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Facts are facts. But with social media, how can you tell fake news from real? Christina Veiga says the News Literacy Project has the answer: give you the fact-finding skills of a true journalist.
Struggling newsrooms + generative AI = magic, right? Not exactly.Mads chats with Christina Veiga, sr. media relations director for the News Literacy Project to chat about all things AI in journalism including: Newsroom AI fails and wins, how to identify credible information, disclosures, the proliferation of deepfakes moving into election season, and more.Find more on the News Literacy Project at https://newslit.org/ or @NewsLitProject on Instagram.That's all for now! Follow Us:LinkedIn: 212 CommunicationsInstagram: @notyourparentspr
The Department of Education announced an expansion to the city schools' gifted and talented program. Chalkbeat New York reporter Christina Veiga explains how it will work, what critics are saying and more.
With surging cases, a winter break couldn't come a better time. There's news this morning that when schools reopen after the break, they'll do so with ramped-up testing. Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York reporter, joins us to discuss this and more on the COVID situation in schools—plus, we take calls from parents and teachers about how they're coping right now.
This week we talk with Christina Veiga, a reporter for Chalkbeat New York on the chaotic first week of school from unvaccinated teachers to the challenges for a new Chancellor.
Anna Sale, host of the WNYC Studios podcast Death, Sex & Money and Christina Veiga, reporter for Chalkbeat New York, talk about how daycares and pre-schools are struggling to stay afloat financially as the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to cut enrollment, increase their costs on safety protocols and in some cases, shut down temporarily when cases spike — and what that means for the working families who rely on their care.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. @BrianLehrer #askthemayor On behalf of restaurants, we do NOT need indoor dining today - we only need a plan! Why end “Open Streets” on Oct 31? Our industry will crumble on Nov 1. — joel lee kulp (@joelleekulp) August 21, 2020 Caller asks @NYCMayor on @BrianLehrer why the city hasn't poured its efforts into improving remote learning rather than focusing on reopening school buildings. — Christina Veiga (@cveiga) August 21, 2020
Jane, Dara, and Matt on America's dual reckonings with racism and police impunity Resources: "It's Time To Bust Police Unions" by Peter Suderman, Reason "Libertarianism For Me, Authoritarianism For Thee" by Chris Arnade, American Compass A Colony in a Nation by Chris Hayes "10 Events that Shaped Cincinnati: Timothy Thomas is Shot and Killed" by Cedric Rose, Cincinnati Magazine "The data proves that school segregation is getting worse" by Alvin Chang, Vox "NYC delays controversial rezoning of 7 Brooklyn elementary schools" by Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York "Restrictive Zoning Promotes Racial Segregation" by Matthew Yglesias, Slate Mapping Police Violence White paper Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, Vox Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, Vox Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica Credits: Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and Producer The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this bonus episode, recorded live at the Brooklyn Public Library, producers Mark Winston Griffith and Max Freedman talk with Christina Veiga, a reporter from Chalkbeat. They are joined by a special guest: NeQuan McLean, president of the Community Education Council for District 16.Their conversation digs deeper into some of the themes of the show, and pulls back the curtain on how Mark and Max created School Colors -- and where it's going next.CREDITSProducers: Mark Winston Griffith and Max FreedmanEditor: Max FreedmanMusic: avery r. young and de deacon boardSpecial thanks: Christina Veiga, Amy Zimmer, Carrie Melago, Robin Lester Kenton, Naila Rosario, Gregg Richards
Within Universal Pre-K, there are two groups of teachers — one that works for the city, and one that works for community groups the city contracts with — that do the same work, for very different salaries. Christina Veiga of Chalkbeat joins us to talk about a looming strike, and the value of a woman's work in de Blasio's New York. Plus, Victoria Bekiempis calls in to run down the court drama this week from the NXVIM sex cult cum pyramid scheme, and more.