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People desperate for COVID-19 guides seek local journalists | AP News
by David Bauder
February 1, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Calling a hospital to see if a bed was available for a COVID-19 patient isn’t part…
CDCS Colloquium: (Side) Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, COVID Edition | Annenberg School for Communication
January 29, 2021
Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income. Welcome to the sharing economy, a…
Emerging into the Future: Trends in Law, Medicine and Technology Post-Pand | Center for Global Governance and Emerging Law
January 29, 2021
In barely a year, Covid-19 has transformed from a localized outbreak to a global pandemic and, in the process, dramatically…
Health Tech And Innovation | General Assembly Dallas
January 29, 2021
Ever wondered how the [X] industry got to where it is today? The answer likely lies in tech. Overview: At…
Social Media Engagement with Deceptive Sites Reached Record Highs in 2020 | The German Marshall Fund
by Adrienne Goldstein
January 29, 2021
On January 6, a mob stormed the Capitol over false claims of voter fraud. Those false claims spread widely on…
Investors Push Home Depot and Omnicom to Steer Ads From Misinformation | The New York Times
by Tiffany Hsu & Marc Tracy
January 20, 2021
Shareholders in Home Depot and the advertising giant Omnicom have filed resolutions asking the companies to investigate whether the money…
Saving Journalism: A Vision for the Post-Covid World | Konrad-Adenauer Foundation
by Anya Schiffrin
January 15, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has confirmed yet again the importance of clear, reliable, and accurate information for societies. Throughout the pandemic…
Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough? | PBS
by Anthony Izaguirre
January 11, 2021
Facebook and Twitter suspended President Trump’s accounts after the violence on Capitol Hill, on January 6, in a bid to…
How to finance public interest news in the misinformation world | Journalism.co.uk
by Marcela Kunova
December 14, 2020
Public interest journalism is unlike other news content. Audiences do not read it out of pure interest but because they…