News literacy
Here’s an interesting piece on news literacy from The New York Times Learning Network. Were wolves roaming the halls at the Sochi Olympic Village? How can you tell if a story is real or hooey? - Tom
View ArticleLibel
Here are a couple of interesting links that relate to this week’s discussion of libel: Ad IDEM stands for Advocates in Defence of Expression in Media. This site is run by a group of Canadian media...
View ArticleAcademics and the media
Here’s the original piece by Nicholas Kristof that argues that academics should become more involved in public debates through the media.
View ArticleVice
Here’s the home page for Vice. And here’s what CBC’s The Current had to say about them. Here’s a look at Vice from a U.K. site for journalists. Finally, here’s the YouTube interview with Vice...
View ArticleReading, due March 24
This week’s reading is from the New Yorker magazine and it’s about the future of dead-tree journalism. Please submit a Reading Analysis (see “Readings” in the black bar above) by the beginning of...
View ArticleResources page
I’ve added a new page to the site. If you click Resources in the black bar above you’ll get a list of sites that can help you research and write essays. Hope it’s helpful. - Tom
View ArticleReading, due March 31
This week’s reading looks at how the Internet is saving journalism. Please download the pdf below. Week 13 – How the internet is saving journalism Please submit a Reading Analysis (see “Readings” in...
View ArticleState of the media
Here’s that Pew Research report on the State of the News Media 2014. - Tom
View ArticleReminder re: April 7
There will be no reading or daily news diaries for our last class. When we meet, each student will read out the introduction and conclusion of their essay and speak briefly about what they learned from...
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