Media Hits: September 2021
Every month, media outlets around the world consult with the experts at the Newhouse School for context on what’s happening in communications and why. Here are some of this month’s stories:
Assistant Professor
MAGAZINE, NEWS AND DIGITAL JOURNALISM
POYNTER: “Journalists who question objectivity still value truth-telling, study finds” (co-authors)
Assistant Professor
COMMUNICATIONS
ABC NEWS: “Time, misinfo complicate teaching 9/11 to kids born after it”
“Conspiracy theories take root when there are unknowns, and there were so many unknowns about that day. In the absence of information, people go online. And what do they find? It depends.”
Jennifer Grygiel
ABC NEWS: “Time, misinfo complicate teaching 9/11 to kids born after it”
Associate Professor
MAGAZINE, NEWS AND DIGITAL JOURNALISM
COMMUNICATIONS
Director
TULLY CENTER FOR FREE SPEECH
BLOOMBERG: “Trump Suit Against N.Y. Times, Niece a ‘Stunt,’ Lawyer Says“
““The Supreme Court has acknowledged that reporters can rely on leaked materials as long as they did not break to law to get them. There is not a scintilla of evidence that the Times broke the law to collect this information.””
Roy Gutterman
BLOOMBERG: “Trump Suit Against N.Y. Times, Niece a ‘Stunt,’ Lawyer Says“
Professor
MAGAZINE, NEWS AND DIGITAL JOURNALISM
Associate Dean
OFFICE OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS
GV WIRE: “‘Hijacked’ or On Course? Future of Fresno’s Troubled Public TV Outlet Questioned“
MOTHER JONES: “Slow News Is Good News”
“[Attempts to cut off funding] almost always came from criticism from the right about the left and that public broadcasting is very liberal and they don’t take the conservative point of view on anything. So it is kind of ironic, especially in California, that it would be the other way around,””
Joel Kaplan
GV WIRE: “‘Hijacked’ or On Course? Future of Fresno’s Troubled Public TV Outlet Questioned“
Dean
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: “After a summer of conflict, UNC seeks a new journalism dean. How appealing is the job?“
“In many ways, if there’s a silver lining it’s that all the stones have been turned over by now.”
MARK LODATO
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: “After a summer of conflict, UNC seeks a new journalism dean. How appealing is the job?“
Dan Pacheco
Professor of Practice
MAGAZINE, NEWS AND DIGITAL JOURNALISM
Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation
CNN BUSINESS: “Some of the most iconic 9/11 news coverage is lost. Blame Adobe Flash“
“This is really about the problem of what I call the boneyard of the internet. Everything that’s not a piece of text or a flat picture is basically destined to rot and die when new methods of delivering the content replace it. I just feel like the internet is rotting at an even faster pace, ironically, because of innovation. It shouldn’t.”
dan pacheco
CNN BUSINESS: “Some of the most iconic 9/11 news coverage is lost. Blame Adobe Flash“
Bill Werde
Title
Director
BANDIER PROGRAM FOR RECORDING AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES
Co-director
AUDIO ARTS
FINANCIAL TIMES: “The last mogul: an interview with Universal Music’s Lucian Grainge“