Digital Publishing: To Stop Misinformation From Spreading, Journalists Shouldn’t Fall Down the Social Media Rabbit Hole

By this point, the phrase “fake news” has become as ubiquitous in newsrooms as “election night pizza.” It’s a term Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'

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Meta to Stop Paying U.S. Publishers for News Content

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Booker Prize Looks to Boost Social Media With a Book Club Contest

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‘Tragically ugly’ school textbook causes social media outcry in China

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Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit

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Federal department gave money to magazine publishing pandemic misinformation

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Stop moaning about sensitivity readers – if there was diversity in publishing we wouldn’t need them | Juno Dawson

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