Tag: war reporting

Hostile training uses virtual reality for journalists to prepare them better for conflict zones

Two American journalists were killed within days of each other this week in Ukraine,  a reminder of just how dangerous it is for correspondents covering war. Award-winning Arkansas filmmaker Brent Renoud and Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski  both died on the urban battlefield in Ukraine. Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, also reporting for Fox, was…

Local news outlets can help readers vet credible sources of information on invasion in Ukraine

This morning as soon as I woke up, I went immediately to search for news from Ukraine. It’s hard to imagine a more important, more devastating story gripping the world right now. It is not a local story for much of America, yet, and its significance is undoubtedly greater to those of us who lived…

Local news outlets should avoid false equivalency in reporting on Covid vaccine

A recent investigative report from NBC News highlighted the danger of our pursuit of false equivalency.  As the Covid-19 vaccines have started to roll out across America, anti-vaxxers are increasingly getting the kind of mainstream news attention they’ve long sought from local news. Outlets reporting on the vaccine have described the anti-vaccination activists as advocates…