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Sputnik and RT Are not Accredited for a Congress About Media in London
Russian media institutions could not participate to an international conference on freedom of press, that took place in...
An international festival of journalism in France
From July 12th to 14th, an international festival of journalism will take place in the south of France. At Couthure-sur-Garonne, journalists from print and online media, radio, television...
5 investigative journalism tipsheets
If you didn’t make it to Seoul for this year’s Uncovering Asia conference — or just couldn’t be at two panels at the same time — never fear, tipsheets from the impressive speakers are...
How journalists can avoid being manipulated by trolls seeking to spread disinformation
Patrick Butler To fight the spread of disinformation through the media, journalists and their allies need to understand the tactics of the trolls who willfully promote those lies, said...
12 journalism innovations from Facebook’s F8 keynote
Yusuf Omar
 
Facebook is making a Tinder-like tool for dating, among other developments. There’s a lot of stuff journalists need to know from Facebook’s biggest annual event, and swiping left on your next potential lover is not one of them.
Two things were...
Monitoring Russian media: Putin in the news
To map the level of state-driven information and potential disinformation in the Russian media, a media monitoring team is following Russian media’s presidential campaign coverage more closely than most. The preliminary findings show that President Putin is given the bulk of...
How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing
You shouldn't have to do this. You shouldn't have to wade through complicated privacy settings in order to ensure that the companies with which you've entrusted your personal information are making reasonable, legal efforts to protect it. But Facebook has allowed third parties...
FUTURE OF MEDIA LITERACY
Media literacy has become a center of gravity for countering “fake news,” and a diverse array of stakeholders – from educators to legislators, philanthropists to technologists – have pushed significant resources toward media literacy programs. Media literacy, however, cannot be...