Florida lawmakers want to make it easier to sue the media
Florida Republicans propose laws that would make it easier to sue media outlets for defamation and repeal journalist privilege. Megan Lynch...
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What the Media?!!?
The average American consumes 11 hours a day of electronic mass media! Learning to analyze media messages regardless of who sends them is a 21st century survival skill (in Missouri they're c...
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Short not Shallow: Axios Co-Founder talks about Smart Brevity in communication
"It's a war for attention," and Axios Co-founder, CEO, and Chair Jim Vandehei has a strategy. KMOX's Megan Lynch talks to him about the Axio...
Reporting stories, from behind bars
The prison press goes back to 1800. In the 1960's there were more than 250 prison newspapers across the US, but that number has dwindled. Wh...
Take It Down: New program to get explicit photos of kids and teens off the internet
Around the world, explicit images of children and teens are circulating on the web. Sometimes they're willingly shared with a girlfriend or...
How the high court could unravel social media algorithms
Two cases being heard by the US Supreme Court could change whether social media platforms and other online companies are shielded from liabi...
Byline AI
"It can produce the natural human language information based off of structured data, but that does not mean that it understands the value of...
What is Black Twitter?
"There are many ways to experience Blackness." Megan Lynch and Julie Smith talk with Northeastern University's, Dr. Meredith D. Clark about...
Where do you get your news?
Julie Smith, author of Master the Media: How Teaching Media Literacy can Save our Plugged-In World joins KMOX Radio for News Literacy Week t...
The business of news has changed, should reporting change too?
Professor Nikki Usher says if we're going to solve issues involving journalism and the trust of Americans, "we need to also look within the...
The inner workings of Tik Tok
Tik Tok is wildly popular, yet it's come under increasing scrutiny in the United States, not only for its influence but for it's potential r...
"With Donald Trump we have to be careful we're sticking to the facts"
Donald Trump is running for President in the 2024 election. His previous campaigns have been punctuated by conflict with the press. How shou...
Why stations won't air ads for recreational marijuana
By early next year, Missouri residents will be able to buy marijuana for recreational use. Missouri is the latest state to approve recreatio...
2022 Midterms - Beat misinformation and get real data about candidates
"Since probably there was politics, there has been disinformation or misinformation." KMOX Virtual Consumer Editor Megan Lynch talks with Ky...
2022 Midterms - *We are outnumbered"
"What the Media?!!?" hosts Megan Lynch and Julie Smith talk with Jason Piscia, Director of the Public Affairs Reporting program at the Unive...
2022 Midterms - Why do broadcast stations air misleading or false campaign ads?
Have you heard a campaign ad you know is stretching the truth -- or worse, intentionally misleading voters? Why do radio and TV stations air...
2022 Midterms - Pink Slime, Campaign Ads, and more
In this collection of KMOX Media Minutes, Virtual Consumer Editor Megan Lynch tells us what "Pink Slime" publications are, looks at campaign...
2022 Midterms - Information, Misinformation, Disinformation
Misinformation and disinformation have spread rapidly in recent elections. Experts say the 2022 midterm elections are no different. KMOX's M...
Cashing in on an alternate reality
He laid out his 5 year plan to make money, playing the SIMS, when he was in 8th grade. Stephen Works, known as SpringSIMS tells Megan Lynch...
Therapist in the palm of your hand
You can find thousands of mental health apps, including hundreds that link you to counseling. What do we know about these apps and services?...
Former exec blows the whistle on Twitter
In complaints with federal agencies, Twitter's former head of security alleges the company misled regulators about poor cybersecurity defens...