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Local Broadcasters Connect with Viewers’ Practical and Emotional Needs in Crisis
Fundraising for food banks, hosting mental health forums and offering financial advice for the newly jobless are just a few of the ways local radio, television and digital news outlets are connecting with their communities’ needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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What words make up a ‘true threat?’ Well, that depends
The First Amendment’s protection for free speech covers most of what we may say, whether it’s impolite, insulting, biased or uplifting, even commentary or forcefully expressed opinions that most of us would find repulsive or repugnant.
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Webinar Recap: Journalists Seek – and Find – Solutions Amid the Pandemic
Journalists practicing a solutions-oriented style of reporting shared story ideas and tips for how covering the COVID-19 pandemic can unearth strategies for solving problems the crisis has revealed during a May 11, 2020, Power Shift Project webinar.
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Webinar Recap: Health, Science and Business Reporters Battle Misinformation, Lack of Access
Journalists covering the COVID 19 pandemic are struggling to access credible information as the public seeks the facts on a fast-changing story.
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Webinar Recap: Local News Audiences Grow As Pandemic Changes Journalism
The leaders of 11 major journalism organizations that are helping their members manage the challenges of covering the story came together for the Power Shift Project’s third webinar on COVID-19, led by Freedom Forum fellow Jill Geisler.
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‘Be nice’ is not needed during crisis — but a free press is
The concept of a free press as provided for and protected by the nation’s founders was that of a robust set of independent critics, working to hold government accountable on behalf of a public and of particular value to voters.
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Webinar Recap: COVID-19: Taking Care of Journalists and Journalism
Representatives of seven journalism affinity groups spoke with Freedom Forum fellow Jill Geisler in the second Power Shift Project webinar focusing on caring for journalists and journalism while covering the COVID-19 story.
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CQS Coverage: Covid-19
Showcasing coverage by Chips Quinn Scholars of the Covid-19 pandemic
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COVID 19: Taking Care of Journalists and Journalism
Sixteen newsroom, education and industry leaders gathered for a Power Shift Project webinar led by Jill Geisler, Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership, on Monday, March 23.
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COVID-19: Getting good information as virus crisis unfolds
In times of crisis, from natural disasters to 9/11 and more, a free press has consistently delivered the goods, saving lives and asking the necessary and often inevitable challenging questions of the public officials on whom we depend for safety and security.
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