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1 month ago | 
projectcensored.org | Andy Lee Roth
1.8K It began with a man rowing a 1,200-pound pumpkin down the Missouri River. That was the first news item I saw on TV after one of the major cable networks broadcast horrifying, graphic footage of the deadly airstrikes into Gaza launched by Israel Defense Forces on October 7th. The jarring disconnect between the two news items spoke volumes about what’s wrong with corporate news and the version of the world it attempts to sell us.
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2 months ago | 
rjionline.org | Andy Lee Roth
Resources to help journalists and newsrooms confront power imbalances by promoting industry accountability and public understandingToday, I am launching Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists (ALFJ), a collection of practical introductory resources to encourage and enable critical reporting on algorithms and their social impacts. The ALFJ website was developed with the support of the Reynolds Journalism Institute and in consultation with experts in journalism, computer science, and media literacy.
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2 months ago | 
editorandpublisher.com | Andy Lee Roth
Posted Monday, February 24, 2025 10:15 am Today, I am launching Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists (ALFJ), a collection of practical introductory resources to encourage and enable critical reporting on algorithms and their social impacts.
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2 months ago | 
rjionline.org | Andy Lee Roth
Learning from a newspaper’s plan to deploy an AI-powered “bias meter”In December 2024, the owner of the Los Angeles Times announced plans to incorporate an AI-powered “bias meter” into the newspaper’s reporting.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
rjionline.org | Andy Lee Roth
An annotated directory of how-to guides, exemplary journalism and policies — plus a cool online gameThere’s so much information about algorithms and their social impacts that it’s sometimes hard to know where to begin or how to focus. Of course, Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists (my RJI Fellowship project) is intended to help reporters and newsrooms navigate that torrent of information.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
salon.com | Andy Lee Roth |Mickey Huff
A 2024 Pew Research Center poll found that a remarkable 73 percent of adult Americans believe a free press is either extremely or very important to the well-being of society—though only a third of those polled believe that US media are completely free to report news. Indeed, half of those surveyed believe that US news organizations are influenced a great deal by corporate/financial interests (51%) or government/political interests (49%).
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
sevenstories.com | Andy Lee Roth
Skip NavigationHighlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including reports on toxic chemicals, climate disinformation, and union victories—Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2025 illuminates issues and raises voices that the establishment press have throttled.
State of the Free Press 2025 shows how independent journalism can promote civic engagement and reconnect people who have otherwise lost interest in sensational “news” that distracts and polarizes us.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
rjionline.org | Andy Lee Roth
Nine guidelines help newsrooms protect their bottom line while also informing their audiencesKeyword blocklists are the most common — and blunt — form of brand safety and suitability, umbrella terms for controls advertisers use to protect their brands from negative reputation impacts. To assure that their brands are associated with positive, noncontroversial content, advertisers use keyword blocklists to avoid connection with news stories that include any of the restricted terms.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
rjionline.org | Andy Lee Roth |Shealeigh Voitl
Lessons from “horse race” coverage can improve reporting on new developments in AI technologyNews reports often frame technological developments in artificial intelligence (AI) as “races” between competing companies or nations in which the speed of innovation determines the victor.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
rjionline.org | Andy Lee Roth
Social media restrictions can render newsworthy reporting on controversial topics invisibleShadow banning—the practice of reducing the visibility of social media content without the content creator’s knowledge—can restrict the reach of independent news outlets. This concern is underscored for outlets that use social media to engage their communities with reporting on topics deemed controversial by platforms such as Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, and TikTok.
