Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Photoshop flops on magazine covers

http://www.brain-sharper.com/social/celebrity-photoshop-fails-yh/?utm_campaign=Magazine%20Photoshop%20Fails%20V1%20Rish%20nof%20En%20Android%20-%20Mobile%20USA%20TW&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=WC

More than 10,00 misleading or false statements

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/media/reliable-sources-04-28-19/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2019-04-29T10:47:24

Trump continues his assault on the press

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/27/trump-wisconsin-rally-1291372

SPJ and Facebook: gathering the news program

https://www.spj.org/facebook.asp?utm_sq=fwquxx9qhl&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spjtweets&utm_content=SPJPromo

MIT students honor Captain America shield on campus dome

https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/cover-students-deck-dome-captain-america-shield-62709951?cid=social_twitter_abcn

Ad Council: Don't drive toasted

https://adage.com/creativity/work/ad-councilnhtsa-drug-impaired-driving/2167441?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Streaming news and ads on newspaper racks: Genius or not?

https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa-bay-times-unveils-newspaper-racks-that-can-stream-video-news-and-advertising-20190411/?fbclid=IwAR3JS2TQXtK5oEXwOCGal6TAi-J3jMCKBVNqj6-Sva-fEeR1OCf7DwLoYLY

Mueller and the press

https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2019/offensive-or-appropriate-we-talked-to-the-reporter-who-questioned-mueller-on-easter/?fbclid=IwAR3iZa2NLkdAlhrtmH-bNEXX3TwO8HDi1TLZnAJvUWnxE1nwZHGO6ya4G8A

Covering climate change: Are the media doing a good job?

https://www.cjr.org/special_report/climate-change-media.php?utm_source=CJR+Daily+News&utm_campaign=11204e01c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_31_05_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9c93f57676-11204e01c7-174327373&fbclid=IwAR1iZZlpyZtYmmqpqQp-VuEa5WnrBCNWxol9PyhOgbcF4iXdmrWvFGwDT7A

Collaborating for the news: Europe

https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/04/collaboration-jackpot-how-three-local-journalism-projects-in-europe-are-getting-more-bang-for-their-buck/?fbclid=IwAR3MbfP3Ru4Com1OmeDULo0P6qccrgnlqk0bV0xTDhYEd_4-GG6RM-4X224

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Are students cheating their way through college?


From NPR:

The Assange dilemma: Does this affect freedom of the press or not?

https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/273485/assange-and-ethics-publishing-stolen-info-daniel-greenfield

From the Nation: 
https://www.thenation.com/article/julian-assange-arrest-free-press/?fbclid=IwAR2JxwHTeeYZh1pTJFBu78Y8IErs02eE6w8evYd2zmMATDUnX4BZa-rLzKE

A video that explains this mess:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1116661103495401472

Trump says he does not know anything about WikiLeaks?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/438455-trump-on-wikileaks-after-assange-arrest-its-not-my-thing

Poynter Institute joins forces with Koch?!

https://www.poynter.org/news-release/2019/poynter-koch-institutes-join-forces-on-media-and-journalism-fellowship/

From Paste magazine: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/04/because-irony-is-dead-charles-koch-is-funding-a-jo.html

Scientists are looking at your social media posts

https://scroll.in/article/919340/scientists-are-studying-your-tweets-youtube-videos-instagram-posts-is-that-ethical

Fake news university in the former Yugoslavia

https://www.cjr.org/covering_trump/checking-in-with-the-macedonian-fake-news-strategist.php

Monday, April 15, 2019

Panama Papers info 4 U

The background:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-panama-papers


More background:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/panama-papers


The documentary:
https://www.panamapapersdoc.com/ (This is also free on Prime Video)
Do a search for the following: "documentary panama papers youtube"


Everyone who won the Pulitzer in 2017 for this reporting:
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article143772899.html


Additional info: An example of one of the stories our visitors put together as part of the Panama Papers project: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/offshore-havens-tied-to-some-in-us/

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Study: Oil and Gas lobbying. advertising money

Study
http://senate.ucsd.edu/media/206150/lobby_spend_report__april.pdf
Since Paris, Chevron, BP and ExxonMobil have led in opposition to a range of climate-motivated policy stands,” InfluenceMap wrote. “For example, in 2018 both BP and Chevron have directly lobbied U.S. policymakers for a rollback on U.S. methane requirements.” (Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and the major constituent in natural gas.)

The report credits Shell and Total for becoming “more positive on a number of climate policy issues” since 2015, but adds that they “continue to support policies that will extend the role for fossil fuels in the energy mix and remain part of highly climate-oppositional trade associations.”
News from The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/top-oil-firms-spending-millions-lobbying-to-block-climate-change-policies-says-report

Monday, April 1, 2019

JMC offers fake news writing class

https://collegian.com/2019/03/category-april-fools-jmc-offering-class-in-writing-fake-news-and-conspiracy-theories/

The mean people of social media

Pink is upset! https://www.today.com/parents/pink-deletes-instagram-blasts-commenters-over-photo-son-jameson-without-t151301

Siri doesn't know everything

https://media.thinknum.com/articles/apple-hiring-writers-for-siri/

Confusing ad campaigns

https://observers.france24.com/en/20190327-australia-air-asia-ads-sex-tourism-thailand

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/airasia-pulls-get-off-in-thailand-ad-australia-brisbane-11381842

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/rihannas-fenty-beauty-pulls-its-geisha-chic-highlighter-after-backlash-from-customers-over-its-offensive-name/ar-BBVvid7?ocid=spartanntp

Mizzou prof:Ethics missing from job posts

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/28/inside-the-beltway-ethics-missing-in-journalist-jo/

Is no place safe?

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/03/16/app-conservatives-safe-places/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=tw-denverpost&utm_campaign=socialflow

Bad PR: Spreading falsehoods?

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/industry-trade-groups-public-relations-spending_n_5c89aa69e4b0fbd76620a0a3

Trump hotels use White House as souvenir

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-hotel-trump-store-white-house-ethics_n_5c95b983e4b057f7330b04e2

Many think news industry is doing well financially

http://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/most-americans-think-that-local-news-is-doing-well-financially-and-not-many-pay-for-it/?fbclid=IwAR3U5sqf6DFX6RESz1VyXjMUnoZeshrztNCyJiGbnm1NPHdhax8MihCpm7w

NPPA, other orgs protest Ariana's photo agreement

https://nppa.org/news/nppa-joined-15-other-groups-protests-ariana-grande-photo-agreement?fbclid=IwAR37Sa-zUMisHRdyDWxw_0934Mp-u5c7uY8RwcacxjYqqtNjyBqtLeGLlf4