Changing teen misconceptions about journalists
By Candace Bowen, MJE When the News Literacy Project looked at teen attitudes toward news media in 2024, the results were depressing. Forty-five percent said they believed journalists and news organizations “do more to harm democracy than to protect it.” Also, almost 70% thought news organizations “intentionally add bias to coverage to advance a specific…
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1923-2026 Are all upgrades justified? In 1923, a high school journalism student worked on a story about a gasoline engine, a complex and difficult assignment to understand. “The good reporter was indefatigable,” wrote Leo A. Borah, assistant professor of journalism, in his book, “News Writing for High Schools.” The student had interviewed the inventor to…
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