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Digital News Report 2022 | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
by Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Craig T. Robertson, Kirsten Eddy and Rasmus Nielsen
June 15, 2022
Overview This year's report reveals new insights about digital news consumption based on a YouGov survey of over 93,000 online…
How college students can help save local news | The Conversation
by Lara Salahi, Christina Smith
May 26, 2022
Local news outlets across the U.S. are struggling to bring in advertising and subscription revenue, which pays for the reporting,…
Twitter announces crisis misinformation policy in Ukraine | Protocol
by Issie Lapowsky
May 20, 2022
Twitter will begin taking action against misinformation in crisis situations, the company said Thursday. The new policy will be immediately…
Do browser extensions keep anyone away from fake news sites? Maybe a tiny bit | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Shraddha Chakradhar
May 12, 2022
As more companies and platforms adopt ways to figure out whether fact-checking, flagging questionable content, or some other form of…
Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come | Reuters
by Foo Yun Chee
May 12, 2022
BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) - Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany,…
Don’t call it crazy: How the media “wraparound” effect cements people’s beliefs | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Dan Falk
May 5, 2022
Our world is awash in mis- and disinformation. Conspiratorial thinking and misguided beliefs and attitudes towards science are widespread. But…
Most in US fear Ukraine war misinformation: AP-NORC poll | AP News
by Amanda Seitz and Hannah Fingerhut
April 29, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of U.S. adults say misinformation around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major problem, and…
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a look back at yellow journalism and the Spanish-American War | PolitiFact
by Louis Jacobson
April 28, 2022
Scroll through social media feeds today and you can expect to be bombarded with dubious claims about Russia’s war in…
Barack Obama: ‘People are dying because of misinformation’ | Protocol
by Sarah Roach
April 22, 2022
Misinformation kills, Barack Obama says, and tech companies, users and lawmakers all have a responsibility to fix it. "The very…