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One Central Illinois TV station shows how local media should cover coronavirus story

March 10, 2020 by Scott Lambert

Covid-19 morphed from a concern to a global problem to a local one, spreading from handful of states to more than 30 in a week.  As the virus and the story spreads, getting the news to people is a difficult job, one made worse by the day as the story becomes more political, which can be tricky for local news outlets. “Every story is political now,” said television … [Read more...] about One Central Illinois TV station shows how local media should cover coronavirus story

Journalists share their unfinished stories in America’s vanishing newsrooms

March 10, 2020 by Eric Berger

Storytellers often include scenes in which a detective or family member visits a room filled with work that the missing or deceased abruptly left behind. The last 15 years have been ripe with reports of newspapers disappearing and journalists vacating newsrooms. From 2004 to 2018, almost 1,800 local newspapers closed in the United States, according to a report from the … [Read more...] about Journalists share their unfinished stories in America’s vanishing newsrooms

Local media outlets should be on frontline of misinformation war to help readers

February 18, 2020 by Jackie Spinner

In the hours after Iran attacked two Iraqi military bases that housed U.S. troops in January, social media predictably was rampant with rumors. Old and doctored photos surfaced claiming to show the bases on fire, and users shared reports on Twitter and Facebook that the missile strikes had killed Americans. A news-savvy, educated friend of mine posted on Facebook that 30 … [Read more...] about Local media outlets should be on frontline of misinformation war to help readers

Nebraska women push for work-life balance in newsroom, media jobs

January 28, 2020 by Kamrin Baker

When longtime Omaha World-Herald reporter Cindy Gonzalez had her first child in 1991, her water broke in the newsroom On deadline, she finished the story after she got to the hospital. In a parallel scenario in 2015, former Omaha World-Herald copy editor Courtney Pitts Mattern would finish her assignments during health emergencies even when she knew she needed to see a … [Read more...] about Nebraska women push for work-life balance in newsroom, media jobs

Stop pretending media trust issue is only a problem for national news outlets

January 14, 2020 by Jackie Spinner

A sweeping new Pew Center report that examines trust in the media confirmed an uneasy truth that we can no longer ignore. It’s not just that our readers don’t trust us. They think we are unethical. And like everything else in America right now, it’s a partisan truth. According to the analysis, Republicans consistently express far greater skepticism of the news and their … [Read more...] about Stop pretending media trust issue is only a problem for national news outlets

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