November 6, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Press Freedom •
by Eric Karstens
*Article courtesy of the European Journalism Centre Among many others, one of the challenges faced by post-revolutionary countries concerns journalism and the media. A free, pluralistic, and responsible media is a prerequisite for a...
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November 2, 2011 •
Digital News •
by Philip Di Salvo
Picture a machine capable of synthesizing sentences and grammatical structures with sophisticated data sequences, writing entire articles simply by following data input. On paper it might sound rather dystopian – a particularly...
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October 31, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Michael Wise
As corruption in university athletic programs continues to grow, so does the “scandal beat.” In an analysis published in the Columbia Journalism Review this October, reporter Daniel Libit reviews the policies of amateur athletics and...
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October 18, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The extent to which journalists and the media might share at least partial responsibility for the meltdown of banks and the financial markets has not been widely addressed thus far. Can the dog’s dinner that is the economic crisis also...
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October 17, 2011 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Francesco Conte
Article Courtesy of European Journalism Centre There are about 100,000 journalists in Italy, but the number could be much higher if the journalistic profession were not regulated by a corporation, the Ordine dei Giornalisti (ODG). In Italy...
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October 10, 2011 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
The European Journalism Observatory will soon expand, offering five new Eastern European languages. This October marks the beginning of EJO’s integration of Albanian, Czech, Romanian, Serbian and Ukrainian languages, which will soon join...
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October 4, 2011 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
News editors may blog about kids, not so much about news-making. With positive perceptions of news credibility continuing to wane, providing public explanations for news decisions is generally considered a meritorious step in the right...
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October 3, 2011 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
You certainly know Rupert Murdoch, but have you heard of Arthur J. Sulzberger? Perhaps not, as his name is only well known among media industry insiders. Like many other newspaper publishers, he makes little effort to seek the public...
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September 29, 2011 •
Digital News, Newsroom Management •
by Kate Nacy
EJO workshop How does media convergence affect journalism? This question will be the focal point of an upcoming international workshop presented by the Research Unit Media Convergence at the University of Mainz, taking place October 21st...
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