YEAR IN REVIEW
Year In Review JOURNALISM ON THE FRONTLINES: COVERING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
In partnership with the WVU Festival of Ideas and funded by the Ogden Newspaper Seminar Series, the College of Media hosted a panel discussion in September featuring White House correspondents who described firsthand what it’s been like to cover the new Presidential administration. The panel included Mark Landler, The New York Times; Tara McKelvey, BBC; Katherine Skiba, the Chicago Tribune; and Sarah Westwood, the Washington Examiner, and was moderated by alumnus Hoppy Kercheval (BSJ, 1977; MSJ, 2005).
“I’m here to tell you that your obligation and your passion and what you do for the future is enshrined in our constitution. You are here to find the truth and to speak truth to power and to ask questions on behalf of the American public.” KATHERINE SKIBA, Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune
NEW MEDIA LITERACY COURSE TACKLES FAKE NEWS RE EDCOLLEG EOFME DI A.W VU. EDU
We heard a lot about “fake news” during and after the 2016 presidential election. Teaching Associate Professor Bob Britten developed a new Media Literacy course that teaches students how to critically analyze news and information across media platforms. Students learn how to distinguish real news from fabricated information, how to identify reporters’ biases and how to recognize the various ways race, class, gender and sexual orientation are represented in the media.
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