Denise-Marie Ordway | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Denise-Marie Ordway

Denise-Marie Ordway is managing editor of Journalist’s Resource.

January 5, 2023

Partisan media offers easier-to-read political news than mainstream outlets, study suggests

Hyperpartisan outlets use words a larger share of the population understands, researchers found.

June 1, 2022

Want to reach skeptics? Researchers suggest leaving the term “climate change” out of some news coverage

An experiment finds small changes in framing and word choice can elicit significant changes in how science skeptics engage with news coverage of climate change.

October 21, 2021

More mice, fewer breakthroughs: How to avoid bad headlines on stories about health and medical research

“‘Breakthrough’ is the one that leaps out to me because there so rarely is a breakthrough.”

August 5, 2021

Trusting science leaves people vulnerable to believing pseudoscience, new research finds

Knowledge of research methods can help the public discern valid scientific claims from false or misleading ones, researchers explain.

March 23, 2021

Why do Americans share so much fake news? One big reason is they aren’t paying attention, new research suggests

Americans who share fake news on social media might not lack media literacy skills. Chances are they don’t stop to check accuracy, a new study suggests.

January 10, 2020

“Rated false”: Here’s the most interesting new research on fake news and fact-checking

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here they collect the best of 2019, including research into the effectiveness of fact-checking, why people are susceptible to fake news, and the changing volume of misinformation on social media.

November 20, 2018

Polarizing the network: The most interesting new digital and social media research

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here’s their latest roundup, including research into how Twitter impacts reporters’ news judgment, how often we remember where we read something, and why Facebook makes you feel bad.

August 6, 2018

Echoing the network: The most interesting new digital and social media research

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here’s their latest roundup, including research into Twitter echo chambers, harassment of female journalists, and the presence (or absence) of anecdotes in data journalism.

April 17, 2018

Fact-checking the network: The most interesting digital and social media research of early 2018

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here’s their latest roundup, including research into fake news, audience analytics, populism, VR, and fact-checking.

January 2, 2018

Cross-examining the network: The year in digital and social media research

Journalist’s Resource sifts through the academic journals so you don’t have to. Here are what they consider 10 of the most important pieces of new research into digital and social media published in 2017.