633. AI tests media industry’s ability to add value to the information ecosystem
Klaudia Jaźwińska and Pete Brown of the Tow Center for Digital journalism at Columbia University, discuss the Platforms and Publishers project, which seeks to promote mutual understanding of how...
632. How choice can skew the public’s understanding of what is real and what is fake
David Rothschild, an economist at Microsoft Research, is one of the people behind the Media Bias Detector Project, which “Tracks and classifies the top stories published by a collection...
631. Chestnut Hill Local seeks to grow readership in underserved communities
Daralyse Lyons, business growth officer at the Chestnut Hill Local, discusses a Lenfest grant of $100,000 to help the paper expand readership and its reader demographic in Philadelphia and...
630. The City uses impactful, mission-oriented journalism to cover New York City
Nic Dawes, executive director of The City, discuses how the independent, nonprofit newsroom fills the gap in local news coverage of New York City, following the closures or shrinkage...
629. How digital video is becoming the go-to platform for delivering local news
Fran Wills, CEO of the Local Media Consortium, discusses how digital video has become the go-to news and information source for a growing number of people and what that means...
634. IWMF offers safety training for US journalists
Elisa Lees Muñoz, executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation discusses a series of training sessions the foundation is offering for journalists covering political conventions and other news events.