Category: Week 4: Opinion and Accuracy

The Place of Opinion in Journalism

By Annabel Gorman, September 24, 2021  In today’s society, we see an abundance of opinions about every imaginable topic. On social media, everyday citizens voice...

The Emotional Power of Op-eds

by Sarah Gilsoul, September 24, 2021 According to Bob Wyss, good journalists in a traditional news setting should follow a set of tenets which include...

Opinion Pieces Versus News Stories

By Ethan Bruemmer, September 23, 2021 A news story is something that is based on the facts of an issue, and tries to report the...

The Issues that Come From Fake News

By Ethan Bruemmer Fake news is the spread of misinformation (incorrect information not necessarily intended to harm, but instead to deceive), disinformation (incorrect information meant...

Fake News in the Age of Social Media

By Annabel Gorman, September 22, 2021 In today’s political landscape, we often hear about “fake news,” specifically in relation to political news posted on Facebook...

The Switch to Online News Media

By Sarah Gilsoul, September 22, 2021. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become abundantly clear that the world around us is changing, and...

Traditional vs Online Media

by Tori Yantsos, September 22, 2021. A lot of people within the journalism world have had to take a moment of realization to process the...
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