The articles on a local news site popping up around the country appear to cover what any community outlet would focus on: crime, local politics, weather and happenings. “In-depth reporting about your home area,” the outlet’s slogan proudly declares.But a closer look at the bylines populating...
Earlier this year, the New York Times decided that readers should have the opportunity to know more about the reporters behind the stories it publishes.
Origen: New York Times made ‘petty’ cuts to staff bios, union says - The Washington...
Americans in 2024 again have a source of news that they agree is reliable and to which they turn regardless of party or age: the Weather Channel.
Origen: Who Americans trust for news isn’t always where they get their news...
Recently unearthed documents reveal that leaders of an online news site aimed at Americans have received money from both Russian and Iranian government media outlets, showing how widening geopolitical alliances are making it harder to identify and trace foreign...
Fake images generated by artificial intelligence have proliferated so quickly that they’re now nearly as common as those manipulated by text or traditional editing tools like Photoshop, according to researchers at Google and several fact-checking organizations.
Origen: AI image misinformation...
In 2020, Nieman Lab ran a prediction from investigative editor Andrew Donohue that forecasted the “rise of the democracy beat.”“We’ll need an entire corps of reporters with skill and support to be the early warning system for the next...
As the U.S. election season ramps up with divisive discourse and misinformation, it’s more important than ever to be able to evaluate and share online content responsibly. That’s why MediaWise, the Poynter Institute’s media literacy initiative, is launching resources in...
TikTok is putting in place new rules to limit the reach of state-affiliated media accounts that are attempting to exert influence abroad during a crucial election year.The company, which started labeling state-affiliated media two years ago, announced in a...
Here’s a term you may be hearing with increasing frequency: “Fact-based journalism.” The Associated Press uses it in fund-raising appeals, as does ProPublica, and our local NPR affiliate. The National Association of Broadcasters and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting...
London’s Evening Standard has announced plans to shut its daily newspaper and replace it with a weekly outlet, bringing an end to almost 200 years of publication in the capital.The newspaper said it has been hit hard by the...
