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Redefining News Coverage In The Influencer Age
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Radio Came Through In An Emergency
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See Something, Say Something: Why Debates Need Real-Time Fact Checking
CBS News thinks that its anchors need not fact-check the candidates in real time during Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate. Like CNN before it, CBS figures...
News Media Shouldn’t Get Too Close to the People They Cover
The people on whom you report or about which you talk about? Not your friends. Or to be more precise, even if people in the...
The Election You’re Not Covering
It’s always been the case that you can be very successful in the news media by being different. You stand out if you’re talking...
Candidate Interviews: 10 Steps to Make Them Not-As-Lame
As we enter the critical stage of the election, the candidates have already started to make the interview rounds. You might be called upon...
Who’s A Reporter? How Influencers Are Changing News Media
Face it: The definition of “news media” has changed. Who gets to define themselves as “reporter” has changed. Even the very definition of “news...
The Silent Treatment: AM Radio Takes Another Hit
After 97 years on the air on AM radio, CHML in Hamilton, Ontario unceremoniously shut down last Wednesday, and by “unceremoniously” I mean that...
Media Layoffs, Format Changes, and the Audience Left in the Dark
One day, they’re there. The next, they’re gone. And there’s no explanation offered. Media layoffs and format changes, just happen.
That’s how the radio...
Deep Fakes, Funny Stories, the Election, and Truth
Is it too much to ask that everyone do a little fact-checking before spreading deep fakes or other stuff on social media or the...