August 28, 2020 Who do you trust? What follows is an actual — albeit lightly edited — portion of an online conversation I had last week with a social media correspondent. I’ll call…
May 29, 2020 Fighting the coronavirus ‘infodemic’ This week, the science blog Science Alert published a piece entitled “5 Ways You Can Help Stop The Coronavirus’ Infodemic’ That’s Hurting Everyone.” We’ll get…
May 8, 2020 Could coronavirus silence the press? I’ve been a newspaper junkie all my life. Some of my earliest memories involve reading the Sunday comics on the floor of our living room…
September 26, 2019 Professional journalism can save us from ourselves Published on Winchester Sun, September 26, 2019 When the Internet started to take off with the general public in the early 2000s, most observers foresaw the…