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News organizations that want journalists to engage with their audience may be setting them up for abuse

  • Written by Jacob L. Nelson, Assistant Professor of Digital Audience Engagement, Arizona State University
imageWomen journalists who engage with their audience often experience harassment and ugly comments.Justin Paget/Stone/Getty Images

News organizations are trying to do a better job connecting with their audiences, in hopes of overcoming the profession’s credibility problems and ensuring its long-term survival.

To do this, a growing number of...

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