Category: Ethics & Legal

Fact From Fiction

Markham Nola, the managing editor of Storyful.com, talks about how his organization uses online and social media tools to verify the authenticity of breaking news event reports from unknown sources. Some excellent ideas on how to cross-reference information to verify it. Is this a better system then having known reporters, with known agendas, on the scene? Probably not – but...

Unnecessary Roughness – Webinar on Images of Football

FYI … this looks pretty cool. Date: Sunday, January 27th Time: at 1pm EST/10am PST for 90 minutes Title: “Unnecessary Roughness: Football as a Reflection of American Culture in News Photos and Media Images”: Held the Sunday before the Super Bowl, the webinar will focus on a broad range of themes, including power and violence, commercialism, patriotism, militarism and gender...