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The Zeitgeist of Zine Culture

The zine has documented marginalized voices and counterculture for decades. Zine libraries, events, and art galleries are popping up across…

Dec 28, 2024

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Dec 28, 2024

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The Impact of Local News Deserts

While Trump’s national popular vote margin was just under 1.5%, his margin in news deserts was massive. What does this mean for democracy?

Dec 20, 2024

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Dec 20, 2024

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The Genesis of Truth, Love and Light

Talking to Voters while volunteering on the Harris Campaign 2024 and our information economy

Nov 29, 2024

Nov 29, 2024

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AI Menace: How Fake Students and Bots are Infiltrating Online College Classrooms

These are not the droids you are looking for — Ben Kenobi

Jan 9

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Jan 9

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Rediscovering Slow Journalism

Exhausted by the attention economy and 24-hour news cycle, our brains need a refresh and a return to the satisfaction of slow journalism in…

Jan 3

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Jan 3

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The Great Roadrunner Rescue

A Close Encounter with a Roadrunner We Named “Click”

Dec 25, 2024

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Dec 25, 2024

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A list of Indie, Non-Profit, and DIY News Sources

Go punk rock with your news because corporate media sucks

Dec 11, 2024

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Dec 11, 2024

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Hate Groups are Masquerading as Mainstream Nonprofits

How grading persuasive speech outlines for my Public Speaking class led me down an unwanted rabbit hole of disinformation and hatred

Dec 5, 2024

Hate Groups are Masquerading as Mainstream Nonprofits

Dec 5, 2024

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A Crash Course in Media Literacy

How to separate fact from fiction in the online world — a guide to media literacy in the age of misinformation and AI

Dec 3, 2024

A Crash Course in Media Literacy

Dec 3, 2024

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We Are All Immigrants

My family story of immigration. Also, why we must not dehumanize immigrants or support mass deportations from the Trump administration

Nov 30, 2024

The Statue of Liberty

Nov 30, 2024

Truth Love and Light

Media Literacy and critical media consumption are important to our democracy. As a Journalism and media professor, it is my goal to help create critical media consumers and root out misinformation in the process. I will strive to help folks learn how to spot misinformation an

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I am a Journalism/Mass Media Professor with a PhD in education in Southern California. I work with students to publish a campus news website

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