March 15, 2018 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Felix Simon
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party FPÖ has long had a fraught relationship with the press. Following the party’s rise to power as part of a right-wing conservative coalition after the Austrian election, this conflict has only...
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December 7, 2017 •
Comment, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Felix Simon and Bettina Figl
Austria’s recent election was a big success for the country’s Conservatives and the far-right. Sebastian Kurz, the 31-year-old foreign minister is tipped to become the country’s next Chancellor – in a coalition with the far-right...
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March 14, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Short stories •
by Alexander Fanta
Some say Austria dodged a bullet last year. After an acrimonious year-long election campaign the Alpine nation elected Alexander Van der Bellen, a veteran Green Party politician, as president last December. He had a margin of 7.5 points...
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August 11, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
It’s not every day that an American trade journal like the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) shows serious interest in something happening outside the U.S. Recently, however, the journal dedicated a long story to Scandinavian countries....
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December 16, 2009 •
Ethics and Quality, Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Austrians are all too familiar with the unfavorable media attention focused on their Swiss neighbors, for as the Austrians learned, once the electorate sheers obstreperously from the consensus of “political correctness“ on which...
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March 10, 2009 •
Media and Politics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Die Furche, March 4, 2009 When it comes to influencing the political agenda, speaking up for society’s disadvantaged, or drawing attention to deplorable circumstances, Austrian journalists differ greatly from their German colleagues. A...
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