journalists

Explores the issues surrounding ethics in journalism by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/com format.

Although news outlets are meant to be impartial, they have never been perfectly unbiased. After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the term "fake news" became part of people's vocabulary, adding to the public's mistrust of the media. In today's society, learning how to cultivate media literacy by spotting unreliable sources and biased reporting is crucial. This volume explores the fake news phenomenon and offers readers tips on how to be critical of what they see reported.

An autobiography of John N. Herbers, a Civil Rights journalist, who witnessed a succession of civil rights uprisings. His story provides a understanding of how the southern status quo, in which the white establishment benefited at the expense of African Americans, was transformed by a national outcry for justice.

"Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see just how unjust the world she was living in was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and fight for women's right to vote"--Provided by publisher.

Follows the author on her journey to Ireland and Myanmar, as well as to high-tech genetic labs and through online ancestry profiles, to investigate her mixed-race ancestry and heritage. Investigates the meaning of ethnicity and questions of what it means to be American and in a group of "us" versus "them.".

Jack Sparks died while writing this book. This is the account of his final days. In 2014, Jack Sparks; the controversial pop culture journalist; died under mysterious circumstances. To his fans, Jack was a fearless rebel; to his detractors he was a talentless hack. Either way, his death came as a shock to everyone. It was no secret that Jack had been researching the occult for his new book. He'd already triggered a furious Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism he witnessed in rural Italy. Then there was that video: thirty-six seconds of chilling footage that Jack repeatedly claimed was not of his making, yet was posted from his own YouTube account. Nobody knew what happened to Jack in the days that followed; until now.

This is the untold story of the exotic tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability, and silence victims of abuse. And it's the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement.

An illustrated biography of African American journalist Ethel Payne.

Contains two stories by Jack London, including "White Fang," which follows the adventures of a dog that is part wolf as it makes peace with man in the Canadian wilderness; and "Smoke bellew," in which newspaper writer Christopher Bellew sets out from San Francisco, California, to cover the Klondike gold rush.

"A book for high school students about the life and legacy of activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett"--Provided by publisher.