(Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images)Facebook announced Wednesday that it is launching its own journalism project, continuing its efforts to change the way media organizations work with the social network. The Facebook Journalism Project will also try to help improve the media literacy of its users, the company said — a key suggestion that media scholars offered the site as it continues to grapple with the problem of misinformation. Facebook outlined 10 key points that it hopes to address with the project. Even six months ago, she said, she would have been skeptical about the possibility that Facebook would want to help media companies like the ones she represents find new business models. “Now Facebook wants to finally work with us, and we’re encouraged by the progress that’s being made.”

Source: Washington Post January 11, 2017 15:04 UTC