CCNY Introduction to Journalism students Fall 2019 with Pro Publica's Minhee Cho in the center. Professor Barbara Nevins Taylor far left. Students from left to right: Soreilly Sarante, Antonio di Caterina, Sanne Talmon, Jelsey Trochez, Natalia Gonzalez, Genesis Flores, Susan Thorson, Jonathan Olivares, Branden Harris, Elena Johnson, Emmanuel "Manny" Furman, Travis Edwards. Mushfiqa Andalib. Introduction …
President Trump’s Conversation with Ukraine’s President
MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SUBJECT: PARTICIPANTS: DATE, TIME AND PLACE: (C) Telephone Conversation with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine Pre·sident Zelenskyy of . Ukraine Notetakers: The White House Situation·Room July 25, 2019, 9:03 - 9:33 a.m. EDT Residence �f;Ctffi'fHOftC01q,JcfOfioru..- ·UNCLASSIFIED Declassified by order ofthe President' (S/NF) The President: Congratulations on a great victory. We all watched …
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Coverage of the Democratic Presidential Debate
ABC News Democratic Debate. Houston, Texas. September 12, 2019 HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic presidential debate (all times local): 9:55 p.m. Early front-runner Joe Biden took on the most fire at Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate, and former Obama Housing Secretary Julián Castro was the most explicit in arguing it was time for …
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Misinformation on Facebook and Social Media
Misinformation - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Misinformation noun false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive."nuclear matters are often entangled in a web of secrecy and misinformation"synonyms:disinformation, false information, misleading information, deception; lie, fib, false rumor, trumped-up story, fake news, alternative fact, gossip, red herring, false trail;informalkidology; informalbum steer"a lot of misinformation was received in Moscow"Misinformation is false or inaccurate information. Examples of misinformation include false rumors, …
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Breaking News / Straight News
Victim in Queens double homicide was wanted for questioning in gang-related killing the day of his death: sources By THOMAS TRACY and JOHN ANNESE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |AUG 27, 2019 | 7:46 PM Police investigate a double fatal shooting on 255th St. near 149th Drive in Queens on Aug. 26, 2019. (Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News A reputed Queens gang …
Feature Story
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/sports/baseball/vladimir-guerrero-jr-grandmother.html Altagracia Alvino prepared a stewed goat dish while her grandson, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., slept. CreditCreditTara Walton for The New York Times Abuela, Chef, Boss: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s Grandmother Feeds the Majors For about two decades, Altagracia Alvino has lived with and cooked for her baseball-playing offspring — as well as their teammates and opponents. By James …
Opinion vs. News
What's the difference between an opinion piece and a news story? An opinion piece gives you information from the point of view of the writer, or presenter. It may include facts, and reporting, but it differs from a news story in that it lays out an individual's ideas and often their biases. Opinion is, essentially, …
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Writers on Writing Ta-Nehisi Coates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6voLZDYgPzY Why I'm Writing Captain America And why it scares the hell out of me The cover of Captain America #1, which will be released on July 4, 2018.Alex Ross / Marvel Two years ago I began taking up the childhood dream of writing comics. To say it is more difficult than it looks is to commit …
Easy to Make Mistakes, So Verify
The Parkland shooting shows us how easily you can make a mistake and report things that are untrue in the rush to get a story out quickly. Two things stand out: The false report that Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old who killed 17 and wounded 14 others at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, was connected to …