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'Fake news' and school uniforms: Most popular research roundups of 2018
Source: JournalistsResource.orgSkydivers don’t need parachutes, scientists don’t actually find
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Be wary of parachute journalism. And also parachute research.
A new study in the British Medical Journal serves as an example for all journalists who swoop in and out of academic papers without much care.
Journalists perpetuate myth about suicide during winter holidays
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Two-thirds of news stories that discussed suicide and the holiday season last winter perpetuated the false belief that suicides rise during the holidays, finds a new analysis from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center.
New research suggests journalists should defend their profession
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At a time when the news media is routinely under public attack, journalists generally take one of two tacks: ignore it or defend themselves. ProPublica politics reporter Jessica Huseman made a case for the first tack in a Tweet from 2017:
Interviewing white-collar criminals: 6 tips from Harvard's Eugene Soltes
Source: JournalistsResource.orgReaders respond: Pro tips from scholars to journalists (and vice versa)
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Many readers of Journalist’s Resource fall into one of two camps: hardworking journalists and hardworking academics. Recently, in hopes of providing an opportunity for the two groups to learn from each other, we posed two questions in our weekly newsletter.
5 of the most fascinating digital media studies from fall 2018
Source: JournalistsResource.orgPolitical polarization increases after local newspapers close
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After local newspapers close, political polarization among voters increases, according to new research in the Journal of Communication.
Partisanship of journalists' Twitter networks tends to show in their work
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There’s a clear link between the accounts journalists follow on Twitter and the partisanship of their work, finds a new study from researchers at Northeastern University and the University at Buffalo.