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RWU journalism Prof. Prado traces history of propaganda, “fake news”

RWU journalism Prof. Prado traces history of propaganda, “fake news”

Paola Prado, RWU associate professor of journalism and adviser to the university’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, spoke with Bruce Newbury on WADK-1540 in Newport on March 1 about propaganda, “fake news” and Walter Lippmann’s 1922 book, “Public Opinion.” Listen to the podcast by clicking here: http://wadk.com/assets/podcaster/464/2017_03_01_464_54959_4434.mp3

RI can help build a free press in The Gambia

RI can help build a free press in The Gambia

Omar Bah, founder and executive director of the Refugee Dream Center, in Providence, who earned a master’s degree in public administration from RWU in 2014: I only have to look at the bayonet scar on my left hand to remember how Gambian President Yahya Jammeh treats a free press: The dictator’s soldiers beat, kicked and tortured me when I attempted to cover a secret trial in The Gambia, my native country. And I barely escaped with my life, fleeing the…

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