The webpage for the Convergence Reporting II course at Abilene Christian University
Don’t simply trust claims made in authoritative media tones — even if, perhaps especially if, journalists work for the most influential media outlets — unless they point to evidence that confirms or at least suggests their truth.
Source: A Crucial Realization About Journalism is Learned by Being its Subject
This is something I found as a professional on both sides of reporting. People trust media reports about things they know nothing about, but often are highly critical of reports about things they do know about, signaling that journalists don’t always do a good job of understanding information and communicating that information to a lay audience.
What’s most surprising is that, despite these failures, smart people still tend to trust journalists on the things they don’t know about.
Source: Miscommunication of science: music cognition research in the popular press
CBS Sports’ Lance Barrow reflects on a career producing golf for TV, as the PGA Tour returns to Colonial Country Club, where he got his start.
Source: Lance Barrow, CBS Sports Golf Producer, On Producing Golf For TV « CBS Pittsburgh
Tips from the influential teacher and author of ‘On Writing Well,’ who died this week. Cut adjectives and adverbs. Keep it simple.
Source: Six writing lessons from William Zinsser | Articles | Main
2015 paper from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center outlining the challenges for local news organizations and providing data-driven recommendations, both technical and strategic, for optimizing their online presence.
Your final exam will be two read the Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media 2015 and write a two- to three-page double spaced reflection on the trends in news media. Connect what you are reading to student media and how it should adapt in the coming years to these trends.
