February 27, 2018 •
Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Frantisek Gela
It’s a standard news feature on Czech regional TV news: A man enters his office, sits down and opens a notebook. In the next scene, the same man stands in front of a little chapel on a hill, looking at its centrepiece, a window mosaic...
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January 4, 2018 •
Specialist Journalism, Technology •
by Corinne Podger
Smartphones have been used by journalists for nearly ten years, to create content for radio, online and social platforms and – as the cameras and associated apps have improved – for TV. As mobile journalism becomes more...
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June 21, 2017 •
Digital News, Media Economics, Recent •
by Kaja Grzybowska
Digital news providers in Poland are experimenting with video content to reach new audiences and increase advertising revenue. Some organisations have focused on producing very short videos, with subtitles, for distribution on social media...
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March 28, 2017 •
Digital News, Research, Short stories •
by Annika Sehl, Alessio Cornia and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
What are the key components for the successful development of digital news in Public Service Media? A new Reuters Institute report examines eight new digital news projects, launched by Public Service Media across six European countries....
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November 3, 2016 •
Digital News, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Nouha Belaid
Internet use is growing across the Middle East as people gradually abandon traditional listening and viewing practices, according to new research. The 2016 Media Use in the Middle East study found that digital divides are narrowing, not...
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October 4, 2016 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Vas Panagiotopoulos
Nikos Pappas, Greece’s minister of state, hopes to shatter the corrupt system of mutual interdependence of the country’s media, politicians and business elite. Nepotism and incapacity have prevented previous governments from adequately...
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December 1, 2015 •
Ethics and Quality, Short stories •
by Mark Blach-Ørsten
Credibility is frequently represented as both an ideal goal for journalism as a profession and as an integral part of the survival strategy of the news industry. Yet there exists no widely accepted way of measuring the concept. Our recent...
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August 27, 2014 •
Digital News •
by Beatrice Gatti
Social media has changed the way public service broadcasters in Europe interact with their audiences. It has enabled audiences to participate in public debate more easily and to contribute content, according to recent research. Yet,...
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November 13, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality, Press Freedom •
by Stewart Purvis
After a career as both a journalist (BBC and ITN) and a regulator (Ofcom) I had come to the conclusion that my colleagues in British journalism weren’t very interested in reading rules that somebody had written for them. How then to...
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