In a follow up to the most recent post, I recently spoke with journalism graduate students Victoria Bowles and Min Wang.
Bowles spoke about a shift in the role of the media during the election, where some reporters spurned longer-form reporting for a fact-checking role, which some interpreted as taking sides.
"I think that we need to get more used to journalists fact-checking things and backing up data," Bowles said. "News is facts, and it (isn't) always gonna support your opinion. That's just the way it is."
She also said people might not be as distrustful of the media as a whole than they are of certain outlets, and someone who for example watched MSNBC religiously would not trust Fox News for their partisan differences.
Wang spoke on the "fake news" epidemic, and said those with less education or less access to it might trust the media less because they're more susceptible to falling for false headlines.
Citizen journalists are also beginning to play a bigger role, Wang said. Journalists need to compete with citizen journalists to get the news out first and make sure it's accurate.
"I think people still trust the traditional news organization, traditional journalist, more than like whoever (uses) social media," Wang said.
Bowles spoke about a shift in the role of the media during the election, where some reporters spurned longer-form reporting for a fact-checking role, which some interpreted as taking sides.
"I think that we need to get more used to journalists fact-checking things and backing up data," Bowles said. "News is facts, and it (isn't) always gonna support your opinion. That's just the way it is."
She also said people might not be as distrustful of the media as a whole than they are of certain outlets, and someone who for example watched MSNBC religiously would not trust Fox News for their partisan differences.
Wang spoke on the "fake news" epidemic, and said those with less education or less access to it might trust the media less because they're more susceptible to falling for false headlines.
Citizen journalists are also beginning to play a bigger role, Wang said. Journalists need to compete with citizen journalists to get the news out first and make sure it's accurate.
"I think people still trust the traditional news organization, traditional journalist, more than like whoever (uses) social media," Wang said.
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