IN THE 2020 FISCAL YEAR ALONE, federal agencies received nearly 800,000 requests under freedom of information laws. The process is notoriously frustrating, marked by delays, denials, and appeals before documents are turned over (if they ever are). Even success...
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has triggered an exodus of people seeking safety in neighboring countries. The Washington Post shows what the long, wrenching waits at Ukraine’s borders look like. Our weekly NodeXL curation of the most popular data journalism...
When newspaper editors decide to “take the wire” instead of assigning staff to report a story, some consider it a compromise that could discourage regular readers.Turns out, readers don’t mind at all.A first-of-its-kind analysis using data from Northwestern University’s...
Soon after Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine late last week, Clara Jiménez Cruz noticed something. As with any major geopolitical conflict, swirls of disinformation were already beginning to circulate.“We saw that there was a lot of work...
One week into the Russian war on Ukraine, a Press Gazette analysis has found that almost three quarters of fake news and misinformation about the conflict was spread on Facebook and Twitter.Sixty percent of the 350 false or misleading...
One of the most striking images from the first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a picture, taken by the photojournalist Tyler Hicks, depicting a dead soldier sprawled on the ground in front of a disabled tank, his...
With the Ukraine war unfolding on social media, parsing fact from fiction has never been trickier — or, for those involved, more urgent.Are those air raid sirens just a test, or are they real? Are Russian fighter jets flying...
Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Tuesday that it has blocked mobile apps connected to RT and Sputnik from its Play store, in line with an earlier move to remove the Russian state publishers from its news-related features.
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Is RT’s international audience real?RELATED ARTICLERussia’s fighting a media war, too, with platforms, regulators, and business partnersFebruary 28, 2022That’s an important question, as regulators and distributors debate where the Kremlin-backed network falls on the spectrum from news channel to...
This year's class of 10 News Publishers That Do It Right is an excellent representation of small-town communities to large city properties; monthly, weekly, and daily print properties; and traditional print, digital news, business and alternative publishers — representing...
