We’re immersed in the Information Age, where truth should be our guidepost. Instead, it’s collateral damage. Misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation—MDM—aren’t just floating around the edges of our society. They’re baked into our feeds, our platforms, our conversations. And they’re winning.
Continue readingSocial media is now one of the biggest threats to youth mental health, with nearly half of teens saying it’s harming their well-being. Parents agree. So do educators. And still, we treat media exposure like a behavioral problem instead of what it really is: a developmental crisis.
Continue readingIf you don’t know how to use media, the media will use you.
That’s not theory. It’s reality.
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The Fair Media Council helps folks better navigate the media landscape, and understand why journalistic standards matter. Their Folio Awards event is billed as “The Gold Standard for the Modern Media Landscape.” It is an excellent, informative, insightful event. Get involved.
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After two years virtual The Fair Media Council Folio Awards, Long Island’s biggest media event, is back LIVE AND IN PERSON!
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We are grateful to all who are carrying on virtually! Here’s some incredibly touching and informative video from The Folio Awards.
While nothing replaces getting to connect with the folks that our sponsor The Fair Media Council normally brings together to highlight the best in local media, the online event was time well spent and we appreciated the virtual networking session held afterward.
Did you know WLIW now has a radio station? That’s how we learned! That and a whole lot more!!!
We are further excited by FMC’s endeavors to adapt and excited about their virtual event lineup featuring notables in news, media and business.
“FMC Fast Chat” is a live talk show on Zoom where the audience drives the conversation by asking questions in advance (during registration) or during the show via the Q&A box. The recorded version becomes a podcast available on the C-Suite Radio Network, as well as iTunes, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher and TuneIn.
Expect real, powerful and relevant conversations with notables in news, media and business that put you in the know in just 30 minutes.
The events are free to attend, but preregistration is necessary to ensure a seat for the live shows.
October 6th: This already occurred but you can sign up for the podcast on The FMC Website: America’s Growing Need for Public Service & Volunteerism with RITA COSBY, Emmy-Winning TV Host, Female Legend of the Year in Radio, Best-Selling Author & Chair, Global Service Institute at LIU
October 27th: GARY VAYNERCHUK, chairman of VaynerX and CEO of VaynerMedia on how to do business right, right now.
November 10th: How did the media cover the Election? That’s the focus of this Fast Chat with BRIAN LEHRER of The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC.
December 8th: Get the inside skinny on how to get your opinion heard on CNN, directly from CNN Opinion Editor RICHARD GALANT.
To register for any of these shows, please visit www.fairmediacouncil.org
More Fast Chats are continuously added. The best way to stay up-to-date is to sign up for the Fair Media Council’s weekly newsletter, The Latest, which comes out on Thursdays (Be sure to whitelist it).
Subscribe to FMC Fast Chat and you can also hear past episodes featuring Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chair and CEO, C-Suite Network, on how to do business during COVID19; Allison Gilbert, journalist and grief expert, on how to deal with loss and find comfort, and Ben Smith, media columnist, The New York Times, on the state of the news media today.
We are grateful for all who are dedicated to advancing the integrity of journalism, and helping us all be smarter, wiser consumers. Our sponsors at the Fair Media Council specialize in this.
Here is some good advice they offered on navigating the news today.
We also appreciate these archives of “The Latest” Jaci Clement’s commentary on media and culture.
If you have a few minutes, they’d love to hear from you. Here’s a quick, painless, seven-question survey to find out how FMC can help you and your organization be as successful as possible in the new normal.
BTW…Check on your local paper, will you? They need us and we need them. If you have the means, now is the time to advertise…not only are times like these hailed as the best time to reach out to the masses, these folks could REALLY use our ad dollars.
Our thoughts on that were fueled by this article by Steven Waldman and Charles Sennott in The Atlantic (which has taken its own big hits lately) “The Coronavirus is Killing Local News”, and Mark Bowden’s piece in the same publication “Small Towns Won’t Know They’re Infected Until Too Late”
Having experienced news deserts first hand, we have long been grateful for LI’s wealth of local media (and the local nature of some of the world’s most esteemed publications). They’re not immune to this either, though. Please support them. It’s important.