Jana Laura Egelhofer: How should journalists cover Fake News?

28.08.2020

Jana Laura Egelhofer talked to the magazine "Medium" about the inflationary use of the term "Fake News", and provided practical tips on how to improve reporting on this phenomenon.

In particular during the corona pandemic, the term fake news was used exceedingly. However, this inflationary use could be problematic for various reasons. Jana Laura Egelhofer was interviewed as the expert on the use of the term "Fake News" in journalism for the magazine medium. She explained, why the use of the term matters, and provided six tips on how to better reoport on this issue. 

You can find a summary of the article in german here.

Find the full text in german in the magazine "Medium"