Stories We’re Following 6/24

A Wall Street Journal foreign affairs correspondent was fired for his business involvement with a source, Poynter reported. Educators are teaching students how to detect false news using an online platform called Checkology, according to an article published by Wired....

Stories We’re Following 6/12

An article published by The Guardian discussed The New York Times’ publication of leaked photos from the suicide bombing in the Manchester Arena. An article published by Poynter discussed the possible consequences of eliminating editors’ roles at the New...

Stories We’re Following 5/2

Facebook hired former New York Times staffer Alex Hardiman in a new position called head of news products. According to Recode, “Hardiman will work with publishers to create news features, and also try to stop the proliferation of false news on the...

Stories We’re Following 4/12/17

According to Poynter, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga emails obtained through open records laws show university officials fired an NPR-affiliated reporter because they “were worried that annoyed Republican legislators — who had previously cut funding to a...

Stories We’re Following 3/27/17

Benny Johnson, a reporter with the Independent Journalism Review, was accused of plagiarism by fellow staffers in 2015, just one year after being fired from Buzzfeed for 41 instances of plagiarism, Poynter reported. Additionally, Poynter reported, “Johnson,...