Author: Emilly Olivares

Oklahoma-based digital news platform relies on artificial intelligence to deliver community-based journalism

An independent news organization based in Oklahoma is using artificial intelligence to create a digital news platform where journalists own a percentage of the company. The news outlet, Verified News Network, was founded in 2018 by Brittany Harlow, a former television news anchor with experience in radio journalism. Harlow and her husband, now the chief…

Illinois high school educators lead nation in developing media literacy program required by new state law

Illinois is the first state to require a media literacy unit as part of the annual curriculum for high school students. Educators are spending this year adjusting and developing their lesson plans accordingly, which advocates say will establish a new standard for US public education. Beginning next fall, students will be exposed to the following…