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Brainstorming Solutions to Disinformation "Students, researchers, organizations, and companies are developing innovative ways to counter disinformation on social media, either by reducing its reach or by working to help users become more discerning consumers of information. A number of these new approaches were explored at a National Academies workshop earlier this month. Prior to the event, the workshop planning committee put out a call for solutions from academia, industry, journalism, civil society, policy, and government. More than 100 ideas and initiatives were submitted, and the committee selected 14 for presentation and discussion at the workshop." https://lnkd.in/gsaPacqy

At today's Lab in Emerging Journalism I stressed the importance and richness of being interdisciplinary using myself as a case study. Firstly, I explained how traditional journalism as generally taught can find itself ineffectual against bad agents in these times. If we keep on doing what we've been doing, we'll keep on getting what we got. As academics we run the risk of training a next gen to continue doing what's been done before. The new challenges of this era demand more as AI the disruptor is showing. Secondly, that there's ample evidence of the scope and expertise offered being interdisciplinary and how that leads to divergent thinking. Really pleased with the student's reception to how to become a critical creative. I talked them through how to train themselves to become creative in the same way you might train in the gym. Classrooms are the least appropriate environment for knowledge exchange. We discussed why they're used, but more importantly how we can maximise creativity in those settings. For my career, I explained how my movements from one domain to another was a necessity. When I couldn't find work in one field, I used my hobbies and interest to restart a new career. I started as a Chem/ Maths student before becoming a journalist, then academic. In the middle, tech in Soho working dotcoms led to working with great people at Google last year. Jon Staton #RIP was a formidable advertiser whom I learned from, Jude Kelly CBE mentored me to consider myself an artist, and in the World of Sport at the time you couldn't get any bigger than Lewis vs Tyson. But the messaging was that wide interests can lead to informed leadership. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin described people with wide interests as Foxes. Hedgehogs were people who had deep singular interests. Neither is better, they'er just different. However if you are a Fox, you can develop multiple specialisms. I write about Foxes in the new journal launched Media Hyphenates, which you can access here www.viewmagazine.tv See you in the Lab 😊 Interesting write up here of Generalists vs Specialists and whether you're an M, T, X or E person https://lnkd.in/ewttnksw #creative #leadership

#NewLrng a New Learning for me about a #GrtResource for objective, reliable, scholarly, fact-based #GrtInfo Great Information on a wide array of important topics - more important than ever in our current #PostTruth era of widely accepted lies, "alternative facts", mis/disinformation, propaganda, and truly fake news. "Many now find it difficult to put their trust in the media and experts who have spent years researching a topic. Instead, they listen to those who have the loudest voices. Those uninformed views are amplified by social media networks that reward those who spark outrage instead of insight or thoughtful discussion. The Conversation U.S. seeks to be part of the solution to this problem, to raise up the voices of true experts and to make their knowledge available to everyone." #ProfTimRN #CSIBUS605 #CSIMGT725 City University of New York-College of Staten Island #ChazanoffSchoolOfBusiness https://lnkd.in/es3UrWV4

It is unfortunate that in the race between accuracy and speed, most newsrooms end up choosing the latter. It is very important for newsrooms to follow old school journalism rules, identify sources and cross-check updates before publishing. Technology can only help when there is basic media literacy and awareness amongst the gatekeepers, cautions Prof Shilpi Jha, a Google fact-checker and academician. #Googlefactchecker #fakenews #factcheckingtools

We have great journalism, but many citizens do not read, believe or trust the media. Social media exacerbates our nation’s shortcomings in civic literacy to the detriment of our democracy. And we need to recognize there is distrust in many established institutions — it is a larger societal issue vs. just a media issue. However, media partners must play a role in creating an environment that leads to civic-minded decency, community, effective communication and a healthy, functioning democracy. And part of that is explaining the importance of an independent, watchdog press as a public good.

This week on my Substack: Why Bitches Hate Nuance. It's a piece on critical thinking, media literacy and misinformation... and I can't wait for you to read it! Really proud of this one so have a look if you've got ten minutes. https://lnkd.in/ercxAmbr #media #medialiteracy #criticalthinking #education #substack #marketing #attentioneconomy #shortread #psychology The News Literacy Project

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As more industry leaders launch ecosystem research projects to find a baseline for their impact work, I hope people will turn to this comprehensive local news ecosystem study conducted by my alma mater Philip Merrill College of Journalism - University of Maryland. It's sobering to think how much local news has been lost in the 10+ years I was a working journalist in that state. On what newsrooms in the state need the most, I agree with the author's assessment that they were "illuminating," besides more reporters: More digital and technical skills, website and technology improvements. This is precisely what we've heard from other small publishers as well, and why we design programs such as the The Knight x LMA BloomLab, Queer Media Lab, and others that focus on business transformation and technology training. This is also a theme of funding priorities for Press Forward as well. I'll take this needs assessment as good news, we're finding effective ways to help news organizations find a sustainable path forward. We just need more of it, and ecosystem leaders in Maryland need funding to execute on this as well: https://lnkd.in/gSD6QC5a

We are all educators now ... personal reflections of how the domain of education has opened up to those of us who do not consider ourselves 'teachers' in the traditional sense, and how this chimes with my experiences of how Journalism opened up to 'non-journalists over the past two decades. https://lnkd.in/eERZwqMQ #onlineeducation #coursecreators #journalism #education #wearealleducatorsnow #digitaleducation