A Student Journalist Embraces Print as the Best Defense Against Fake News
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“In a world where fake news runs rampant, online publications do little to mitigate the problem; in fact, they worsen it.” You might expect this quote to be from an established media exec, someone who fails to see the value...
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Converting Free Readers into Paying Customers – The Hope of Paid Content 
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According to publishing consultant Peter Houston of Flipping Pages Media, by now we should all pretty much agree that paid content is the future of the news media. There’s a caveat, however.“Recognizing the strategic advantage of re-establishing a reader revenue...
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News that Matters – Embracing the Slow Journalism Movement
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The age of the 24-hour news cycle has turned journalism into a speed race. Scoops and breaking news are filled with scant facts, lots of supposition, and often wild speculation. And by the time the full story has come out...
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Journalists See the Tide of Trust Turning Back
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Early this year, we saw trust in traditional media bouncing back from its historic low point of a couple of year ago. At the time, we cited the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer that showed traditional media outlets were indeed regaining...
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The News Bubble Just Burst; What’s Next?
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How quickly things change. It was only three years ago that The New York Times broke the story that Facebook was officially courting publishers to post native content on their site. At the time, Dillon Baker of The Content Strategist...
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A New Way to Understand our Collective Information Disorder
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It’s hard to deny that we have a collective challenge with misinformation in our culture. Trust in the media is at an all-time low, and the charges of “fake news” from all corners are daily fodder on social platforms. Apple...
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What Journalists are Saying about Fake News
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Depending on who you talk to, you might think journalists are the problem. The charge of “fake news” rings out from all sides anytime a news media brand brings up a touchy point. With trust in the media at an...
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“Fake News” is a Boon to WSJ Magazine
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This country’s current sociopolitical climate is having an unexpected and welcome effect on the newspaper magazine industry.According to Chantal Fernandez in Business of Fashion, it’s “proven to be a subscription boon for many of the nation’s largest newspapers, including the...
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Not Just Fake, But Cheap and Easy Too
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Want to spread a little disinformation? Feel like riling up your political opponents with some unsubstantiated innuendo? You’re in luck.  According to a new study, it’s laughably easy to get into the fake news game. “A new report from the cyber security...
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How an Algorithm Might Reverse the Crisis of Trust in the Media
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Fake news. Fakebook. It’s gotten beyond absurd. The damage being done by fake news – “news” that is shared as truth, regardless of the veracity of its contents – is having a massive impact on our society. Businesses, non-governmental organizations,...
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