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Social Media

Embedding Trump’s tweets into news stories could boost his voter support, study finds

Denise-Marie Ordway | July 10, 2020
When journalists embed President Donald Trump’s tweets into news stories, they could unknowingly help him gain voter support, a new paper finds.
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Reporting

The problem with using ‘patient zero’ and ‘party zero’ in coronavirus news

Denise-Marie Ordway | April 3, 2020
Infectious disease epidemiologist Helen Jenkins explains why it's irresponsible and inaccurate to uses terms such as 'patient zero' and 'party zero' in coronavirus news coverage.
Social Media

Crowdsourcing truth and how journalists can avoid spreading coronavirus misinformation: Q and A with MIT professor David Rand

Clark Merrefield | March 20, 2020
MIT professor David Rand helps social media users get a grip on the vast ecosystem of coronavirus misinformation — and offers advice for how journalists can avoid being part of the problem.
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News Media

Fake news and fact-checking: 7 studies you should know about

Denise-Marie Ordway | January 13, 2020
We spotlight seven research studies published in 2019 that examine fake news from multiple angles, including what makes fact-checking most effective.
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Government

A graphic guide to the 2020 US census

Josh Neufeld | December 2, 2019
To help you understand what to watch out for as the 2020 census gets underway, comics journalist Josh Neufeld created this graphic guide to the decennial count.
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News Media

9 tips for getting people to share or republish your content: Insights from Joel Abrams

Denise-Marie Ordway | September 20, 2019
Joel Abrams, an expert in online content strategy who manages media outreach for The Conversation US, offers nine quick tips for getting people to share or republish your articles, videos and other content online.
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News Media

How journalists’ jobs affect their mental health: A research roundup

Chloe Reichel | July 30, 2019
Journalists report on complex and difficult topics, including natural disasters, political violence and human suffering. We’ve summarized studies that look at how occupational stress affects journalists' mental health.
Society

Deepfake technology is changing fast — use these 5 resources to keep up

Clark Merrefield | June 27, 2019
Deepfake videos are becoming easier to make every day. These five resources can help journalists keep up with this fast-changing technology.
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Elections

New research: Russian trolls used Twitter to attack liberals, conservatives and news media

Denise-Marie Ordway | June 17, 2019
New research forthcoming in Computers in Human Behavior offers insights into how Russia's elections-interference operation played out on Twitter.
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Internet

How to combat health misinformation online: A research roundup

Chloe Reichel | June 13, 2019
Is it possible to stem the tide of health misinformation on the internet? We summarized seven recent experimental studies on the efficacy of interventions used to correct false info online.

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A project of Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center and the Carnegie-Knight Initiative, Journalist’s Resource curates, summarizes and contextualizes high-quality research on newsy public policy topics. We are supported by generous grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation.

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