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John ZhuAugust 30, 2021

Parents are desperate for useful info about Covid and schools. Local news isn’t really helping.

In the three weeks leading up to my kid’s first day of class, there were literally zero stories in the News & Observer about most back-to-school matters in Durham. There were tons of stories about mask fights and an escaped cobra.

Mark Coddington and Seth LewisAugust 24, 2021

How the pandemic (sort of) changed the way we consume news

Plus: What makes journalism truly “valuable” for people, news fatigue amid repetition, and how the movement of contributors reveals political polarization in the media.

Wolfgang BlauJuly 14, 2021

If you’re not a climate reporter yet, you will be: Covid-19 coverage offers lessons for reporting on the climate crisis

The degree of interdisciplinary collaboration with the science desk is new, and it could prove a model for how news organizations cover the climate crisis.

Ciara GreeneJune 30, 2021

Does reading fake news actually change people’s behavior? This Covid-19 study says yes, a bit — but potentially an important bit

“Some participants even developed false memories about the fake stories they had read…’Remembering’ previously hearing a fake COVID-19 story seemed to make some people in our study more likely to act in a certain way.”

Jane ElizabethJune 16, 2021

The Covid vaccine and the people of Nextdoor

Nextdoor is overlooked as a player in misinformation, and to address “vaccine hesitancy” in America, you might want to start at the neighborhood level, where hesitancy has grown into militancy.

First Draft StaffJune 10, 2021

“Experiments,” “shedding,” and variants: Here’s where Covid-19 misinformation went in May

Fact-checks struggle to compete with disinformation on major social media networks.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 27, 2021

Nearly 40% of Americans already believe Covid-19 leaked from a lab. What happens if they turn out to be right?

Plus: “Media news consumption is by far the strongest independent predictor of QAnon beliefs.”

Laura Hazard OwenMay 20, 2021

Parler will be hate speech–free — on iOS only

Plus: “Partisanship turned out to be the strongest predictor of Americans’ knowledge, even surpassing education,” and how local news organizations fought Covid-19 misinformation in their communities.

Julia BerginMay 14, 2021

How China used the media to spread its Covid narrative — and win friends around the world

China’s image plummeted in North America, but over half of 50 nations surveyed at the end of 2020 reported coverage of China had become more positive in their national media since the onset of the pandemic.

First Draft StaffMay 4, 2021

Passports, pauses, and Pfizer: Here’s where Covid-19 misinformation went in April

In April, various right-wing media outlets created an online frenzy that attacked and firmly politicized “vaccine passports” — positioning the idea as a new political flashpoint in the pandemic culture war.

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