In an era rife with misinformation, MSNBC anchor Katy Tur uses her platform, 'Katy Tur Reports,' to spread truth.
in various leadership roles, including deputy editor, executive editor, and interim editor in chief. Danielle has been a senior editor atleading on health, fitness, and nutrition coverage, in addition to editing news, political, and social justice features. She has also held positions at. Work Danielle has edited has been nominated for a National Magazine Award in personal service four times, with the package ‘Invasion of Privacy’ winning the award in 2021.
“People who may have felt frustrated with the news in the past could really express it , and it ballooned,” says Tur, who was, at times, personally targeted by Trump and his supporters during rallies. “It makes the job really difficult in a time when it's more necessary than ever to get the truth out. It's not just people who are deciding that you're fake news; it's bad actors and foreign actors who are trying to meddle in our affairs.
Tur is optimistic about her current and future audiences. “Generation Z and Generation Alpha have an innate skepticism of what they see online. It seems like they're not automatically believing it any longer.” Tur points to her own teenage stepson as an example, noting that a few years ago he needed help discerning fact from fiction in the information he found online.
Schools can, hopefully, be part of the solution, too—especially as this year’s presidential election ramps up. “ is the most important thing in the world. I wish we taught civics, like really taught civics,” Tur says emphatically. “I think people need to understand the function of government, separation of powers, what a thriving democracy needs, which is a free and fair press.”
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