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Grabbing the Gavel
Friday, October 24, 2014
A new study finds that TV ads attacking state supreme court justices during elections influence both who makes the bench and how the law is laid down.
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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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The Medium is the Message at 50
Friday, October 17, 2014
Fifty years ago, Marshall McLuhan published Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man.
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Ferguson on the Map and in the Mind
Friday, October 17, 2014
In the months since Ferguson erupted in protest after Michael Brown's death, the town has become shorthand for myriad social ills. But what's been the impact on the community itself?
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"You Can Win with the Media"
Friday, October 17, 2014
A course being offered in St Louis aims to ease tensions between law enforcement and the press.
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McLuhanisms, 50 Years Later
Friday, October 17, 2014
Brooke speaks to Nicholas Carr about how Marshall McLuhan's theories have held up, 50 years later.
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Unveiling CitizenFour, Inside Ferguson, and Protesting Outside SCOTUS
Friday, October 17, 2014
A look at Laura Poitras' new documentary about Edward Snowden, "CitizenFour," a view from inside the continued protests in Ferguson, and barring political protesters outside SCOTUS.
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A Pop Song Written Using iOS's Predictive Text Feature
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
YouTuber Jonathan Mann has written a pretty solid pop song using only the predictive text function on his iPhone.
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Two Journalists Debate Coverage of Israel-Palestine
Friday, October 10, 2014
Ethan Bronner and Matti Friedman, two journalists who've devoted their careers to reporting on Israel and Palestine, discuss how the international press treats this thorny story.
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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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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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Covering an Epidemic
Friday, October 10, 2014
A Washington Post health reporter recounts his recent reporting trip to Liberia.
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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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Ethan Bronner & Matti Friedman on Coverage of Israel-Palestine
Thursday, October 09, 2014
Ethan Bronner, deputy national editor for the New York Times, and Matti Friedman, Jerusalem-based journalist, debate how the international press treats the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The Splintering Image of the Secret Service
Friday, October 03, 2014
In light of the revelations of major security lapses at the White House, Brooke examines the crumbling image of the Secret Service.
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Riding the Rumor
Friday, October 03, 2014
A longtime chronicler of media misinformation creates a real-time rumor tracker called Emergent.info.
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Nothing But The Truth
Friday, October 03, 2014
The splintering image of the Secret Service, why rumors are more interesting than fact, and an atheist tome for kids.
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The USS Pueblo Propaganda War
Friday, September 26, 2014
In 1968, an American spy ship was captured by North Korea, and its 82 crew members became propaganda pawns on television and radio worldwide.
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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.
