MM 2003 - Isaiah Calvert

         Safety and Security Report reveals uptick in on-campus crime at Stanford -                  The annual report is published in compliance with the federal law. The report’s crime statistics include alleged offenses, including attempts, reported to university staff or police within the 2024 calendar year, as well as data from the prior two years. It also contains helpful information and tips on personal safety and emergency preparedness, such as how to report a crime, what to do in an emergency, and how the university’s mass notification system works.  “We have thousands of students, faculty, staff, and visitors on campus every day, and we strive to ensure their safety,” said DPS Chief Laura Wilson. “This annual report helps keep the Stanford community informed of crime that occurs here. It also gives people clear guidance on how they can help support campus safety.” ( Stanford Report )     ...

     ASU-Beebe Receives $75,000 Grant From Metallica - September 9th -      Arkansas State University-Beebe is revving up its automotive program thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Metallica Scholars Initiative. The grant, part of a nationwide effort by the Metallica Foundation to support career and technical education, will fund 25 student scholarships and the purchase of a state-of-the-art hybrid electric vehicle trainer. The scholarships offer students flexibility to cover tuition, certification expenses, or even the tools needed for their future careers. ASU-Beebe's automotive program is already in high gear, with partnerships like Toyota, Lexus, and offering certifications that enhance students' value in the field. The program serves high school students, college students, and technicians seeking advanced training. With this boost, the school is set to continue preparing the next generation of skilled technicians. ( KATV )

       Parents seek answers after teacher allegedly touches student inappropriately at school - September 23rd -                A 10-year-old girl—just a fifth grader—coming home from school with a story no parent ever wants to hear. She says she was touched inappropriately by a teacher. Her parents now speaking out—telling us about the incident, the video evidence, and the silence they say they’ve faced from school officials.  “I wouldn’t have sent her to that school if I would’ve known that they weren’t going to protect her they way that they said they were going to,” says Ashleigh the child’s mother.  It began in the family kitchen one evening after school. A little girl, just 10 years old, quietly approaching her father, Rocky—confiding in him about something that left her shaken.  He says his daughter had the courage to speak up. “She asked me to talk about something. And I said, Yeah, of course, what do you...

      With the rise in popularity and use of AI it is inevitable that it will be integrated into journalism. I think that it is important going forward that we use AI to aid in journalism and not take it over. I think that would be detrimental to the field, and I'm going to go over a few reasons why. This is a story from a journalism student in his second year of graduate school   "There has been a growing discomfort among both students and faculty regarding how professional writers are meant to compete against fast, efficient language models that do not require time off, benefits, or empathy.  My courses have started assigning exercises specifically designed to acquaint students with ChatGPT. One asked that we paste rough drafts of our theses into the language model and ask the AI to evaluate the working product. Students voiced collective discomfort with this assignment, due to language models’ murky privacy policies: my peers worried OpenAI would feed of...

         I thought it would be good to start with the actual definitions of Misinformation and Disinformation. Misinformation is  false or  inaccurate  information, especially that which is  deliberately  intended to  deceive . Disinformation is  false information that is intended to  mislead , especially  propaganda  issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media. So while they are similar, they do have some key differences. " Misinformation is false or inaccurate information—getting the facts wrong. Disinformation is false information which is deliberately intended to mislead—intentionally misstating the facts. " ( American Psychological Association ). With both misinformation and disinformation so prominent today. It is extremely hard to decipher what news is real and what news is intentionally misleading you. However, there are some good resources you can use to fact-check media, and on th...

            The actual definition of news in the dictionary is: News received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events.  I think that is a perfect way to describe what news is, but I would like to go into that a little bit more. Everyone's definition of news is different, maybe not the actual definition, but at least what information people consider news. So, in terms of what news actually is, I would say it varies from person to person because one person might see some information and not consider it to be news, while another person can see the same thing and think it's not news at all. Does that cause it to not be news anymore? No, but it does mean that It is not news to a group of individuals, which will be the case for all information. Some people just wont find it interesting or noteworthy.      News can come in so many various forms and it's interesting to look at the ways people have gotten it th...