NewsGuard is a non-partisan news-rating system launched by longtime journalists and media entrepreneurs Steven Brill and Louis Gordon Crovitz. The $6 million project was created to address the “fake news crisis” by hiring 40-60 trained journalists to review various news sites that are most accessed and shared in the United States. Following a questionable arbitration Full article…
John W. McCarter (born March 2, 1938) is an American executive whose long career covers various leadership positions in government, business, and public purpose organizations. He earned his degree in Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. He then went on to attend the London School of Economics from 1960 Full article…
Contents [Hide]Knight Foundation shelling out thousands of dollars to a disgraced “journalist”The backlash The Knight Foundation is a non-profit organization whose aim is “to promote excellence in journalism.” It was formed by the Knight brothers, John S. and James L. Knight (Jack and Jim) in Florida in 1950. Before the foundation was formed, the Knight brothers Full article…
Louis Gordon Crovitz is an American journalist and media executive, who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the news rating agency NewsGuard. He graduated from the University of Chicago, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics, Economics, Law and Rhetoric. Since then, he has also acquired law degrees from Wadham College, Yale Law School, Full article…
Donald “Don” A. Baer (born September 17, 1954) is a media and communications executive whose career covers a wide range of businesses, non-profit organizations, and government positions. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to this, Baer has a Master’s in International Relations at the Full article…