Following the news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is difficult, especially if you’re not already extremely knowledgeable about the situation. Turning to Twitter may be the automatic reaction, but it’s not necessarily that helpful: The non-chronological-by-default timeline means news...
The state of affairs in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv keeps changing at a breakneck pace. Within days, residents have gone from not believing Russia would attack their country to taking cover in bomb shelters and praying for help....
Twitter Inc. issued advice on using its service in conflict zones or high-risk areas after Russian forces attacked targets across Ukraine on Thursday.The tweet thread, articulating best practices for security in English and Ukrainian, included a suggestion to deactivate...
Not a week goes by without a story of a news outlet’s success with digital subscriptions or memberships, and that’s some good news we all need at the moment.In almost each such story, a careful reader will find an...
French citizens can learn how to protect themselves from false and misleading information on the internet thanks to a new app-based program from MediaWise, the social-first digital media literacy initiative of the nonprofit Poynter Institute.
Origen: Poynter’s MediaWise expands its...
As a digital verification editor, Gaëlle Faure is a part of Agence France-Presse’s digital verification team, which is made up of more than 100 journalists around the world. They publish articles about misinformation circulating online in many languages. Faure...
When I first heard the reports of a “mysterious pneumonia” spreading in Wuhan, China, in January 2020, I thought I would write a story or two about it and move on to the next big medical news development. As...
In May 1864, in the midst of the Civil War, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison wrote in his anti-slavery publication The Liberator:“For my own part, when I remember the trials through which he has passed…that he has expressed his earnest desire...
Over 1,000 journalists work at The Washington Post. Each day, we strive to bring you the news, hold power to account and deliver one-of-a-kind stories you can’t find anywhere else.This is a selection of some of our best work...
On an episode of Joe Rogan’s popular podcast last year, he turned to a topic that has gripped right-wing communities and other Americans who feel skeptical about the pandemic: search engines.“If I wanted to find specific cases about people...
