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Joshua Benton

Joshua Benton founded Nieman Lab in 2008 and served as its director until 2020; he is now the lab’s senior writer. The Nieman Journalism Lab is an attempt to help journalism figure out its future in an internet age.

Digital storytelling, particularly via social media, helps indigenous communities preserve and share their knowledge and histories, fostering decolonisation

DISINFORMATION

17 NOV 2022

The flood of online misinformation calls for some deliberate ignorance

Actively ignoring low-quality information online can free up your limited resources of time and attention.

Joshua Benton

11 min read