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What do our Pro-Democracy Election Coverage Guidelines ask of newsrooms?
1) Cover elections like they matter more than sports scores.
2) Make threats to democracy clear.
3) Protect Americans from disinformation.
Sign our open letter to news execs here:
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage
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Editor of Cleveland.Com tells his readers:
"Trust your eyes. Trump on Jan. 6 launched the most serious threat to our system of government since the Civil War. You know that. You saw it.
The facts involving Trump are crystal clear, and as news people, we cannot pretend otherwise, as unpopular as that might be with a segment of our readers. There aren’t two sides to facts. People who say the earth is flat don’t get space on our platforms."
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This is a great example of what we are calling for in our call for
Pro-Democracy 2024 Election Coverage
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/2024-election-coverage
As Marty Baron, former EIC of Washington Post and Boston Globe recently noted:
"Journalists must oppose violence and abuses of power and should advocate for democracy, norms of civic discourse, tolerance, and equal opportunity for all,"
“We have to stand for democracy, and we have to be opposed to people who are undermining democracy."
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/03/warning-for-journalists-youre-more-ignorant-than-you-realize/
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The Media and Democracy Project names Elon Musk the “2023 Disinformer of the Year” https://open.substack.com/pub/mediaanddemocracyproject/p/the-media-and-democracy-project-names
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We are honored and ecstatic to have @Sulliview join us for a conversation and Q & A.
"How journalism can help save democracy. An exploration - and an action plan!"
Link to sign up ⬇️
https://www.mobilize.us/mediademocracyproject/event/584804/
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Late on #FollowFriday with some of our favorite #journalism outlets, no bots, many non-profits.
Please let us know of others to list.
@STAT
@Chron
Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib
@floridabulldog
@damemagazine,
@arstechnica @dublininquirer
@TucsonSentinel,
@insideclimatenews,
@FAIR
@wausaupilot
@ProPublica
@thexylom
@thetyee
@flatwaterfreepress
@TexasObserver
@verdantsquare @WIExaminer
BoltsMag.org @bolts
@whav
@BaltimoreBanner
@mnreformer
@newsmast
Some day we'll get more organized.
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The Media and Democracy Project signs on to America's Voice’s letter to Univision CEOs calling for higher journalistic standards https://open.substack.com/pub/mediaanddemocracyproject/p/the-media-and-democracy-project-signs?r=1oifl0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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We are happy to see all of these good news outlets active on Mastodon.
No bots on this list
@BaltimoreBanner
@wausaupilot
@arstechnica@journa.host
@TexasObserver
@ProPublica
@damemagazine
Please let us know if there are any others you like.
Encourage other news outlets to post here!
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