IFCN’s $12 million Global Fact Check Fund opens applications for second round of ‘GROW’ grants
The deadline for GROW, funded by Google and YouTube, is Sept. 3, 2024.
The deadline for GROW, funded by Google and YouTube, is Sept. 3, 2024.
Ratings for the Games have been down in recent years. But after a relentless political news cycle, are Americans looking for a break?
A coup d’etat is a French term that means the overthrow of a government, usually by illegal means and with the threat of violence
‘This is the type of speech that will be replayed for decades to come.’
Advice for facing down the self-doubt that can paralyze your journalistic process.
Birtherism is back, it seems, now that support is coalescing around Vice President Kamala for the Democratic presidential nomination
The Pew Research Center study also found a gap between interest in news about local elections and the ability to access such coverage.
Early press deadlines and remote printing combined to leave a huge story out of many newspapers
The National Trust for Local News has found that the nonprofit sector ‘doesn’t need more coaches.’ Instead, it will send in a hands-on team.
At Gannett’s 200-plus newspapers, only 1 or 2-day print delivery options are available during a ‘holiday sale’ this week
Is it enough for the independent food, culture and community publication to survive? Its leadership isn’t sure.
The former president said he’s ‘willing’ and that it’s ‘very important’ for candidates to debate, but that he’s ‘not thrilled’ that ABC News is host
News outlets are filling audience interest with opinion, analysis and predictions. Not all of it has been perfect, but most of it has been good.
TV journalists used words such as ‘explosive’ and ‘bombshell’ and ‘historically chaotic.’ None of that was hyperbolic. None of it.
In the wake of a shooting, there are frantic efforts to answer the question: Why? The public wants a definitive cause. We may never get one.
Poynter convened a panel discussion with industry experts on the skills reporters learn on the job
As journalism rapidly evolves, J-schools must think critically about curriculums and equip graduates with skills for emerging roles across media.
Herbert Lowe, who has taught journalism since 2010, spent seven weeks as a fellow with the Times and shares his takeaways.
‘I don’t think anyone else except this generation could give voice and legs to this feeling of what it’s like to be on lockdown …’
‘You don’t report anything unless you know what you’re talking about.’
The networks mostly stuck to using careful language about what actually happened while also describing the gravity of the situation
The answer: Employing local journalists and focusing on solutions and specifics, according to a news organization called Global Press
The way to earn trust in our journalism is not more information, it’s connection
Claims emerged online suggesting that Biden, 81, is missing, terminally ill, dying or already dead. These claims are unfounded.
Because there is no formal nominee, and because state ballot deadlines haven’t passed yet, legal experts say there’s no problem
PolitiFact has fact-checked her 46 times since 2012 in her roles as California attorney general, US senator, presidential candidate and vice president
Larger, second phase of training will help up to 225 public media stations accelerate and advance their transformation and digital capabilities
A major policy shift brought reporters face-to-face with immigration realities
Poynter has partnered with the University of Minnesota to gauge news consumers’ view of artificial intelligence in the newsroom
Other speakers at the fact-checking summit include Steve Levitsky, Nikita Roy and Craig Silverman
The withdrawal of funding from ‘the Google of South Korea’ has left SNU FactCheck scrambling to find a new sponsor. A shutdown looms.
In an expedited process, 77% of parliament members voted in favor of legislation that sharply limits government criticism.
Journalists must be free to work without fear of physical harm or harassment
Controversial law leaves fact-checkers concerned about personal safety, future operations and growth of authoritarianism
An independent press is critical to sustaining democracy, says the Harvard professor
Turkish outlet Teyit won the Highest Impact award for its work investigating Palestinian land sales to Israelis
Adding media literacy to events offered a chance to connect
An in-depth Medill study identified numerous profound challenges to news organizations as the industry struggles to adapt to the digital age
Poynter's PolitiFact will share its fact-checking reporting with PBS on television, digital platforms during election season, including conventions
130 fact-checking organizations in 80 countries affirm that fact-checking adds to public debate; it doesn’t censor it
The grants are funded by Google and YouTube to support the capabilities of fact-checking organizations around the world
Grantees will have an opportunity to innovate with WhatsApp functionality
Stories that Biden could drop out are dominating coverage. But it’s hard to know what to make of them because the quoted sources are vague.
There’s been no statement, release, press conference or medical report. Voters deserve to know how he’s doing, one columnist argues.
‘Next time we’re told there’s going to be a news feed replacing us, we will be in our chairs … or they can get somebody else to host the show.’
Biden tangled with the NBC ‘Nightly News’ anchor several times, including when Holt pressed Biden on his debate performance
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In 2018, as a series of tornadoes ripped across Iowa, Kurtis Gertz got to work on coverage that likely saved many lives.
Technology may not have been an unalloyed good in other areas, but for covering the RNC and DNC, it has been our friend.
The news industry needs to innovate products that will serve the growing group of consumers who are developing news avoidance strategies
Hundreds of journalists have worked around the clock to painstakingly confirm details about the shooting even as rumors fly on social media
‘When dealing with this new, and yet to grow, devil of AI, we need to be together’
Focus group research from Poynter and the University of Minnesota reveals attitudes on disclosure, trust, deception among news consumers
‘This is a very malleable space that we are in with AI, and this is where we need journalists to be the people who deeply understand the technology’
Technology has long had an effect on copy, starting with a staple of journalism that feels engrained in the nature of news itself.
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