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“We don’t have bad news to share about how it’s going, but it’s not great news either. It’s just…news.”
“We’re going past the idea of thinking ‘How can we get someone to give $5 a month?’ and thinking, ‘How do we inspire people to action?’”
“[T]he question is not whether the problem is real, but how research might quantify and describe its true prevalence, and how to address the problem.”
“We’re bombarded these days with judgment and analysis of everything. What we’re trying to do is give the audience a look into cultures or worlds that they don’t have access to, and give some empathy to that story.”
Plus: Blocked by the Kremlin, the largest remaining independent news site in Russia is turning to an international audience for help.
The company has an iOS app and big new ambitions. Should writers be scared?
“How can you make people discuss [information] instead of polarizing them further?” A new study offers some clues.
Researchers at Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub and ProPublica identified more than a dozen videos that purport to debunk apparently nonexistent Ukrainian fakes.
But that could change if people tire of defending against an onslaught of misinformation.