#mediactive

Fact check.org is an excellent source to utilize. I use it quite often. click here to go to fackcheck.org

Policicheck.com is one to utilize if you are more into politics. I don’t use this as much, but still a good source. Click here to go to this website.

I know that I posted a link to this video before, but I love this video and it’s an excellent video to watch. Click here to watch Journalism: Last week tonight.

Here’s a website to check for fake news. Click here to go to the website.

What is journalism. Before you can do anything, you need to be informed on what journalism is. Click here to watch a video about journalism.

I think that one of the most important things that I learned in this class is to cross check facts. Even though I’m a biology major and I have to do that anyways, I realized that I have to do it for all my other classes. 

Tying in with that, always being on the look out for “fake news”. As stated in a previous post. Being on the look out for “fake news” is very important, Basically you shouldn’t believe everything that you see or read on the internet.

There are a lot of things that you all should know about the media. But I’m only going to list a couple.

1.) newspapers and magazines are becoming more obsolete

1.) Thoroughness-  Always ask questions. Asking questions ensures that you are being thorough. Conducting interviews and conducting research can also fall into this category.

2.) Accuracy- this is the starting point for all solid information. Simply put for this: check your facts, and then check them again. Know how to verify facts and claims. Check your spelling

3.) Fairness- Even if you are coming at something from a specific bias or world view, you can be fair to those who disagree with you by incorporating their views into your own work, even if simply to explain why you’re right and they’re wrong. Recognize that you can’t be perfectly fair, and that people will hear what you’ve said through the prisms of their own world views. It’s still worth trying. You can extend the principle of fairness by inviting others to join the conversation after publication. You can stress civility, moreover, as the guiding principle for the conversation.

4.) Independence- professional journalists claim independence. Typically they are forbidden to have direct or indirect financial conflicts of interest. Embrace more openness than before.

3.) Twitter/ periscope- Twitter also allows you to go live to show things that are happening. I’m not really sure on what livestreaming on twitter is because none of my followers/people I’m following livestream. My favorite band/singer uses periscope to livestream some of his stuff though, It’s quite incredible to be able to see a concert from the lead singers prospective and to be able to see backstage of a concert.

4.) Instagram- Instagram allows users to post to their “stories” and you are able to make a live video on their story. I’ve seen this done. Last Friday was the best example for it because I saw like 5 live videos from the DNCE concert. A lot of artists also use it to show their followers love. Brendon Urie from Panic! at the Disco used to do a lot of live videos because his followers (including me) would love to hear him sing.