ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤

Dr. Chris Roberts: Director, UA C&IS Office of Research in Media Integrity. SPJ ethics committee. Roll Tide, etc.

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

@CStewartSports And so well written, whether he wrote it or not.

[Society of Professional Journalists @spj_tweets]

The SPJ Ethics Committee calls on the Trump administration to remove a fake image it apparently doctored and published online showing a Minneapolis immigration enforcement protestor appearing to cry during an arrest.

🔗Read the full statement: https://t.co/ymNFjLjHzB

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

One of my MC 101 students learned that "pomping" at Alabama doesn't mean the same thing as "pomping" in South Africa. Cultural noise is a thing.

https://t.co/A42gtrmJFK

[Society of Professional Journalists @spj_tweets]

The SPJ Board of Directors voted Friday to empower its Ethics Committee to review and recommend updates to the SPJ Code of Ethics, the nation’s most-cited journalism ethics code, as it marks its 100th anniversary in 2026.

🔗Read the full press release: https://t.co/Q44pQwosuN

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Yes, I'm playing from the "Oklahoma" soundtrack today. #mc101net

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: The more news values, the bigger the news! #LastTip

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: Knowing the real definition of the word "magazine" makes sense when you're on this street along the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

https://t.co/sp0obr3eFV

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: If you can't read this, you are illiterate. If you choose not to read it, then you're aliterate.

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: Know your C, X, K and W to know the (usual) home to the broadcast signal.

Know that, and you'll know what the subject in one of Dr. Roberts' favorite ZZ Top songs.

https://t.co/UpLCIDbr3B

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: Most media products have low marginal costs. Regardless of how much it costs to make the first copy, the second and skillionth other copies you make cost little to make.

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: That voice you hear on some radio stations may not be local. "Voice tracking" systems let a single person speak for many, many stations at once.

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: Don't waste words when you write in "inverted pyramid" style when telling the news. The most important info goes first.

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

@MorganwwMurphy https://t.co/G5VPElyjNH

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: Test 2 and midterm grades posted. (Avg Test 2 grade = 75%.)

Read Chapter 5 for Wednesday's class.

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testakers: Know "margin of error" and confidence levels for today's test. #FinalTip

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: Media messages don't affect you like a bullet or a hypodermic needle. We're affected different ways at different times.

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: You can't copyright an idea until it's in a fixed form. So write it down. Paint it. Film it. Then you can make money on it.

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, test takers: Know your five First Amendment freedoms. And #RollTide

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: Remember PACI to know levels of protections for speech: Political, Artistic, Commercial, and Indecent.

[ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℝ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕤 @MassComm101]

Hey, testtakers: FOIA is about access to government documents. "Sunshine laws" are about access to government meetings. They apply to all of us, not just journalists.