August 22, 2022

Top stories

■ White House photographer threatened over his own public domain photo (PetaPixel) 


■ Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch threatened Aussie news site 'Crikey.' It's fighting back. (NPR Radio IQ) / Australian news outlet dares Lachlan Murdoch to sue them for tying Fox News to January 6: 'We await your writ' (Mediaite)


■ A former Fox News insider spills the beans (New York Times) / Fox Nation gets into the movie business to target the ‘female Fox News fan’ (Hollywood Reporter) 


■ ‘Cable Cowboy’ John Malone on CNN's future: 'Mr. Malone, who cited the Fox News host Bret Baier as a reliably centrist newscaster, said he was open to cable networks having “wacko” programming, including partisan voices from the left and right; he once tried to recruit the conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh to be a host on Fox News and advised Rupert Murdoch on starting up that channel. But those opinion shows should be clearly labeled, he said.' (New York Times) 


■ Brian Stelter rebukes CNN on final show: ‘It’s not partisan to stand up to demagogues’ (The Guardian) / NPR’s Eric Deggans warns CNN against creating ‘false equivalence’ between left- and right-wing politics (The Wrap) / Guest asks ex-CNN host Brian Stelter: 'Is John Malone responsible for axing your show?' (New York Post) / I appeared on the final episode of CNN's 'Reliable Sources.' Here's why the show mattered and what's next for the network under CEO Chris Licht. (Insider) / A TV face of the Trump resistance exits (New Yorker) 


■ ‘I spent almost every night in June out with the mayor of NYC—though he didn’t know it—a team of reporters following him for 30 straight days in his unusual evening exploits to find out what this secretive public official does in the dark.’ (Sarah Maslin Nir) 


■ ‘For six days and 10 events, I chased Beto from west to east across the state — a sliver of this mostly rural tour that began in his hometown of El Paso last month and traces the perimeter of the state, including the border with Mexico, before ending near Dallas in September. And when I say chased, I mean it. The man drives as if he’s a criminal trying to lose a tail, easily going 95 to 100 mph at times.’ (Washington Post)


■ ‘In the centennial year of suffrage, Ali Vitali and I were both on the 2020 campaign trail covering the most diverse slate of candidates to ever run for president’ (19thnews) 


■ Margaret Sullivan's final column, advice for media covering Trump 2024 (Washington Post)


■ After 15 years, PolitiFact hasn’t given up on facts; neither should you (Poynter) 


■ Fox Weather reporter’s rescue of woman stranded by floods caught on camera; Robert Ray tried to push the car to higher ground. When that didn’t work, he pulled the woman from the car’s window. (​​Dallas Morning News) / 'Terrifying moment': FOX 4 Dallas reporter describes seeing Robert Ray rescue woman (FOX Weather) 


■ 'Made my first #NFL reception (on a bounce) from Trevor Lawrence! Left-handed too! #PhotogSkills @KDKA' (Ian Smith) 

Journalism and democracy have been upended by the growth of mis- and dis-information. Countering it effectively requires understanding why people are susceptible, targeted, and how they can become more resilient. Psychological research can teach journalists how to prebunk disinformation and convey credibility in ways that readers, viewers, and listeners can process, which is more essential than ever as November’s elections near.


Register now to join the National Press Club Journalism Institute, the American Psychological Association, and PEN America for a free program on Thursday, Sept. 29 to learn how to use these strategies for coverage that informs and empowers your community as it prepares to vote and to discuss the ways disinformation has affected the practice of journalism. The program will begin at 11:30 a.m. ET and be followed by a Q&A session. 


Panelists include:

 

  • Dolores Albarracín, Alexandra Heyman Nash University Professor; Director, Social Action Lab; Director, Science of Science Communication Division, Annenberg Public Policy Center
  • Jay Van Bavel, Director, Social Identity & Morality Lab and Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University
  • More panelists to be announced soon


Participants will learn:


  • How misinformation and disinformation is impacting journalists and newsrooms, including findings from a recent PEN America survey 
  • The latest scientific research from the nation’s leading psychologists about how to infuse proven methods of prebunking and inoculation in your reporting
  • What tactics make a piece of misinformation or disinformation go viral and how to inoculate the public against it, especially targeted and historically disenfranchised communities
  • Tips for overcoming cognitive traps, tripwires, and our own hidden biases as journalists


People are hungry for credible, trustworthy information, and a self-governing democracy requires an informed electorate. This program will help journalists understand how people process information, judge its credibility, and decide whether to act on it, and how journalists can use that understanding to regain trust and counter disinformation. 


If you have questions about this program, please email National Press Club Journalism Institute Executive Director Julie Moos at jmoos@press.org.

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