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Media Bias Chart version 11 — Journalism sorted by bias (Left / Center / Right), reliability (Fact vs Fabrication) and medium (Web/Text, Video/TV, and Audio/Podcast/Radio) (Ad Fontes Media)
The very useful “media bias chart” is one of several useful ways to classify sources of journalism. While individual items…
No, this pie chart does not mean that anyone at CNBC believes the typical 25 year old earns a salary of $100k/y and spends $825/mo on rent
Tell me you didn't click the link without telling me you didn't click the link. I don't watch any TV…
Advice for alternate pathways in journalism: re-entering the workforce after taking a break; transitioning to college teaching
A colleague put me in touch with an award-winning TV journalist who took some time off for eldercare, and is…
Created a new graphic for an existing handout on writing editorials.
The “lead editorial” represents the official collective position of the editorial board of a news publication. More generally, an editorial…
Journalists prefer in-person interviews. Emailing questions to strangers and expecting them to write out their answers is not journalism.
An interview means a real-time give-and take, not a list of questions you email. Most people worth interviewing are too…
Fact Check: No, an NPR story on the Trump supporters’ attempted coup dated January 6, 2021 9:33 AM ET is not a sign of a conspiracy theory
A conspiracy theory featuring a news story that NPR posted early on Jan 6 2021 and then updated after the…
Time in AP Style: The exact time is rarely important.
Journalism > AP Style If you need to use the exact time in a news story, AP has a specific…
What Is Newsworthy? (10m animated lecture)
https://youtu.be/xSKllj9wuSk How do journalists determine what events are worth covering? "Dog bites man" is routine, but "man bites dog" is…
Why do journalists use “allegedly” when they report on obvious crimes captured on video?
Look at this picture. A guy in a uniform obviously has his hands around a kid's neck. Why would Business…
How Fake News Happens: It’s simple! A governor tweets a Fox News graphic from a story that cites a British tabloid’s misinterpretation of a scholarly study, and a false narrative about Biden banning beef stokes political rage
How dare President Biden be invoked by a British tabloid that rather creatively linked a scholarly study to a plan…
Fact Check: No, an NPR story on the Trump supporters’ attempted coup dated January 6, 2021 9:33 AM ET is not a sign of a conspiracy theory
According to the Internet Archive, this is a story NPR posted at 9:33 this morning. As events developed, and the…
Is There a Santa Claus? (Reading of 1897 editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church)
https://youtu.be/qZUEO8zD6EQ
When is the phrase “when asked about…” part of good news writing? Rarely.
A new graphic for an existing handout, which I touched up a bit. When is the phrase "when asked about..."…
The phrase “debate begins” in the headlines of multiple stories on coronavirus does not mean sneaky journalists copy-pasted a press release
If you encounter the same story on different news sites, that does not mean you caught sneaky America-hating fake news…
Meme alleging Trump said “Africans Are Lazy, Good at Sex, Theft” is a hoax
I’ve seen this meme shared by several FB friends in the past few days. It’s clearly a hoax. It was…