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Hardly any confidence
Scholastic journalists must seize the opportunity to improve confidence in media by CyndiCrothers-Hyatt A recent national poll conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review asked Americans about their confidence in the press. It’s no surprise that in our country’s current climate there is a level of distrust of the media among Americans. But the results were…
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Truthtelling vs Storytelling: Some of you aren’t going to like this
by Candace Bowen, MJE Yes, it’s true. I’m going to question a concept scholastic media latched onto and often treats like the solution to all media problems. We got it from commercial media and have adopted it passionately: It’s storytelling. And, yes, it certainly has some value, but it has some pitfalls we and our…