Tags: Report For America

RJI Fellow’s Center for Gun Violence Reporting project receives $50K grant
June 24, 2020
The Initiative for Better Gun Violence Reporting has received a $50K grant from the Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to launch the new Center for Gun Violence Reporting in Philadelphia.
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MediaShift Podcast 261: States plan crackdown on tech giants; Facebook ready for mid-terms?
March 9, 2018
In the news this week, the U.S. Congress doesn’t seem to be making much headway in regulating tech giants, so many states are stepping in and taking action. Facebook announces it will work with the Associated Press to debunk misinformation.
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MediaShift Podcast 241: Social platforms help target ads to racist groups
September 22, 2017
In the news this week, journalists found that Facebook, Google and Twitter all allowed them to target ads toward racist groups like “Jew haters” and “black people ruin neighborhoods.” The social platforms quickly removed those terms.