Home Corrections and Clarifications

Corrections and Clarifications

How a project is training incarcerated people to become journalists

The Prison Journalism Project helps share ‘stories that are never told and never seen because nobody gets in deep enough’ into incarcerated issues.

January 26, 2021

Smokers move to the front of the vaccine line

Plus, post-COVID lungs look worse than smokers' lungs, the loss of smell can be a safety threat, this year's late tax refund date, and more.

January 19, 2021

Trump is a ‘wretched human being’ but vote for him anyway, The Spokesman-Review says

The publisher of the Spokane, Washington, publication called the president 'a bully and a bigot' and then endorsed him for president.

October 26, 2020

One more week until the election. Here’s how to survive it.

Follow trusted news outlets. Pass up punditry in favor of fact-based stories. Concentrate on facts. And remember: It’s almost over.

October 26, 2020

Are we overstating the coronavirus danger in schools?

Plus, the CDC redefined what ‘close contact’ means, there's a pickup truck shortage, almost half of America is experiencing a drought, and more.

October 22, 2020

You are not going to the office anytime soon

Plus, the U.S. just surpassed 8 million cases, what it's like to be a contact tracer, drug companies love state lawmakers right now, and more.

October 16, 2020

Another round of voluntary buyouts is coming to Gannett newsrooms

The company’s CEO announced the changes during a town hall Wednesday. Offer letters to potential buyout volunteers will be sent out Monday.

October 15, 2020

A growing group of journalists has cut back on Twitter, or abandoned it entirely

Journalists view Twitter as a valuable platform for finding and sharing information, but many say they wish they used it less.

October 9, 2020

35,000 airline workers may lose their jobs tomorrow

Plus, Disney will lay off 28,000 workers, COVID-19 is canceling spring break 2021, a hospital cyberattack may be the biggest ever, and more.

September 30, 2020

The Daily Memphian and Lookout Local, digital startups with strong financial backing, are hitting key targets

The two digital newspapers marked milestones last week as they test whether they can challenge legacy shrinking legacy print publications.

September 29, 2020

The pandemic has been disastrous for advertising but political spending will bail it out

“While militant partisanship may be bad for the country, it’s great for political ad spend … with many close races in play,” Ad Age reports.

September 18, 2020

Fact-check: Does the president want to defund Social Security?

This fact-check has been updated. MediaWise Rating: NEEDS CONTEXT On Aug. 27, verified Twitter user…

September 17, 2020

Strong metro newspapers are seizing the opportunity to expand their footprint well beyond their home base

After decades of newspaper industry contraction, publications based in Boston, Minneapolis and Charleston are growing to nearby cities.

September 17, 2020

Science and health fact-checkers put pandemic claims under a microscope

Many fact-checkers have refocused their work almost exclusively on coronavirus news, making a dent in the unprecedented levels of misinformation

September 15, 2020

Amelia Goldstein

COVID-19 deepened Serbia’s local media crisis. Here’s what one nonprofit did to help.

Cenzolovka, a Serbian site dedicated to media and free speech, used satire and small pots of money to strengthen local media during the pandemic.

September 11, 2020

More Articles