#Journalism

So a lot happened this week that stirred the hornets' nest across the Black Twitter diaspora.I'm gonna double back to this @BBCAfrica post. Many folks cite incidents like it as
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to Black writers who feel that their work and words are useless: remember Ida B. Wells. remember the Black female journalist, activist and feminist who wrote on mass lynchings in
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THREAD: There's a lot of really well designed interactive journalism coming out these days. I'm publishing my own interactive story in about a week, so let's count down with a
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Threadlet.There's a trite narrative being peddled about at the moment among the more polite sections of the media.It goes like this:Daniel Andrew's press conferences are the first time the great
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Magic Grant Profile: For their 2019-20 MagicGrant TechTweets, comp scientists @hmslydia, @katyilonka and science journalist @timrequarth look at a new form of science communication, the #tweetorial — a long-form Twitter
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This is stunning news. Will the @nytimes retract Caliphate given that one of its main subjects has been arrested for making up the story?https://twitter.com/stewglobal/status/1309581575412232198 Apparently @CBCNews called this guy’s credi
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Zero attention. It's not just that there's limited, if any, news value, but it demonstrates our lack of understanding about (or indifference to) the harm we, as an industry, can
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In a previous life, I did PR (public relations). Doing tech-related PR and blogging opened my eyes to the world of copy-writing. Weird as this sound, and much as I
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The @PolariPrize winners are being announced this Thursday! Being a judge for the first book prize has been a wonderful experience and the six shortlisted books are all must-reads. Here’s
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India is witnessing the complete failure of the Fourth Estate alongside everything else. Yes, the journalist's job is to bring out facts, numbers, stories that are unsavoury, that spotlight flaws
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There has been an instant spike in ER visits over the misuse of disinfectants. This is extremely harmful and sad. I am reminded of a delusional prisoner-patient who stated about
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I’ll include my papyapl/Venmo at the end of this, but first allow me to make a pitch for others in this game: I completely rely on the journalism ecosystem in
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Few more minutes to our workshop alongside our partner @BRWorg on data mining and analysis. Admission is freehttp://www.bit.ly/3eoEZJB  @vershimatingir giving an overview of today’s workshop #Data2FightCorruption Fighting corruption
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When the corruption & evil of the current administration become so obvious as to be accepted narrative, there will be people selling the flaming hot take that it's an indictment
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Vineet Jain created the monster Times Now. Navika is a puppet. If Bollywood is serious about fighting back, it shud boycott Filmfare awards, Filmfare magazine, Bombay Times parties & stop
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Let me explain the deal structure and why Trump doesn't owe Bank of China money. First, Trump is a minority passive owner of a real estate trust. 30% so not
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