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Category Archive: Q & A

Q: If a journalist makes an error, is it career-ending, or do errors happen often?

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It can be, but not typically, and no, serious errors don’t happen that often – at reputable news outlets, anyway.

Posted on September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Q & A

Q: Can raw information do more harm than good?

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Raw information can be very valuable. Often when news breaks, tweets and other social media posts with photos, video, and eyewitness observations are the first indications of what has happened. However, raw news is UNVERIFIED.

Posted on September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 News LiteracyQ & A

Q: Can shows like The View be considered both news and entertainment?

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News can be entertaining, and entertainment can be newsy, which makes it increasingly difficult for news consumers to tell the difference. Shows like “The View” often blur the line between journalism and entertainment. 

Posted on September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 News LiteracyQ & A

Q: How can journalists verify information in countries with censorship, dictatorships or unsafe conditions?

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It’s not easy, but verifying information in places where it is logistically and politically difficult — and sometimes dangerous — is the job of foreign correspondents.

Posted on September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 News LiteracyQ & A

Q: Do journalists and editors ever disagree about what’s newsworthy or how to frame a story?

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All the time. But only occasionally does such a disagreement itself become a major news story, as it did this week for reporters and editors at The New York Times.

Posted on September 19, 2019April 30, 2020 Q & A

Q: Why are news outlets suddenly targeting the vaping industry?

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It may look like the news outlets are unfairly ganging up on the vaping industry, but in fact, journalists are behaving rationally and responsibly in their sweeping coverage of this story.

Posted on September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 News LiteracyQ & A

Q: How long is news considered “exclusive”?

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“Exclusive” is probably the most overused word in the news business. Journalists love to invoke it and do so liberally because it drives traffic to a story and confers prestige on the reporter and news outlet.

Posted on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 News LiteracyQ & AUncategorized

Q: Why would a news outlet run a story that is both unimportant and uninteresting?

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There are no boring stories, just boring storytellers.

Posted on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Q & A

Q: We just wrote about 48-hour voluntary “news blackouts.” What happens in countries where the government can decree news blackouts?

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Two words: Bad. Things.

Posted on September 12, 2019September 17, 2019 Q & AUncategorized

Q: Which countries censor journalists? And what limitations do those journalists face?

Top 10 Most Censored Countries
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A new report issued Wednesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists says the countries that censor journalists the most are Eritrea, North Korea, and Turkmenistan.

Posted on September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 Media 211Q & A

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