The author before tackling the Beijing velodrome. (Photo courtesy of Deborah Charles) I’m not an Olympic athlete. But for half an hour in Beijing, I got to act like one. I was in China’s capital to cover the 2008 Olympics. An avid cyclist, I had lots of...
Taking up arms against fake news, a team of experts in Europe’s capital is highlighting fake news peddled by pro-Kremlin news outlets. Rebel soldiers at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, Eastern Ukraine, 20 July 2014 (EPA/ Robert Ghement) The...
Last week we asked readers what topics you think I should write about during my six-week internship here in Paris. After hearing your suggestions, I’ve pinpointed issues to cover in coming weeks. Yes, we listen to our readers! Several of you suggested I focus...
Fake news is not going to go away. We need to be selective and responsible. And support news organizations that are credible and trust-worthy. (Ad Fontes media) This is the latest in a series of articles on fake news. A woman in the town-library meeting room eyed me...
Fake news threatens democracy by eroding trust. Students and media experts discussed what to do about fake news in three News-Decoder webinars. This is part of a News-Decoder series on fake news. Fake news matters because it goes right to the heart of democracy....
The U.S. moon landing was a hoax. Trump wears a wig. The new iPhone is transparent. Fake news or real? News-Decoder students know. A manipulated image that has been used to buttress fake news stories This is part of a series of News-Decoder stories on fake news....
This is the first in a series of News-Decoder articles on fake news. By Nelson Graves What is fake news? How does it spread? What can we do about it? News-Decoder has been working with students around the world to address these questions, which have acquired urgency...
Increasingly we are living in media silos that divide us from large numbers of fellow citizens. Here are some tricks for bursting your media bubble. Worried about alternative facts? Try entering an alternative universe. Like it or not, each of us lives in a media...
Is Donald Trump’s administration straight out of George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”? Or is the U.S. mainstream media in an anti-Trump frenzy? The logo of Ingsoc, the political ideology of the totalitarian government of Oceania, in George...
I’m puzzled when I read of correspondents who enjoyed in Cuba in the 1960s. I found Havana miserable and oppressive before Castro kicked me out. This is the latest in a series of articles by foreign correspondents who covered Cuba during the reign of Fidel Castro. I...