#Journalism

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of #TiffanyShackelford. Tiffany was an incredible light with an infectious energy - especially within the ONA Community. As one of the
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Covid kills. Covid misinformation kills. Covid also shows us that most people are pretty incredible. A thread ... I'm pulling my way out of Covid. It was horrible. It is
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In September, @APStylebook (AP’s rules book for Journos) tweeted that “focusing on rioting and property destruction rather than underlying grievance has been used in the past to stigmatize broad swaths
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Yesterday I told my father I saw the 'Chicago 7' movie. He said he'd like to see it, but he doesn't have Netflix. He then told me that in 1969,
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Like all of the coherent, sane, and educated people on this platform I am not only anti-trump, I am anti-fascism (Everyone should be anti Fascism), anti-trump-supporters, anti-terrorism of any kind,
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Thread on #TennisJournalism (or yellow journalism). This person @thomgibbs wrote a smear piece for the "Daily Telegraph" comparing #Djokovic to a "TERRORIST" while calling #Kyrgios the "Voice of the Nation"!
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“It’s disgusting when people trivialize the danger reporters face. Hanhrahan mocked my comrades, so I’ll just casually bring up James Foley as an edgy retort to make my point.” Fuck
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Ok I’ll do it: the thing about scoops is that they create immediate impact (congressional inquiry etc), which can change things. But they also often result in incremental treadmill covg
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Earlier this week I was accused of virtue signaling by a prominent Very Serious Journalist. In turn, I suggest we talk about vice-signaling. How not caring about injustices is the
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Oh boy, folks, we have to talk about this @NPR piece, which should be held up in journalism classes as an example of how NOT to report on a storyhttps://www.npr.org/2020/06/30/885659583/turkeys-claims-for-drilling-rights-in-mediterranean-se
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Recently, a journalist (who I found out in interview is a student) who I had to tell not to use my quotes bc a boundary was crossed, asked me if
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Co-sign this.I think it's a fundamental societal failure that we see a lack of degrees as a comment on individuals, rather than on gatekeeping, bureaucratic, unfathomably expensive institutions.It's a classic
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1. This thread is a list of corporations making last-minute contributions to keep Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in charge of the SenateI'll be updating throughout the dayFollow if interested
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Fascinating video, not least because motoring journalism is mentioned in the first few minutes.Tom's comments here seem to be largely rhetorical, but it does still surprise me how often I
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Didn't think I'd be spending the week engaging with 1A issues, but Some of you followed the recent dumpster fire of a @sfbos meeting, in which they voted to single
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Add restaurant critic @philvettel to the list of @chicagotribune legends packing up from the soon-to-be-vacated building. Phil was an editor in the Friday section when I started writing a local
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