by jpitney | Oct 17, 2024 | Journalism, Social Media, Uncategorized, Youth
Kirsten Eddy at Pew Across most age groups, Americans remain far less likely to trust information from social media sites than from national and local news organizations. But the youngest adults are an exception. Adults under 30 are now nearly as likely to have a lot...
by jpitney | Oct 16, 2024 | Iraq, Journalism, Journalists
Clark Bentson at ABC News: A memorial to fallen journalists killed during the war to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq was inaugurated in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah. The Garden of Truth, as the memorial is called, was opened last month by Qubad...
by jpitney | Oct 15, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
Megan Brenan at Gallup: Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media, with 31% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly,” similar to last year’s 32%. Americans’ trust in...
by jpitney | Oct 13, 2024 | Elections, Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
From Pew: About a third of U.S. adults say television is the most common way they get political and election news (35%), while roughly one-in-five each most commonly get it from news websites or apps (21%) or social media (20%). Smaller shares turn primarily to...
by jpitney | Oct 7, 2024 | Democracy, Journalism, Journalists
Steven Overly and Annie Rees at Politico: Nobel laureate and journalist Maria Ressa wants to scare some sense into American voters. The U.S. election is just a month away, and she considers the outcome to be a “tipping point” in the fight for democracy over...
by jpitney | Oct 4, 2024 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Uncategorized
Aami Sejpal at The Student Life: On Friday, Sept. 27, students and community members gathered at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) to hear from veteran journalists about the importance of local news and the struggles currently plaguing the industry. The panel...
