Ebola
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Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Infectious Disease Edition
Friday, October 24, 2014
Panic over the Ebola virus in the U.S. has dominated cable news. So, we put together a template to help the discerning news consumer see through the media's over-the-top coverage.
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Sanity on Ebola, Money and Midterms, & #GamerGate
Friday, October 24, 2014
A Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Infectious Disease Edition, "dark money" in midterm elections, and demystifying #GamerGate.
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Ebola in Liberia, Outbreak Narratives, and Covering Israel-Palestine
Friday, October 10, 2014
A Liberian journalist on covering a deadly epidemic, how Hollywood influences our understanding of Ebola, and a debate between two journalists about the press and Israel-Palestine.
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A Liberian Journalist on Ebola
Friday, October 10, 2014
Liberian journalist and editor Rodney Sieh on covering the story that could cost you your life.
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"Ebola: What It Is"
Friday, October 10, 2014
Inspired by CNN's chyron "Ebola: The ISIS of Biological Agents?" photographer and novelist Teju Cole wrote about what else cable news thinks Ebola might be.
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Covering an Epidemic
Friday, October 10, 2014
A Washington Post health reporter recounts his recent reporting trip to Liberia.
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Viral Narratives
Friday, October 10, 2014
How fictional narratives of epidemics affect the reality on the ground.
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Sticking to the Facts about the Ebola Outbreak
Friday, September 26, 2014
Headlines touting a worst-case scenario projected by the CDC diminish the tragic reality unfolding, and may be invoking racism at home, says Laura Seay, expert in African politics.
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No, Ebola is NOT Coming to the U.S.
Friday, August 15, 2014
Contrary to what the media suggests, Ebola is not coming to the U.S. Bob talks with Dr. Daniel Bausch about what the media keeps missing.
