Rebuild trust in the media: Dallas news manager provides clarity

By David Baxley, SPJ South Carolina member, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Francis Marion University

Last year, amid the tumultuous 2016 election campaign, a Gallup poll revealed consumers’ trust in mass media sank to an all-time low. In fact, only 32 percent of people polled had “a great deal” or “fair amount of” trust in mass media.

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Follow my lede: Bleacher Report has a pet fish and is crushing it in the social media sphere. (Bonus: I become a stalker during this post.)

SizingUptheSouth.com is catching up with Meredith Cummings on her journey through hundreds of newsroom this summer throughout America. By Meredith Cummings, SPJ member and past president of SPJ Alabama Friday, March 17 10 a.m., Bleacher Report, New York City It is interesting that when I tell my cab driver, who is an older man in his 60s,…

Follow my lede: I’m LOL and, OMG, look at that swimsuit issue! Today’s stops: Buzzfeed and Sports Illustrated

Sizing Up the South is catching up with Meredith Cummings on her journey through hundreds of newsroom this summer throughout America. By Meredith Cummings, SPJ member and past president of SPJ Alabama Thursday, March 16 11 a.m. BuzzFeed, New York City office BuzzFeed is exactly as buzzy as you think it would be. At the reception desk/security…

SPJ Florida hosts first-ever Fake News Game Show

By: Emily Bloch, Vice President of Programs, SPJ Florida Video by Joey Cortez Just because journalists report the news, doesn’t mean they always know what’s real and what’s fake. Neither seasoned professionals nor non-media players could tell the difference during SPJ Florida’s inaugural Fake News Game Show on March 30 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The…

Driving as fast as I can: Winter Storm Stella is really ticking me off

Sizing Up the South is catching up with Meredith Cummings on her journey through hundreds of newsroom this summer throughout America. By Meredith Cummings, SPJ member and past president of SPJ Alabama Tuesday, March 13 8:30 a.m., Franconia Governmental Center, Franconia, Virginia My project is a huge one, so I decided to start by visiting someone…

Younger smarter better

By Michael Koretzky, SPJ Region 3 Director and SPJ National Board Member Meet Brittany Ferrendi. She’s the new director of the Kunkel Awards. After two years, I’m turning over the Kunkels to someone half my age, with twice my energy and a billion more hours actually spent playing video games. Read more HERE.

Follow my lede: Six months, 10,000 miles and dozens of newsrooms while chronicling American journalism

By Meredith Cummings, SPJ member and past president of SPJ Alabama I love road trips. The past two years my daughter and I have driven to New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, California (and down the coast) — all from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On these trips I usually stop in and see friends who work in newsrooms. As a…

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