#27 How news organizations can fight misinformation with Mandy Jenkins

About Our Guest:
Before Storyful, her roles include being the managing editor of the Project Thunderdome newsroom for Digital First Media, as well as coordinating the Off the Bus citizen journalism program as a social news editor for politics at The Huffington Post, and working as social media editor for TBD, a Washington, D.C.-area local news startup.Mandy is also President of the Online News Association and sits on the board of directors for the American Society of News Editors.

Find Mandy online:
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LinkedIn
Website

Show Notes:
1:05 - Discussion about Mandy's career strategy/history
2:47 - Trying new things in newsrooms: challenges, strategies and tips
7:14 - Discussion about Mandy's Stanford Fellowship (what it entails + her "challenge" project)
14:09 - Takeaways from Mandy's research on consumers of disinformation
18:00 - What has caught your eye about the future of media and journalism?
23:12 - Key messages for journalism students
24:16 - How can students best equip themselves for the future?
25:23 - What does the future hold for you?

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