Tag: University of Oregon
RJI names winners in Student Innovation Competition
First place came with a prize of $10,000 for the project with the best approach to addressing news literacy.
RJI announces finalists for annual student innovation competition
RJI has announced the finalists for its annual Student Innovation Competition. Nine teams from universities around the country will compete to create something that will improve news literacy.
Breaking News 4: When real news is fake
For this article I’m defining fake news as “news stories that have no factual basis but are presented as facts” (taken from “Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election”), whether a site’s goal is to make money or make partisan political points. Here are several ways real and fake news are the same. … Continued
A 2008-2009 Reynolds Fellow leads development of new journalism innovation center at Oregon
An innovation center committed to exploring how citizens can interact and gain value from journalism is becoming reality for the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism, thanks to a generous anonymous donor. UO alumnus Mike Fancher has been tasked with launching the new think tank — the Center for Journalism Innovation and Civic Engagement — … Continued