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Competing Information in a Free Press

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 Public Domain Photo of a Young Girl Reading the Washington Post front page headline, July 21, 1969

 

History of Newspapers

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Storied History of Newspapers, CNN Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newspapers Today and Social Media Today

 

Newspapers Fact Sheet, Pew Research Center:  Journalism & Media (June 13, 2018)

 

Top Ten U.S. Daily Newspapers (January 4, 2019)

 

 

Girl and Boy Selling Newspapers, Newark, New Jersey (1909).  Photo by Lewis Hine

 

 

 

News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2018, Pew Research Center (September 10, 2018)

 

 

Less than 2 percent of American teens read a newspaper on a regular basis

 

 

 

 

News Deserts are sections of the country where local news is scarce.

 

  • Since 2004, more than 1800 local print outlets have closed

 

  • At least 200 counties have no newspaper at at.

 

 

 

 

 The Importance of Investigative Journalism:  Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, Rachel Carson, Dickey Chapelle

 

 

Defining the Craft:  Investigative Journalism, Global Investigative Journalism Network

 

 

10 Noteworthy Moments in U.S. Investigative Journalism, Brookings (October 20, 2014)

 

 

Dickey Chapelle, Legendary Female War Photographer

 

Inside the Daring Life of a Forgotten Female War Photographer, National Geographic

 

  • This website contains a short story about Dickey and her life.
  • It also contains slideshows of her pictures taken during various American wars and conflicts.
  • There is also an interview with Dickey where she explains the difficulties of documenting war and “some of the ‘toughest’ stories in the world.” 

 

Click to see the Biography of Catherine Leroy, the only non-military photographer to make a Combat Parachute Jump in Vietnam

 

 Video Resources

 

 

 

The Brilliant Photos of the First American Female War Photographer Killed in Action

 

 

 Cross-Links

 

Nellie Bly, Investigative Journalist

 

 

Ida Tarbell, Investigative Journalist and Muckraker

 

 

Rachel Carson and Silent Spring

 

 

The Paradise Papers:  A Lesson in Investigative Journalism, Pulitzer Center

 

 

The Jungle, Muckrakers, and Teddy Roosevelt

 

 

  • Lesson:  Roosevelt's "Man with the Muck-Rake" Speech

 

New York Times Advertisement - 1895

 

Learning Resources

 

History Unfolded:  U.S. Newspapers and the Holocaust, from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

 

  • History Unfolded is a project of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. It asks students, teachers, and history buffs throughout the United States what was possible for Americans to have known about the Holocaust as it was happening and how Americans responded.

 

  • Participants look in local newspapers for news and opinion about 38 different Holocaust-era events that took place in the United States and Europe, and submit articles they find to a national database, as well as information about newspapers that did not cover events.

 

 

 

HIGH FIVE:  Integrated Language Arts and Journalism Curriculum for Middle School Students, Newspaper Association of America

 

 

Analyze a News Story, Flocabulary

 

 

 

Press freedom 2018 according to Reporters Without Borders

Blue:  Good  Light Blue: Satisfactory  Orange:  Noticeable Problems  Red:  Difficult Situation  Dark Red:  Very Difficult Situation

 

 

 

 

What is "fake news"?

 

Media Matters defines “fake news” as “information that is clearly and demonstrably fabricated and that has been packaged and distributed to appear as legitimate news."

 

Fake news therefore, is news media that is "patently false", meaning the creators or propagators KNOW that it is fake or untrue yet try to portray it to consumers as factual or true.

 

  • President Trump and other leaders, whether they are fascist dictators or elected representatives, have all in one way or another challenged the media or press as being inaccurate, false, and even maliciously spreading rumors and untruths.

 

    • Therefore, in many cases governments can be one of the biggest perpetrators of "fake news". 

 

    • The argument then, is a free, open, and vigilant press of competing information and interpretations is one of the best safeguards against the recorded lies and misrepresentations of governments everywhere, since the beginning of recorded history 

 

  • Click HERE to watch a video explaining just what "FAKE NEWS" really is.

 

 

 

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion David Kaye, Professor of Law at UC Irvine - Interview about the response from Internet companies, the worst threats to online freedom of expression, and the role of journalists in highlighting content violations

 

What does it mean when the President of the United States or others call reporting or journalism "fake news" when it is not fake news by definition? How does President Trump used the term fake news to his benefit? 

 

NPR LISTEN - Two renown journalists discuss journalism and reporting in the age of Donald Trump and Fake News; their own experiences with it

How to Report on Trump's White House

 

 

Media Bias Chart: Version 4.0

 

  • Rates news providers on a grid that includes
    • Political spectrum for left to right
    • Degrees to which news providers report news, fair interpretations of the news, unfair interpretations of the news or nonsense information damaging to the public discourse

 

 

She's a 12-Year-Old Reporter, and He's a "Clueless" Police Officer, Newsela (March 6, 2019)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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