What non-fake news looks like

As you know, journalism—your future profession—is under attack. When our president doesn't like a news story he calls it "fake news" and his followers believe him. More than ever we need our fellow citizens to rely on journalism, but just as our craft gropes with economic disruption, the public questions our credibility. It is, as Jeff Jarvis writes, as though President Trump and the Press have a murder-suicide pact: No matter who wins, the country loses. Meanwhile, actual fake news is now a salient feature of our politics.

What does "non-fake news" look like? Scholar Michael Schudson describes its characteristics. Many of them you learned in Comms 239, but this is not a bad time to refresh your memory. Please read: Here's What Non-Fake News Looks Like