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New York Post and Yahoo News are News agencies of the Future, and they don't need any #Futurologist to endorse them for that. Why? Simple, evidence-based, honest, transparent, neutral, reliable and objective journalism that seems almost extinct today. Last week I put up a post on LinkedIn about Future of News and Information Media. This is an unintended but apt follow up. If you think that the US Campus protests have been pro-Palestine or anti-war, read the article below carefully in full.

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Reporting the Nigerian Protest: Can Media Stay Neutral? The ongoing Nigerian protests have brought this question to the forefront of my mind. Can we, as media professionals, truly stay neutral in the face of injustice? A lot of journalists are constantly wrestling with the delicate balance between reporting the facts and taking a stand. On one hand, our role is to report the facts, without bias or agenda. We must seek out diverse perspectives, fact-check, and study the narrative to provide a broad understanding of the situation. On the other hand, neutrality can be perceived as collaboration. When we fail to take a stand against oppression, are we not indirectly condoning it? The Nigerian protests are a cry for justice, equality, and human rights. Can we afford to remain neutral in the face of such a critical moment in history? I believe that neutrality doesn't mean moral equality. We can report the facts while still acknowledging the inherent injustices. We can amplify the voices of the excluded without compromising our integrity. So, I ask you: Can media stay neutral in times of social unrest? Should we? Is it our responsibility to take a stand, or do we risk compromising our objectivity? Share your thoughts. #iAmPDAVE #MultimediaDesignStrategist # BroadcastJournalist

Taking a closer look at the power and pull of political protest, Jason I. hears from Dr Benjamin Abrams about protest - what's the point? They explore responses to the rise of populism and what we can learn from the research evidence to inform policy and practice. Listen: https://pod.fo/e/257ea1 We hear: - what does research theory say about how and why movements such as the 1789 French Revolution, the Arab Spring as well as Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter take place? - what can policy do for ‘coping strategies’ against populism and preventing violence in mass protest? - what might happen during and after the US elections this November? Production note: *recorded on 8 July 2024, before the assassination attempt on Donald Trump (13 July 2024) and Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the US presidential election race (21 July 2024).

Protests over the war in Gaza are spreading to campuses around the country. For journalists, deciding how and why to cover local protests requires some high-level news judgment. Just showing up and documenting the fact that a protest is happening will most likely leave your audience annoyed and confused. Instead, newsrooms need to identify a tight journalistic focus for every single story they do. And then they need to judge every piece of information in that story against the focus. Otherwise, news stories about protests end up being a random set of facts, opinions, and assertions. After hearing from many newsrooms that have experienced some stumbles, I wrote this guidance for journalists who are making editorial decisions about covering protests. https://lnkd.in/e56Dx7pk

The New York Times Protests Too Much The paper's critics are offering principled vision of journalism, while NYT leadership responds like campaign hacks. Jamison Foser "The model of journalism the New York Times pretends to believe in is bad – and the Times knows it ... The criticism of the Times is that it blurs the asymmetries between Trump and Biden. ... In short: The Times defends itself from criticism for presenting a distorted view of the choice between Biden and Trump that blurs the asymmetries between the candidates by insisting that it must do so in order to appeal to Trump supporters. This is simply not what 'independence' means. ... There’s a fundamental confusion at the heart of the broken way most political journalists — definitely not just at the New York Times — have approached their jobs for decades. A confusion about what the various buzzwords they have deployed over the years to describe their approach actually mean. 'Balance,' 'Independence,' 'Fairness,' 'Objectivity,' 'Neutrality' — these are (related and overlapping) values we constantly see journalists tout. They are all great values that should be at the heart of journalism. I just don’t think they mean what many political journalists think they mean. These values are typically invoked by journalists to defend coverage that treats asymmetrical things as symmetrical, and inequivalent things as equivalent." cc: Richard Sambrook, Jay Rosen https://lnkd.in/eER3Zvdu

Reporting the Nigerian Protest: Can Media Stay Neutral? The ongoing Nigerian protests have brought this question to the forefront of my mind. Can we, as media professionals, truly stay neutral in the face of injustice? A lot of journalists are constantly wrestling with the delicate balance between reporting the facts and taking a stand. On one hand, our role is to report the facts, without bias or agenda. We must seek out diverse perspectives, fact-check, and study the narrative to provide a broad understanding of the situation. On the other hand, neutrality can be perceived as collaboration. When we fail to take a stand against oppression, are we not indirectly condoning it? The Nigerian protests are a cry for justice, equality, and human rights. Can we afford to remain neutral in the face of such a critical moment in history? I believe that neutrality doesn't mean moral equality. We can report the facts while still acknowledging the inherent injustices. We can amplify the voices of the excluded without compromising our integrity. So, I ask you: Can media stay neutral in times of social unrest? Should we? Is it our responsibility to take a stand, or do we risk compromising our objectivity? Share your thoughts. #iAmPDAVE #MultimediaDesignStrategist # BroadcastJournalist #endbadgoverance

NAVIGATING PROTEST SAFETY: A JOURNALIST’S GUIDE In the world of journalism, covering protests can be both invigorating and challenging. While it provides an opportunity to report on important social and political issues, it also comes with potential risks. As a journalist, it’s essential to prioritise your safety while ensuring that you can effectively cover these events. Having provided security and safety support for media crews & journalists in countless protests and demonstrations over the years, it’s clear that when working and advising journalists, it’s very important to recognise that covering protests comes with an ever-shifting level of risk. Often, these protests are peaceful, however, others have the potential to turn violent and escalate into disorder very rapidly. Here are some vital safety tips to keep in mind while covering protests......... https://lnkd.in/e6UfnJ7j Guy Batchelor Chloe B. Rachel Batchelor

Theories of democracy generally value citizen activism as an essential component of a healthy democratic system. Hence, people engage in protests, participate in signature campaigns, and contribute to online and offline public discourse. What happens, however, if instead of individuals, institutions or branches of government engage in activism? Consider courts, for instance. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gF34BMFc

By labeling protesters as radical or violent, media framing is not just an "innocent by-product" of media system, but an ideological mechanism which acts as a form of social control, preserving the status quo. This was the main idea behind my PhD thesis, which is now thoroughly presented in my latest paper (https://lnkd.in/dZdUaWat). In this paper I use Minority Influence theory to suggest that protest movements are blocked from gaining influence and public mobilization because negative media framing alters the terms of political engagement and deters people from supporting or even engaging with these movements and contentious politics in general.