News Explained

“We try to release the potency of facts. We distill information down into its clearest form and offer that in a way that places the fewest obstacles between the audience and the fact.”

—Ros Atkins, BCC’s “news explainer in chief” and host of “Outside Source,” “The Art of the Viral News Explainer,” Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Jan. 26, 2022. Atkins's BBC “explainers” of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's COVID party problems went viral.

• Editorial Comment: The Brits are always a step ahead of us Yanks.

 

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
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