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In my latest article for Al Jazeera Journalism Review, I explore how misinformation undermines public trust in journalism and the crucial steps journalists can take to rebuild that trust. It discusses the importance of media literacy, integrity, and transparency in facing this challenge. https://lnkd.in/dHCQGMW6

#JournalismMatters: First, Choose Truth: Facts are complex and truth is not always self-evident. Journalism is not infallible, writes Kathy English of the Canadian Journalism Foundation on World News Day #journalism #media #news

#JournalismMatters: First, Choose Truth: Facts are complex and truth is not always self-evident. Journalism is not infallible, writes Kathy English of the Canadian Journalism Foundation on World News Day #digitalpublishing #journalism #onlinepublishing

Journalism education can benefit from research-practice partnerships like the ones described here. If improving journalism practice is the goal, then involving students in such activities and updating learning outcomes to reflect evolving thinking about engagement, for instance, seem like important steps to take to foster the application of new (and tested) ideas.

How do journalism studies scholars try to improve journalism practice? How do we know if those efforts are successful? Andrea Wenzel, Letrell D. and I explore these questions in Nieman Journalism Lab.

The efforts to bridge the gap between journalism studies and practice discussed in this article are quite commendable, and I am a big admirer of this work. But the barriers to this ambitious undertaking are often grounded within institutions where journalism scholars work. Tenure and promotion in most U.S. academic institutions are entirely dependent on (quite problematic) scholarly citations, while the real-world impact of scholarly work is neglected. In other words, we are mentored and encouraged to 'talk' to each other, but not the people that matter in this conversation! This is HIGHLY problematic! We need to bring this to the table!

Changing landscape of journalism and media! Explore the stunning report written by Nic Newman and published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism with the support of the Google News Initiative... #digitalpuplishing #publishingtrends

To help journalism, or not

I'm excited to announce the open-access publication today of my article "Toward Journalism on Human Trafficking That is Trauma-Informed, Hope-Based, and Solutions-Oriented"! It will be part of a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Human Trafficking, co-edited by John Winterdyk and Sheldon Zhang. This commentary article reviews scholarship on "constructive journalism", considering patterns in media framing of human trafficking that have been established over the last two decades. It highlights several open-access resources designed to catalyze better journalism on human trafficking that could be utilized fruitfully to improve journalism education and expand research on human trafficking journalism. Key sources include Mike Dottridge's (2002) early and incisive critique, Mojca Pajnik's (2010) insightful article, and more recent studies by Jeff Gulati, Anne Johnston, Barbara Friedman, Meghan Sobel Cohen, Savannah Sanders, BSW, and others. I suggest the normative argument by Karen McIntyre and Nicole Dahmen (2021) for "productive, socially responsible journalism" is exemplified in promising ways concerning human trafficking through the Solutions Journalism Network, the work of Aidan White and the Ethical Journalism Network, and the Toolkit for Hope-Based & Solutions-Oriented Journalism on Human Trafficking (http://hopebased.info) along with a few other resources. Here's the article: https://lnkd.in/gyrgc87v

How do you connect journalism research and practice? It's a question Journalism Bridging Project tried to answer in its latest white paper, and the focus of this discussion in Nieman Journalism Lab.