April 4, 2024

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Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award. Honoring a mid-career journalist. Deadline to apply is April 30, 2024. Click to learn more.
CRAFT

How to increase the public’s trust in your reporting


Make transparency part of the game plan. If your newsroom has an important event coming up or a big story dropping, draw up a plan for explaining your coverage or reporting process. When PolitiFact went to New Hampshire for the recent primary election, we took readers behind the scenes and explained how we were covering the candidates. Of course, sometimes big news happens when we least expect it. If you have a moment as your organization reports on breaking news, see what people are asking you on social media or add context about how you’re approaching the news to your current coverage.”


-- Ellen Hine, audience engagement producer with PolitiFact, excerpt from How PolitiFact improved social media trust (and how your newsroom can do it, too) (Poynter)

Ethics, Trust & The News: How journalists can build and support a culture of credibility. Wednesday, April 17, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. Ethics in an age of disinformation webinar series. Part two of four, produced with support from the Inasmuch Foundation.

How journalists can build and support a culture of credibility, April 17

Separating fact from fiction has long been the journalist’s job. But in environments where multiple stakeholders are complicit in sourcing or profiting from mis- and dis-information campaigns, where can journalists turn to mindfully, ethically, and systematically navigate blatant attempts to circumvent the truth? 


Strong journalistic standards and systems can help to chart the course for combatting mis- and disinformation while rebuilding trust in the news media. 


Register now to join a virtual discussion among standards editors with national news outlets at 11:30 am ET on Wednesday, April 17. The speakers will raise the curtain on the important discussions that guide their outlets’ coverage. From rigorously fact-checking reporting to framing global conflicts to language choices and beyond, they’ll share best practices and considerations journalists should make while serving the public.

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Panelists include: 


  • Amanda Barrett, vice president of news, standards and inclusion for The Associated Press 
  • Anita Kumar, senior managing editor, North America, and standards editor for POLITICO
  • Natalia Mironova, editor of news standards and best practices for Voice of America
  • Eileen O’Reilly, managing editor for standards and training for Axios and NPCJI board member
  • David Peterkin, vice president of news practice for ABC News 
  • Moderator: Ed Kelley, dean emeritus at Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and NPCJI board member
CAREER
Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants: 2024 applications open. $10,000 to $25,000 grants to support your environmental justice reporting project. Apply by April 24, 2024.

Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants: 2024 applications due April 24


The National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute will jointly award up to $75,000 in grants to U.S.-based journalists who plan to cover environmental justice. Applications for the 2024 grants are open until April 24.


Grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 will be awarded to support journalism in any medium that centers on environmental justice and environmental racism in the United States. This could include coverage of the disproportionate harms to disadvantaged communities from pollution, the effects of climate change, or other relevant topics.

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