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NPR correspondent David Folkenflik gives the keynote speech during the Poynter Ethics Conference at Kent State University on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017.

Poynter’s ‘Fake or Fact?’ ethics workshop addresses fake news dilemma

Lauren Garczynski September 21, 2017

“Fake news forces news organizations back on their heels to defend themselves. … distracts from what’s actually happening,” said David Folkenflik, an NPR media correspondent and keynote speaker...

How people get their news

Print vs. digital: Millennials surveyed prefer online news

Taryn Antolic September 16, 2017

The average millennial gets 74 percent of their news from online sources, according to a study done by the Media Insight Project, a joint research initiative between the American Press Institute and the...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas laughs during a Q&A session after his keynote speech at the Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop at Kent State last year.

Poynter Media Ethics Workshop to explore fake news

Lauren Garczynski September 14, 2017

Fake news, a topic heavily publicized during the 2016 presidential election, will serve as the theme of the 13th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop on Thursday, Sept. 21 in Room 340 in Franklin Hall.From...

Jan Leach, Journalism and Mass Communication associate professor; Michael Hawkins, resident librarian; and Rekha Sharma, Communications Studies assistant professor answer questions during the “Fighting Fake News” panel discussion in the KIVA on Monday, April 3, 2017.

Kent State faculty weighs in on ‘fake news’

Molly Spillman, Lyric Aquino April 3, 2017

Prevalence of fake news and the ongoing scrutiny of journalists and their credibility were the topics of discussion at the "Fighting Fake News" panel event in the KIVA on Monday.“Fighting Fake News,”...