December 29, 2022 •
Digital News, Recent, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Professor Benedetta Brevini
Is Artificial Intelligence a friend or a foe to the environment? Professor Brevini examines the true impact of the production, transport and disposal of technologies that support AI's life cycle. ...
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June 11, 2018 •
Ethics and Quality, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Mathias Pluess
It’s getting more and more difficult for experts to get their arguments across to a broad public. Mathias Plüss investigates why, and offers six suggestions for improving things....
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January 20, 2017 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by Thomas Schmidt and EJO
As Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States of America, he is greeted by assessments of the European media that portray him as an unpredictable commander-in-chief, a reckless world leader and, by some, a buffoon with...
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December 14, 2016 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality, Recent •
by Mike S Schäfer
Shouting protesters run around, smoke envelopes them, while the camera stays as close as possible, giving the video’s audience the impression they are in the middle of a demonstration, as environmental protesters clash with...
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May 13, 2016 •
Public Relations, Short stories •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Universities and research institutes are increasingly presenting their own research results, rather than relying on science journalists to interpret and communicate their work. Research is published directly in magazines, blogs, and social...
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September 30, 2015 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
The preoccupation that we could be drowned by too many news and advertising messages, and that we are “over-newsed and under-informed” may be yesterday’s headache. The challenge for the future is to ensure that we will not...
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December 12, 2013 •
Public Relations •
by Andreas Schmidt, Mike S. Schäfer & Ana Ivanova
Climate change is a global problem, and according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, it is currently the “greatest challenge facing humanity.” But it is a long-term, slow developing, and often invisible phenomenon so most people do...
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November 8, 2013 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Ido Liven
Journalists are getting frustrated with trying to persuade editors to let them cover stories they feel passionately about. Journalist Ido Liven describes a new, crowdsourced project to cover this month’s UN climate summit in Warsaw....
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