Title: Credibility, journalism, and libraries — ideas of trust and responsibility
\nHost\/Reporter: Jeanine Finn
\nParticipants:
\nAndrew Ott
\nSaul Tannenbaum
\nSuzanne Sullivan
\nKhara Whitney-Marsh
\nKatie Ingersoll
\nRuth Urell
\nDietmar Wolfram
\nMeredith McCulloch
\nAlexa Pearce
\nMarla Crockett
\nMike Kettross
\nJamie Helgun
\nTroy Espe
\nMike LaBonte
\nStephen Lippman
\nDebbie Holmes<\/p>\n
Discussion: We had a wide-ranging discussion highlighting several themes related to credibility that are concerns for both journalists and librarians. As we work to broaden civic conversations and make room for the public to “report” on news and information, we may not be able to rely on traditional methods to evaluate source credibility. However, the ideas of critical thinking and contextual evaluation of sources remain important — whether the environment is analog or digital.<\/p>\n
Our themes included:<\/p>\n
Wikipedia-style collaborations. While the “anybody can edit it” model circumvents traditional models of authority, \u201cmany eyeballs\u201d and a social contract and work to provide an ultimately fairly reliable resource.<\/p>\n
Accountability is important. Is there a sense that misinformation has consequences within the community?<\/p>\n
Local news is often under-reported, but offers real opportunities for citizen journalism engagement. Local reporters need to be on seen to be credible witnesses to local government activity (which is admittedly, often not terribly exciting) and be part of holding government accountable. We talked about projects like ProPublica and Knight Foundation efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Title: Credibility, journalism, and libraries — ideas of trust and responsibility Host\/Reporter: Jeanine Finn Participants: Andrew Ott Saul Tannenbaum Suzanne Sullivan Khara Whitney-Marsh Katie Ingersoll Ruth Urell Dietmar Wolfram Meredith McCulloch Alexa Pearce Marla Crockett Mike Kettross Jamie Helgun Troy … Continue reading