FYS: Words as Action in a Mediated Society

Transparency is a major factor! 

--checks facts, and if errors are made, corrects them and publicizes the changes

--uses reputable sources (people, documentation) and verifies those sources

--presents headlines which accurately represent the article content; headlines don't play on readers' emotions

--clearly identifies authors of articles with bylines

--produces its own content; doesn't merely aggregate content from other sources

--clearly identifies content types (e.g. report vs. editorial)

--conducts reporting not just editorializing

Content pulled (with some adaptions) from UC Merced Library.

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Titles include: The Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, National Review, The New Yorker, and Time (and others)

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