NPR reported on Monday that Russia's President Vladimir Putin has gradually reasserted state control over his country's major media companies. And now he has signed into law a measure criminalizing reporting that contradicts the government's version of events.
And Poynter published an article detailing how to spot video and photo fakes from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Poynter reported that during the time leading up to the invasion and in the early hours of the attack, internet watchdogs pored over images shared on Russian media that claimed Ukraine struck first and Russia merely responded.
Shop Talk is a weekly panel discussion about journalism issues. This week’s program featured Will Buss, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University and advises the student editors at the Western Courier, the students at student radio station The Dog, and the WIU chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists; Rajvee Subramanian, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University; and TSPR News Director Rich Egger.