Public Service And The Risks Facing Female Journalists
NBC Montana anchor/reporter Maritsa Georgiou talks with Gwen and Sally about how she has become a go-to source of information about COVID; about the importance of good news sources, and about the threats highly visible female TV journalists have to deal with.
Listen now on Parsing The Press with Sally Mauk and Gwen Florio.
Sally Mauk If someone were to hold a popularity contest for journalists in Montana right now, it s a pretty safe bet that NBC Montana anchor/reporter Maritsa Georgiou would win. Maritsa s become the go-to source of reliable information about the COVID pandemic in Montana and about how, when and where to get the vaccine. Maritsa is our guest today.
Sally Mauk and Gwen Florio, hosts of Parsing The Press
The debate over social media s influence and responsibilities has intensified in the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol. How can journalism compete with the misinformation disseminated on social media?
Journalists Sally Mauk and Gwen Florio, along with special guest
New York Times columnist Charlie Warzel discuss this and more in this episode of Parsing the Press.
Sally Mauk We have a special guest today. And I want to welcome Charlie Warzel, a columnist for
The New York Times who lives here in Missoula. And Charlie, you ve described yourself as a reluctant chronicler of our poisoned information ecosystem. And social media is a huge part of that poisoned ecosystem and has led us to where we are now. And social media is now trying to stem the tide it fostered. Is it too little, too late?