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August 11- The theme of International Youth Day 2020, “Youth Engagement for Global Action” seeks to highlight the ways in which the engagement of young people at the local, national and global levels is enriching national and multilateral institutions and processes, as well as…
July 28- So, an American comedy show talks about this serious human rights violation issue! John Oliver discusses the human rights abuses the Uighur people are facing at the hands of the Chinese government, and why those atrocities are worth our undivided…
July 21- The US is in another Cold War with the Chinese Communist Party. But it was late to the game. A new book, Hidden Hand: Exposing How The Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping The World by Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg,…
June 9- Equity & ethics in data journalism: Hands-on approaches to getting your data right (June 22 – July 19, 2020) As one interested in getting the facts right first- interpretation of facts can differ to some extent, but if an objective…
June 8- A couple weeks ago I published a guide to cognitive biases for journalists. I saved perhaps the biggest one of all — confirmation bias — for a post all of its own. It might be one of the best-known biases, but for…