become just as much a part of our minds as neurons and synapses.”
- For online media literacy that works, speed and ease matter. Hygiene checks of online info can be as simple & automatic as hand washing & seatbelt wearing.
- What approaches are in play for fighting misinformation? Sometimes what you need is a good taxonomy.
- 7 examples of where journalism (and its research) is headed. A year ago, a group of academics gathered in the Welsh city of Cardiff for the 2017 Future of Journalism Conference. Now a selection of the scholarly work presented there has been published in a new issue of the journal Journalism Studies.
- 63 industry leaders, 40 organizations, and 5 opportunities for revitalization on the horizon of local news. Diversifying revenue, building a culture of philanthropy, seeding growth development, and more.
- Subtle sexism in political coverage can have a real impact on candidates. “Media coverage of female politicians often uses sexist language, and tends to focus more on family roles, appearance, and perceived “women’s political issues” when covering female politicians. Women routinely face questions that male candidates nearly never encounter, like being asked to smile or to answer questions about work-life balance. Female politicians have been stereotyped in the media as “ice queens” or “grandmas,” and have been historically categorized into one of four roles: seductress, mother, pet, or battle-ax.”
- ‘Serial’ focuses on interweaving stories in its 3rd season. The Peabody-winning “Serial” is taking a departure — moving from one dominant character to a series of separate but interlocking stories that take on the criminal justice system.
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