Elon Musk’s attempt this week to delegitimize NPR by labeling the public media’s primary Twitter account “US state-affiliated media” is an outright troll move that will further degrade Twitter’s value […] The post Everything about Twitter is meaningless appeared first on Poynter ..read more

We need to challenge the notions about automation that seem to be carried along in conversations about ChatGPT and other forms of “artificial intelligence” — notions including that AI acts […] The post It’s time to challenge the narrative about ChatGPT and the future of journalism appeared first on Poynter ..read more

The term paper has always been a misguided assignment, arbitrarily graded with little student-professor engagement, apart from awkward office-hour meetings during which errors are enumerated and deductions explained. The revenge […] The post If AI kills the essay, I will be a pallbearer at the funeral appeared first on Poynter ..read more

This piece first appeared on PolitiFact.com, written by Contributing Writer Michael Majchrowicz. Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter has generated plenty of headlines. But one headline being shared on […] The post PolitiFact: Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know appeared first on Poynter ..read more

Every journalist has a social media horror story. Whether it’s a minor misspelling, a break of objectivity or an online beef, the prevalence of social media in journalism today makes […] The post Reduce social media stress with these 9 tips appeared first on Poynter ..read more

I’ll never forget the moment the mob breached the walls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. As a senior multimedia reporter with MediaWise, I was tracking misinformation about the […] The post These 6 tips will help you spot misinformation online appeared first on Poynter ..read more

Big social media news: Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter — the social media giant he co-founded in 2006. Why? In a resignation letter posted on — where […] The post Jack Dorsey resigns as CEO of Twitter appeared first on Poynter ..read more

You hear the same advice about email addresses echoed across job search websites, high school counselors’ offices and employment fair booths across the country. Keep it professional. Don’t reference your age, your religion or your politics. Especially don’t mention your drug habits. And if you just have to snag that SawxFan4lyfe username that you’ve had […] The post Not so Hotmail: What your vintage email address says to potential employers appeared first on Poynter ..read more

Despite the pall that hangs over much of the news industry these days, there are real bright spots, even in smaller local markets where the effects of a now two-decade-long economic disruption have landed hard. As Poynter’s Rick Edmonds noted back in May, the local news digital startup scene is surging and looks significantly more […] The post How Newspack is working to crack the code on local news appeared first on Poynter ..read more

In a sense, COVID-19 could be the perfect story to automate. As the virus spread across the world at the beginning of 2020, governments and health authorities made a considerable amount of open-source data available to the public, such as the number of deaths, patients in intensive care units, and seven-day incidence rates. This type […] The post How news organizations used automated news to cover COVID-19 appeared first on Poynter ..read more