Ragebait: The business of making us mad
Kathrine Nero Apparently, nobody in politics disagrees anymore. They SLAM. They BLAST. They RIP into their opponents. Sometimes they even DESTROY them. At least, that’s […]
Factual reporting
Your Feed Has an Editor. You Just Don’t Know Who It Is.
Kathrine Nero For most of my career, I knew exactly who was deciding what counted as news. In a traditional TV newsroom, there was an […]
Deepfakes and AI are rewriting the rules of truth
Kathrine Nero Chances are within the last few days you’ve seen an image or a video you weren’t quite sure was real. Is it artificial […]
Rewarding, Exhilarating, But Not Easy: My Year as an Intern
By Jordan Polk, Democracy & Me Intern My name is Jordan Polk, and I am a recent graduate from the University of Cincinnati. During my […]
News Reporting or News Commentary?
Are your students skilled in recognizing the difference between factual news reporting and news commentary that intermixes facts and opinions? Developing this essential skill will […]
A FACT IN ITSELF…
“A FACT IN ITSELF IS NOTHING. IT IS VALUABLE ONLY FOR THE IDEA ATTACHED TO IT, OR FOR THE PROOF WHICH IT FURNISHES.” — Claude […]