by jpitney | Sep 23, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 op-ed writing contest. Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article of the kinds that appear in newspapers and news sites. The op-ed may concern any issue in public affairs, broadly defined, domestic...
by jpitney | Sep 18, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Social Media
Pew Research: A small but growing share of U.S. adults are regularly getting news on TikTok. In fact, since 2020, no social media platform we’ve studied has seen faster growth in the share of Americans who regularly turn to it for news, according to a new Pew Research...
by jpitney | Sep 17, 2024 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
Michael Brice-Saddler at The Washington Post At first glance, the design renderings of a new memorial planned for the National Mall appear to show hundreds of large, rectangular glass prisms arranged almost at random. A closer look, however, reveals the truth. A...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
David Bauder and Linley Sanders at AP: While about half of Americans say they are following political news “extremely” or “very” closely, about 6 in 10 say they need to limit how much information they consume about the government and politics to avoid feeling...
by jpitney | Aug 31, 2024 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government
Ryan Fonesca at LAT: A state bill with bipartisan support that aimed to throw a lifeline to California’s struggling news industry is no more. In place of the proposed “journalism usage fee” levied on Google and Meta annually to help fund local newsrooms, state...
