computer science

The Real News Network

The Real News Network is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand The Real News Network rather than just read about it. In short: The Real News Network (TRNN) is a news organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, that covers both national and international news with a strong left leaning point of view. It includes both for-profit arm and non-profit organizations.

Key takeaways

The Real News Network belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect The Real News Network to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of The Real News Network from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Real News Network (TRNN) is a news organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, that covers both national and international news with a strong left leaning point of view. It includes both for-profit arm and non-profit organizations.

History TRNN was founded by documentary producer Paul Jay and Mishuk Munier in September 2003 in Toronto, with the goal of creating a news network that made complicated concepts accessible to the average person. TRNN moved to Baltimore in June 2014, with the focus of telling stories about urban America, specifically focusing on the city's issues, including crime, education, and housing that are found throughout the United States. Founder Paul Jay was ousted from the Real News Network in June, 2019. Communications executive John Duda became the organization's executive director in June 2020. In 2022, Dharna Noor used to lead the climate team at TRNN. Maximillian Alvarez became Editor-in-Chief. He was formerly a temporary warehouse worker, an experience which he says impacts whose stories he covers and how.

Funding In January 2007, Paul Jay told the Daily Kos that TRNN did not accept funding from advertising, governments, or corporations. In December 2018, Baltimore Magazine quoted Jay as saying the budget was $3.3 million which accrued from large and small donations from viewers and foundations, as well as a for-profit segment.

Content As of 2019, TRNN produced five-to-seven minute news reports available online or video on demand. In 2016, former Black Panther Marshall "Eddie" Conway became the host and producer of "Rattling the Bars," a weekly investigative program about prison systems in the US and abroad. TRNN's Police Accountability Report was led by investigative reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Janis. They were some of the first journalists to cover the story of Anton Black, a 19 year old who died after being pinned to the ground by police in rural Maryland. Independent journalist Michael Fox's podcast "Brazil on Fire" is a joint project of The Real News Network and NACLA.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with The Real News Network

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what The Real News Network claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to The Real News Network before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about The Real News Network ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of The Real News Network

In research: The Real News Network appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses The Real News Network in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: The Real News Network is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2007 establishments in Maryland, 2007 establishments in Ontario, Alternative journalism organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for The Real News Network outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study The Real News Network in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what The Real News Network means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain The Real News Network out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is The Real News Network in simple terms?

Why does The Real News Network matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study The Real News Network?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on The Real News Network.