During the 2018 midterm elections, 64.5 percent of Floridians voted in favor of passing the Voting Restoration Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to over a million formerly incarcerated people. In spite of that overwhelming victory,...
Month: August 2020
As election looms, a network of mysterious ‘pink slime’ local news outlets nearly triples in size
THE RUN-UP TO THE 2020 November elections in the US has produced new networks of shadowy, politically backed “local news websites” designed to promote partisan talking points and collect user data. In December 2019, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism reported on an...
Internship: James Baratta at the Institute for Public Accuracy
James Baratta '22 (Journalism) has been working with the Institute for Public Accuracy. He distilled a leaked spreadsheet for a complex biodefense research project, sent out press releases through accuracy.org and promoted IPA’s content on Twitter.
Internship: Selin Tuter at The Ithaca Voice
Selin Tuter ’21 (Journalism and Politics) says her time at The Ithaca Voice "has truly been wonderful. In addition to improving pre-existing skills such as interviewing, I picked up new ones such as covering town halls.”
Internship: Jackie Marusiak at Heartland Film Festival
For an internship at Heartland Film Festival, Jackie Marusiak '21 (Documentary Studies) screened and reviewed film submissions to the Indy Shorts festival, helped assemble programs, and posted information about films online. Jackie also coordinated and hosted two...
Indy Journalists: ‘We Are Not The New York Times — We Take Sides’
Four esteemed voices in media joined PCIM on July 29 to discuss recent changes in journalism amid pandemic and protest. Moderated by PCIM Director Raza Rumi, the conversation invited valuable perspectives from each of the four panelists: The Independent’s chief U.S....