Media: Reporter’s biographical sections
News author bios tell us that the writer enjoys hiking, has 3 dogs, and likes to write music – rather than giving us background on the author’s qualifications to write the story. Why does the media do this?
Media, Education: Why media stories focus on elite colleges
Partly because so many of those in the field went to elite schools, and partly because the major national news outlets like the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post are catering to their readers, who are the elite who also went to elite schools. But it’s hard not to suspect that there is also another reason for reporters’ focus on elite colleges: At least in major national media outlets, that’s where most of them went. There’s…
Media: Are Pulitzer Prizes a self serving exercise?
The Pulitzer Prizes are nothing but elite self-congratulation divorced from real journalism (nypost.com) Ouch.
Journalism is the “Most Regretted” College Major
87% of journalism graduates say they wish they had pursued a different plan of study in college.
Media: Demographics – Who works in the media?
Interesting demographics of journalists. About 77% have a degree is the arts or humanities, much higher than the overall population of degree holders. Fewer have a Master’s degree than in many other fields. Journalism pay is not very good.
Media: How to create your own Content Mill
The linked article explains the business of content mills.
Reporter David Axe publishes literally the same headline, every month for a year – and all of them have been wrong – updated
Source: Reporter David Axe publishes literally the same headline, every month for a year – and all of them have been wrong – Social Panic At this point, it’s hilarious. The reporter David Axe has a BA in history and an MA in fiction writing (really).
Books: Amazon flooded by fake, AI written travel books
Amazon is selling AI written fake travel books, and other fake books.
Climate: How the media reported on tropical storm Hilary in California
The spin began with “deadly”, “life threatening”, “catastrophic” speculation, then followed that afterwards with “It wasn’t that bad”, and stories saying the tropical storm was 100% caused by the Global Boiling ClimateCrisis, and then a few adding historical context of past tropical storms and even a hurricane.
Climate: “Rebranding Climate Change as a Public Health Issue”
Should climate change be re-branded as a public health issue?