Journalism Schools Still Behind on Cybersecurity Training, New Survey Finds

Posted Tuesday, January 9, 2018 7:56 am

Joshua Oliver | CJR

Toward the end of a long workday, one last email dropped into Jawar Mohammed’s inbox. It looked like a news tip, forwarded from an Ethiopian radio station. Mohammed, head of an independent broadcaster based in Minnesota and a leading figure in the Ethiopian opposition movement, wasn’t fooled. He didn’t click the link.

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Journalism Schools Still Behind on Cybersecurity Training, New Survey Finds

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