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    Tired of talking about Facebook? Here’s what journalism needs to do to fight misinformation and fake news

    Way back in the spring of 2015  — long before false accusations of massive voter fraud and pizza-shop sex rings and before the Facebook fake-news beatdown [...]

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    5 ways to build trust with your readers going into 2017

    Studies have shown that trust in the media is at an all-time low. Especially after a particularly contentious election season, building relationships with readers is [...]

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    How to engage readers with digital longform journalism

    Introduction Major enterprise stories — stories that take deep dives and attempt to inform readers in substantive ways or to elicit impact — these are [...]

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    How to produce longform and enterprise stories

    How to choose which stories should be longform or enterprise Not every story merits months of reporting and designing, and many newsrooms find themselves strapped [...]

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    A toolbox of stories to keep readers engaged

    We’re about to tell you about several multimedia and interactive elements you can weave into your long enterprise piece. For each one, we’ll tell you [...]

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    Strategy coverage, such as fundraising and horserace references, appears in over half of articles

    When covering an election, journalists choose a mix of two basic types of reporting — “voter guide” pieces that examine the issue positions and values [...]

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    Fact-checking and accountability reporting in 2017: What the American Press Institute is doing, and an invitation to join us

    The 2016 presidential election has been marked by several head-spinning “firsts” — people and practices not seen in the history of U.S. politics. One of [...]

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    Measuring investigative journalism’s impact on society: 8 good questions with James T. Hamilton

    “The results of [investigative] reporting do not come cheaply, but they are a bargain to society,” James T. Hamilton writes in his new book Democracy’s [...]

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    Hacking the curriculum: How to teach data reporting in journalism schools

    Journalists and educators largely agree at this point that by the time journalism students graduate they should have some experience with data. The Dow Jones [...]

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    Option 1: Hire temporary staff

    Perhaps the biggest challenge universities face is that the staff they have on hand aren’t as skilled in data as their students need them to [...]

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