Art by Autumn Hardwick Today, anyone with an internet connection can access news. Social media users can share articles and follow specific news accounts, consuming information rapidly. It’s a seemingly perfect development for journalists and consumers alike, but can using social media as a news source really be that simple? While social media can provide an efficient way … [Read more...] about The Double-Edged Sword: Social Media as a News Source
Elizabeth Smith
Good News: Even in an Era of Division, The News Remains Good News
The good news is the news. The idea of good news has become novel, almost subversive, in today’s highly polarized news landscape. Actor and producer John Krasinski hosted a show called “Some Good News” that became wildly popular on social media in the early months of the pandemic (remember March, April 2020?). The idea of Krasinski’s show played off the premise that … [Read more...] about Good News: Even in an Era of Division, The News Remains Good News
Student Journalists & The 2020 Election
Via Apple Podcasts | Via SoundCloud | Via Spotify After a long week spent reporting on this year's highly contested election, the student journalists at PGM open up about what it was like to report on such an election that endured beyond the evening of Nov. 3, all the way into the weekend. Read all of the Graphic's 2020 election coverage … [Read more...] about Student Journalists & The 2020 Election
