Behind the Bylines: Try thinking like a journalist

Behind the Bylines: Try thinking like a journalist

I propose that this week, we all try to play journalist as we engage with social media platforms and conversations with woefully misinformed family members on WhatsApp. I’m not on social media. I don’t use WhatsApp. Years of journalism study have made it impossible for me to ignore the dangers of those platforms. However, years of teaching others about those dangers and advocating that we all make a concerted effort to leave them behind, at leas…