As newsrooms across the U.S. lay out their plans for this year’s Election Day coverage, Latino news media should take extra precaution when deploying staff, guaranteeing their safety and the access to materials and information their audiences have a right to, but regularly need to push for.
Is the partisan rancor and political violence that has consumed our discussions of the upcoming elections the news media’s fault? How ready is the press to address the racism, misogyny, and other biases in the political discourse? Photo (left to right): M. Gessen; Karen Attiah; Kovie Biakolo; and Rick Perlstein. Distinguished Professor M. Gessen and Karen Attiah, columnist for The…
In a year in which four billion people are scheduled to vote in 25 elections, the world already looks very different. This three-part series on Covering Elections from the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism will focus on press freedom and the safety challenges of reporting on the U.S. election. The series is co-sponsored by…
Join the research center team for a scavenger hunt! Students will work on their own or form a team to collect pieces of information. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers. This event is only open to current Newmark J-School students.
The Center for Community Media is organizing a training on identifying fake AI-generated images and videos, as part of CCM's AI-related trainings. These trainings are aimed at giving community and ethnic media the resources and knowledge to help deal with the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities of AI.
From the right to abortion to the right to raise a child safely, to issues of maternal, infant, and child mortality, reproductive justice is a critical issue for voters this election season. Photo (Left to Right): Linda Villarosa; Terry McGovern; and Chanel Porchia-Albert. Pulitzer-prize finalist and Newmark J-School Professor Linda Villarosa will host a conversation about how reproductive justice is…
This event is open to students, faculty, staff, alums and all other members of the Newmark J-School community. Join us to explore AI and its impact on the new era of news. See the latest AI tools journalists can use to work smarter, demonstrating new ways to use AI not just for transcription, summarization and translation, but also for ideation,…
In this RTDNA/Google News Initiative training, we’ll explore ways to combat misinformation and disinformation during election coverage. We’ll use tools such as Google Fact-Check Explorer to track fact-checked images and stories. We’ll use Google Scholar to background candidates and claims. We’ll break down doctored videos with WatchFramebyFrame and Deepware. We’ll also look at the innovative Rolliapp.com to track disinformation spreaders…
The session will be co-led by OpenSecrets, a leading journalism nonprofit focused on covering federal and state campaign finance issues as well as following dark money, and Newmark J-School’s Andy Lehren and Ben Lesser.
In a year in which four billion people are scheduled to vote in 25 elections, the world already looks very different. This three-part series on Covering Elections from the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism will focus on press freedom and the safety challenges of reporting on the U.S. election. The series is co-sponsored by…
