Republican lawmakers bar journalists from statehouse floors
Utah's state Senate passed rules this week limiting where the press can go to report in statehouses, marking the latest move by Republican state lawmakers nationwide who are peeling back access to chambers after the pandemic provided new accessibility.
San Antonio College turns the page on student journalism with end of The Ranger. What’s next for the program?
On Tuesday, student and professional journalists and administrators will meet to discuss the evolution and vision of student journalism at the five-campus Alamo Colleges District, home to more than 65,000 students.
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KSAT 12 only Texas TV station to receive ‘excellent’ rating in GLAAD’s Local Media Accountability Index for 2021
KSAT 12 is one of three Texas media outlets and the only TV station to receive an “excellent” rating in the latest report from GLAAD, a national media monitoring organization that works against discrimination of the LGBTQ+ community.
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T-Squared: Sewell Chan is The Texas Tribune’s next editor-in-chief
The visionary, venerated editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times — a veteran of The New York Times and The Washington Post — will lead our nonprofit newsroom in a moment when more Texans than ever are clamoring for reliable, credible nonpartisan journalism.
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How to become media literate, avoid misinformation
Renee Hobbs, a professor of communications at University of Rhode island, said everyone shares responsibility and sometimes that can add to the dangers of misinformation. Hobbs said it can be really easy to accept information that might not be valid or true, which is why being media literacy is important. Media literacy is defined as the ability to access, analyze and evaluate media in various forms. Communications professor and author Sue Ellen Christian, from Western Michigan University, said there are easy changes you can make right now to become more media literate. “Look for other sources saying the same thing — other news outlets or other sources of trusted information also spreading this information, so it’s not just a fringe social media website or not just a string of tweets or social media posts that don’t have verification,” Christian said.