Today's WORD on Journalism: One Last Backward Glance at 2008

Good riddance....

I read the news today. Oh boy.

• Don’t Be Seduced by the easy demonstration story, local TV! It’s fake news. MSNBC

• Holidays Past & Present is the theme of the December issue of Senior News.

• Gratitude in 6 Words — Six-word memoirs on what we’re grateful for, NYTimes.

• ‘Clear-Eyed Patriotism’ — Historian Jon Meacham’s appreciation of writer E.B. White, Literary Hub.

• Civic Disengagement — As local newspapers fade, fewer citizens step up in their communities. Nieman Lab

• ‘Don’t Think!’ — Writing advice from Ray Bradbury, Literary Hub.

• Trump Rages at the Press Amidst the coronavirus, the president blames media for reporting his words. WaPost.

• ‘Inverse Media Environments’ A Pew survey finds Dems and Republicans see the news very differently. Nieman Lab.

• Threats to Journalism The publisher of the NYTimes says journalism and democracy are in danger, NYTimes.

• Ageism Older Americans are 33%+ of the population, but are shunned in advertising images, NYTimes.

• Free Lunch. Only 14% of Americans pay anything for news. Nieman.Org.

• Fox as Trump’s State TV The connection between the White House and Fox is dangerous. The New Yorker

• The News Desert. UNC researcher documents the growing wastelands in America where there’s no news.
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Friday, January 2, 2009

One Last Backward Glance at 2008

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